People running Windows Essentials 2012 on Windows 10 received an email from the Outlook team yesterday informing them of an update for the bundled Windows Live Mail 2012 application required to continue sending and receiving emails on Windows 10. It reached end of support on January 10, 2017, and it isn’t available in Windows 10. Anyway, I was able to successfully install the January update using a standalone installer package downloaded from the Microsoft Update Catalog website.We’re no longer offering the Windows Essentials 2012 suite for download, but if you already have it installed, it will continue to work as it does today. The installation package was not downloaded correctly via Windows Update, and the installation failed in the first stage before rebooting (or didn't start at all, I can't remember). I should add that I have had problems installing the 2023-01 Security Monthly Quality Rollup before, but of a different kind.

So does this mean that the installation process is treating the system as if an ESU is required to install the update? Or have I misinterpreted the information in the CBS.log file? As far as I know, Windows Server 2012 R2 should not require an ESU until after October 10, 2023. I looked in the CBS.log file and I think I found the cause of the failure. Whether I install using Windows Update or a separate installation package downloaded from the Microsoft Update Catalog site, the result is always the same. The installation process runs fine before rebooting, and after rebooting it gets to about 90% and fails with a status of 'Reverting changes'. We have Windows Server Essentials 2012 R2 that refuses to install the KB5022899 (2023-02 Security Monthly Quality Rollup).

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