February 13, 2024—KB5034833 (Security-only update)

REMINDERWindows Server 2008 SP2 Extended Security Updates (ESU) third and final year ended on January 10, 2023. Additionally, Extended Security Updates on Azure only support ended on January 9, 2024. For more information, see Extended Security Updates for Windows Server overview. We recommend that you upgrade to a later version of Windows Server.Learn about upgrading Windows Server

Summary

Learn more about this security-only update, including improvements, any known issues, and how to get the update.

NOTEAs of July 2020, optional non-security releases for this operating system are no longer offered. Operating systems in extended support have only cumulative monthly security updates.Verify that you have installed the required updates in the How to get this update section before installing this update.For information about the various types of Windows updates, such as critical, security, driver, service packs, and so on, see Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates. To view other notes and messages for Windows Server 2008 SP2, see the following update history home page.

Improvements

This update contains miscellaneous security improvements to internal Windows OS functionality. No additional issues were documented for this release.For more information about the resolved security vulnerabilities, please refer to the Deployments | Security Update Guide and the February 2024 Security Updates.

Known issues in this update

• If you are installing this update on a device that is running an edition that is not supported for ESU. For a complete list of which editions are supported, see KB4497181.
• If you do not have an ESU MAK add-on key installed and activated.
  If you have an ESU key and have encountered this issue, please verify you have applied all prerequisites and that your key is activated. For information on activation, see the Obtaining Extended Security Updates for eligible Windows devices blog post. For information on the prerequisites, see the How to get this update section of this article.

How to get this update

Before installing this update****IMPORTANT For more information on ESU and which editions are supported, see KB4497181.Language packsIf you install a language pack after you install this update, you must reinstall this update. Therefore, we recommend that you install any language packs that you need before you install this update.Learn about adding a language pack to Windows

REMINDER If you are using Security-only updates, you will also need to install all previous Security-only updates and the latest cumulative update for Internet Explorer (KB5034120).

File information

For a list of the files that are provided in this update, download the file information for update KB5034833.