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Release date: July 26, This build lets you receive urgent notifications when focus assist is on and restores functionality for Windows Autopilot deployment scenarios that are affected by the security mitigation for hardware reuse. It also fixes a variety of bugs, including one that prevented troubleshooters from opening, one that caused certain docking stations to lose internet connectivity when waking from Sleep mode, and one that improves the reliability of a push-button reset after an OS upgrade.
There are three known issues in this update, including one which IE mode tabs in Microsoft Edge might stop responding when a site displays a modal dialog box.
In another issue, after installing this update, some devices might be unable to open the Start menu. On affected devices, clicking or selecting the Start button or using the Windows key on your keyboard might have no effect. In the final issue, devices with Windows installations created from custom offline media or custom ISO image might have Microsoft Edge Legacy removed by this update, but not automatically replaced by the new Microsoft Edge.
This build addresses an issue that redirects the PowerShell command output so that transcript logs do not contain any output of the command. That means the decrypted password is lost.
The build also includes improvements made in the KB update. This build has three known issues, including one in which devices with Windows installations created from custom offline media or custom ISO images might have Microsoft Edge Legacy removed by this update, but not automatically replaced by the new Microsoft Edge. This addresses an issue that fails to log the source IP address and machine name for a remote PowerShell connection. The build also includes several new Print and Scan features.
This out-of-band build, which is only available for Windows devices that use Arm processors, fixes a bug that prevented Windows Arm-based devices from signing in using Azure Active Directory AAD. This build has four known issues, including one in which devices with Windows installations created from custom offline media or custom ISO images might have Microsoft Edge Legacy removed by this update, but not automatically replaced by the new Microsoft Edge.
In another, Windows devices might be unable use the Wi-Fi hotspot feature. When attempting to use the hotspot feature, the host device might lose the connection to the internet after a client device connects. This build fixes several bugs, including one that prevented Excel or Outlook from opening, one that slowed down file copying, and one that prevented internet shortcuts from updating. Get more info KB Preview.
This out-of-band build fixes two bugs: one that could cause authentication failures for some services on a server or client after you install the May 10, update on domain controllers, and another that could prevent the installation of Microsoft Store apps when you enable Control-flow Enforcement. There are three known issues in this update, including one in which devices with Windows installations created from custom offline media or custom ISO image might have Microsoft Edge Legacy removed by this update, but not automatically replaced by the new Microsoft Edge.
This build fixes a wide variety of bugs, including one that caused a remote desktop session to close or a reconnection to stop responding while waiting on the accessibility shortcut handler sethc. This build introduces Search highlights, which display notable moments about each day, including holidays, anniversaries, and other events globally and in your region.
To see more details at a glance, hover or click on the illustration in the search box. It displays multiple notifications that you can interact with simultaneously. This build fixes a bug that occurs when you attempt to reset a Windows device and its apps have folders that contain reparse data , such as Microsoft OneDrive or OneDrive for Business.
When you select Remove everything , files that have been downloaded or synced locally from Microsoft OneDrive might not be deleted. The build lets you share cookies between Microsoft Edge Internet Explorer mode and Microsoft Edge, and adds support for hot adding and the removal of non-volatile memory NVMe namespaces. It also fixes a wide variety of bugs, including one that affected the Windows search service and occurred when you queried using the proximity operator, and one that caused the Remote Desktop Service RDS server to become unstable when the number of signed in users exceeds The build fixes a variety of bugs, including one that stops printing or prints the wrong output when you print using USB on Windows 10 version or later, and another that causes functioning Bluetooth devices to stop working when you attempt to connect to a non-functioning Bluetooth device.
It also adds a reminder to Internet Explorer 11 that notifies you about its upcoming retirement. It also fixed a bug that could cause Windows Servers to restart unexpectedly after installing the January 11, update on domain controllers DCs. The build includes a wide variety of security updates. The build fixes a variety of bugs, including one that caused the bit version of Microsoft Excel to stop working on certain devices when you exported to PDF, and another that caused the Settings page to unexpectedly close after you uninstalled a font.
