Windows patch suitable for elderly care

December monthly updates are only special because of MS company culture.

Monthly updates don't magically appear out of the air. They are planned months in advance, first tested in Insider builds, then promoted to Monthly Previews, before being officially released as the Monthly Update. Unless it's an emergency fix, most changes have been working their way through the release pipeline for some time.

Everyone in Redmond leaves for vacation during the US holiday season, from Thanksgiving/Black Friday until the New Year. Many important decision makers are absent, so work is planned around the holiday schedule. Less changes are added for the update scheduled for December, and now MS normally skips the December Preview.

Security updates are always included in Patch Tuesday, regardless of the month.

Which implies a lot of changes are added to October/November and January/February.
 
Thank you very much for your explanation. Indeed, I have found a significant number of bugs in all versions of the January patch, indicating that I need to avoid obtaining patches before and after major holidays. They are unable to simultaneously add new features and fix errors in a short period of time.
 
It's not that January has more bugs, but December has fewer changes in comparison to November or January.
 
I spent a week last month using the final version of win11 21h2 that has ended support, and while Microsoft says there are no bugs, I still encountered bugs where the start menu gets stuck and the desktop right-click menu doesn't get rid of.
Thanks for the suggestion, I have downloaded the December KB5048652 of win10 and the .net 3.5/4.8 update. I think this is a relatively stable version other than win7. Indeed, as you said, these errors are in comparison to other versions. The latest preview address the May bug. It seems that only when win10 ends support in October, the final version suitable for the elderly will be born.
 
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