Security News > 2021 > March > Windows 10 crashes when printing due to Microsoft March updates
Update: Microsoft has released out-of-band non-security updates to address the Windows 10 printing crash issue.
The Windows 10 KB5000802 and KB5000808 cumulative updates released yesterday are causing Blue Screen of Death crashes when printing to network printers.
Yesterday, Microsoft released the Windows 10 KB5000802 and KB5000808 cumulative updates as part of the March 2021 Patch Tuesday.
According to posts by system administrators on Reddit [1, 2], the Windows 10 crashes began immediately after installing yesterday's KB5000802 and KB5000808 updates and attempting to print.
Microsoft does not include security updates in the Preview cumulative update offered last month, which is likely why users did not experience the same crashes when printing.
To resolve these printing issues, Microsoft released out-of-band updates for Windows users.
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