Microsoft fixes wallpaper bug on Windows 7

Even though Windows 7 is out of support, it received a fix for a wallpaper bug.



What you need to know


Microsoft issued a fix for the Windows 7 wallpaper bug.
The update is generally available even though Windows 7 is officially out of support.
Many businesses and people still use Windows 7 even though it's out of support.


Microsoft released an update that fixes the Windows 7 wallpaper bug that recently appeared for many people on Windows 7. The bug caused wallpapers set to "Stretch" to appear as solid black images rather than the image set by a person. Windows 7 is officially out of support, but since the bug was included in an update sent out by Microsoft, the company decided to ship the fix to everyone.

Because the operating system is out of support, people and businesses usually have to pay for extended support, but this update is available to anyone running Windows 7 SP1 and Server 2008 R2 SP1. Here's the complete changelog for the update:



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