There are several known issues in this update, including one in which devices with Windows installations created from custom offline media or custom ISO image might have Microsoft Edge Legacy removed by this update, but not automatically replaced by the new Microsoft Edge.
Version 21H2, called the Windows 10 November Update, is the second feature update to Windows 10 released in Microsoft has also announced that starting with this release, Windows 10 will get feature updates only once a year. This update makes quality improvements to the servicing stack, which is the component that installs Windows updates. The build also includes a wide variety of security updates. It also fixes a wide variety of bugs, including one that prevented subtitles from displaying for some video apps and streaming video sites, and another that sometimes caused lock screen backgrounds to appear black if they were set up to have a slideshow of pictures as the lock screen background.
It also fixes a bug that prevented some applications, such as Microsoft Office and Adobe Reader, from opening or caused them to stop responding. This build fixes a small number of bugs, including one in which applications such as Microsoft Outlook suddenly stopped working during normal use, and another that caused blurry News and Interests icons with certain screen resolutions. It also fixes a bug that caused PowerShell to create an infinite number of child directories.
The issue occurred when you used the PowerShell Move-Item command to move a directory to one of its children. As a result, the volume filled up and the system stopped responding. There are two known issues in this update, including one in which devices with Windows installations created from custom offline media or custom ISO image might have Microsoft Edge Legacy removed by this update, but not automatically replaced by the new Microsoft Edge.
The build also includes more than 1, new mobile device management MDM policies. With them, you can configure policies that Group Policies also support. There are several known issues in this update, including one in which devices with Windows installations created from custom offline media or custom ISO images might have Microsoft Edge Legacy removed by this update, but not automatically replaced by the new Microsoft Edge.
This build changes the default privilege requirement for installing drivers when using Point and Print. After installing this update, you must have administrative privileges to install drivers. The build also makes quality improvements to the servicing stack, which is the component that installs Windows updates. This build fixes a wide variety of bugs, including one that caused the File Explorer window to lose focus when mapping a network drive, another that failed to detect internet connectivity when connected to a VPN, and another that caused System Integrity to leak memory.
There are several known issues in this update, including one in which devices with Windows installations created from custom offline media or a custom ISO image might have Microsoft Edge Legacy removed by this update, but not automatically replaced by the new Microsoft Edge.
This build fixes several bugs, including one that made it difficult to print to a variety of printers, primarily USB receipt or label printers. This out-of-band build fixes a bug that may prevent you from opening PDFs using Internet Explorer 11 or apps that use the bit version of the WebBrowser control. You might need to enter the characters manually. This build addresses about three dozen bugs, including one in which signing in using a PIN fails, and another that might cause a VPN to fail after renewing a user auto-enrolled certificate.
It also removes Adobe Flash from your PC and makes improvements to the servicing stack, the component that installs Windows updates. This out-of-band build fixes a bug that might redirect you to the Microsoft Store page for Gaming Services when you try to install or start an Xbox Game Pass game on your Windows 10 device.
Additionally, you might receive error 0xD26 or 0xF. For more information, see KB In addition, the build makes improvements to the servicing stack, the component that installs Windows updates. This build includes improvements to the servicing stack, which is the component that installs Windows updates. It also includes changes for verifying user names and passwords and for storing and managing files.
There are several known issues in this update, including one in which system and user certificates might be lost when updating a device from Windows 10 version or later to a later version of Windows Devices using Windows Update for Business or that connect directly to Windows Update are not impacted.
This build adds the Open on hover option which is checked by default to the News and interests menu. To access it, right-click a blank space on the Windows taskbar and open the News and interests menu. In addition, it makes quality improvements to the servicing stack, which is the component that installs Windows updates. It also includes a wide variety of small bug fixes, including one that displayed items on the desktop after they have been deleted from the desktop, and another that caused configuration problems with devices that were configured using mobile device management MDM RestrictedGroups , LocalUsersAndGroups , or UserRights policies.
