Users condemn Microsoft for removing KB IDs from some bug documentation
Users condemn Microsoft for removing KB IDs from some bug documentation
Redmond moved away from the identifier in some Windows update release notes - KB identifiers had been used for decades - and users remain angry
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Microsoft's decision in February to strip an identifier used for decades from some Windows update release notes continues to draw the ire of customers.
On February 18, Redmond announced on its Windows IT Pro blog that it would no longer include the KB identifier —
KB for Knowledge Base — in the URLs of all online release notes associated with Windows update release details. The KB identifiers have been used by Microsoft for several decades to pinpoint individual bug fixes and guide customers to the appropriate documentation.