# Microsoft Says it Will Release Black Desktop Bug Fix To All Windows 7 Users For Free

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**Created:** [January 28, 2020, 5:21am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-says-it-will-release-black-desktop-bug-fix-to-all-windows-7-users-for-free/67239 "2020-01-28T05:21:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 5:21am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-says-it-will-release-black-desktop-bug-fix-to-all-windows-7-users-for-free/67239/1 "2020-01-28T05:21:36Z")

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> Mark Wycislik-Wilson, writing for BetaNews:
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> _Some Windows 7 users who installed the KB4534310 update found that their desktops turned black. With the operating system having now reached end of life, the company said that it would only make a fix available to organizations paying for Windows 7 Extended Security Updates (ESU)._

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But Microsoft has changed its mind. It now says that [it will make a patch available for all Windows 7 users](https://betanews.com/2020/01/27/windows-7-black-desktop-fix-2/), addressing the bug introduced by the last ever freely available Windows 7 update. As we reported the other day, Microsoft had already suggested some workarounds for the black desktop problem. The company had said that it was working on a fix that would be released next month: “We are working on a resolution and estimate a solution will be available in mid-February for organizations who have purchased Windows 7 Extended Security Updates (ESU).”