This is a relatively minor update, but it does have a few new features. This update gives you quick access to an integrated feed of dynamic content, such as news, weather, sports, and more, that updates throughout the day, via the Windows taskbar. You can personalize the feed to match your interests. Additionally, the login screen notifies them of the restart requirements.
This feature helps Windows recover cleanly in the event of an unexpected failure, as file changes are committed atomically. Windows 10 contains major changes to Windows Update Agent operations; it no longer allows the manual, selective installation of updates.
All updates, regardless of type this includes hardware drivers , are downloaded and installed automatically, and users are only given the option to choose whether their system would reboot automatically to install updates when the system is inactive, or be notified to schedule a reboot. Windows Update Agent on Windows 10 supports peer-to-peer distribution of updates; by default, systems' bandwidth is used to distribute previously downloaded updates to other users, in combination with Microsoft servers.
Users may optionally change Windows Update to only perform peer-to-peer updates within their local area network. Windows 10 also introduced cumulative updates. Installing KB will also install KB, KB and KB, mitigating the need for multiple restarts and reducing the number of downloads needed. KB may also include other fixes with their own KB-number that were not separately released.
KB stands for knowledge base as in Microsoft Knowledge Base. Windows Update for Business is a term for a set of features in the Pro, Enterprise and Education editions of Windows 10 , intended to ease the administration of Windows across organizations.
It enables IT pros to: [23] [24] [25]. These features were added in Windows 10 version Microsoft recommends a small set of pilot computers to receive the updates almost immediately, while the set of most critical computers to receive them after every other group has done so, and has experienced their effects. Rather, they force Windows 10 into the "dual scan mode". This can cause confusion for administrators who do not comprehend the full ramifications of the dual scan mode.
As organizations continued to use more computers, the per-machine Windows Update clients started to become unwieldy and insufficient. A component of the Windows Server family of operating systems, WSUS downloads updates for Microsoft products to a server computer on which it is running and redistributes them to the computers within the organization over a local area network LAN.
Additionally, WSUS permits administrators to test updates on a small group of test computers before deploying them to all systems, in order to ensure that business continuity is not disrupted because of the changes of the updates. For very large organizations, multiple WSUS servers can be chained together hierarchically. Only one server in this hierarchy downloads from the Internet.
Update packages distributed via the Windows Update service can be individually downloaded from Microsoft Update Catalog. These updates can be installed on computers without internet access e. In case of the former, Windows Update Agent wusa. Microsoft offers System Center Configuration Manager for very complex deployment and servicing scenarios. A number of tools have been created by independent software vendors which provide the ability for Windows Updates to be automatically downloaded for, or added to, an online or offline system.
One common use for offline updates is to ensure a system is fully patched against security vulnerabilities before being connected to the Internet or another network. A second use is that downloads can be very large, but may be dependent on a slow or unreliable network connection, or the same updates may be needed for more than one machine.
At the beginning of , Windows Update was being accessed by about million people, [32] with about million of those using Automatic Updates. On Patch Tuesday , the day Microsoft typically releases new software updates, outbound traffic could exceed gigabits per second.
The web site is built using ASP. NET , and processes an average of 90, page requests per second. Traditionally, the service provided each patch in its own proprietary archive file.
Occasionally, Microsoft released service packs which bundled all updates released over the course of years for a certain product. Starting with Windows 10, however, all patches are delivered in cumulative packages. The ability to download and install individual updates would be removed as existing updates are transitioned to this model. An analysis done by Computerworld determined that the download size for Windows 7 x64 has increased from In , the update service was decommissioned for Windows 98, 98 SE, ME and NT4 and the old updates for those systems were removed from its servers.
The old updates are still available on the Microsoft Update Catalog. At the February RSA Conference , Microsoft announced the first beta of Microsoft Update , an optional replacement for Windows Update that provides security patches, service packs and other updates for both Windows and other Microsoft software. It also offers Silverlight and Windows Media Player as optional downloads if applicable to the operating system.
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