Just stay away from Windows Update on this Patch Tuesday May 4, 2018 14:16 EDT · Hot! with 188 comments I really didn't want to have to write this article, but here we are. Every month on the second Tuesday, Microsoft releases new updates for all supported versions of Windows. Called Patch Tuesday, we always write about the new cumulative updates for Windows 10, and we recommend heading over to Windows Update to make sure that your PC is up to date. I won't be recommending that this month. It's not that you shouldn't install updates, as there could be a critical security patch in there, but you just shouldn't get it via Windows Update this month.