What's new in Windows 7 SP1 Update Rollup August 2016

Aug 17, 2016
  • This update includes quality improvements. No new operating system features are being introduced in this update. Key changes include:
  • Improved performance on specific networks that have a high-bandwidth and low latency.
  • Addressed issue with users encountering a bugcheck, when trying to access a domain DFS namespace (for example, \contoso.comSYSVOL) on a computer that is configured to require mutual authentication (by using the UNC Hardened Access feature). This problem may occur if the selected domain controller has security update KB3161561 installed, and if the SmbServerNameHardeningLevel registry entry is configured to a non-zero value on the domain controller.

New in Windows 7 SP1 Update Rollup July 2016 (Aug 17, 2016)

  • This update includes quality improvements. No new operating system features are being introduced and no new security updates are included. Key changes include:
  • Improved support in Microsoft Cryptographic Application Programming Interface (CryptoAPI) to help identify websites that use Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA-1).
  • Addressed issue in Microsoft Secure Channel (SChannel) that sometime causes Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2 connections to fail depending on whether the root certificate is configured as part of the certificate chain for server authentication.