
That patch came five years after Windows XP received its last official update. In May 2019, Microsoft released a patch for Windows XP to fix a remote code execution hole. While the necessity of this update is a bit embarrassing considering Microsoft killed support for Windows 7 earlier this month, it’s not unprecedented for the company to release new updates for dead operating systems. Microsoft has stated that it is “working on a resolution and will provide an update in an upcoming release, which will be released to all customers running Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.” There is no set release date for the update at press time. When stretched, wallpapers would display as black. This security update, issued on January 14, caused an issue when a wallpaper was set to the “Stretch” option.

The update comes as a response to a bug affecting desktop wallpapers that was introduced with the last security update (KB4534310). Despite dropping support for Windows 7 two weeks ago, Microsoft will release an update for the operating system.
