Microsoft release Cumulative Updates for most versions of Windows 10

It’s Patch Tuesday and Microsoft has released Cumulative Updates for the supported versions of Windows 10, including 1803, 1709, and 1703.

Thankfully on this occasion, the CU does not include any emergency security patches but does include a wide range of fixes. See the changelogs below:

For the Windows 10 April 2018 Update (1803) 17134.556 (KB4480976) brings:

• Addresses an issue in Microsoft Edge that fails to trigger the focusin event if the focus event listener of an element shifts focus to another element.
• Addresses an issue that prevents sharing and timeline features and roaming settings from working for accounts that use Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages.
• Addresses an issue that may prevent some applications from displaying the Help (F1) window correctly.
• Addresses an issue that causes power options to appear on the Windows security screen when the per user group policy to hide power options is set.
• Addresses an issue that prevents links for certain compressed file formats from resolving.
• Addresses an issue that causes BitLocker Network Unlock to fail on generation 2 virtual machines when it’s used in a network that only supports IPv4.
• Addresses a privacy issue with apps that obtain the BroadFileSystemAccess capability without a user’s consent.
• Addresses an issue in which WAM logging causes some applications such as Microsoft Office to stop working.
• Addresses an issue that causes catalog signed scripts, including those shipped as part of Windows, to incorrectly generate a Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) failure audit event.
• Addresses an issue in which Windows Driver Frameworks causes high CPU utilization. As a result, the user-mode driver stops working when the device resumes from Hibernate (S4).
• Addresses an issue that may cause a 30-second delay when deleting or renaming a link in a Distributed File System (DFS) Namespace. Additionally, renaming a folder may take 30 seconds when multiple users work in a group share simultaneously, and File Explorer stops responding.
• Addresses an issue that prevents you from overwriting a file in a shared folder because of an Access Denied error when a filter driver is loaded.
• Addresses an issue that may cause third-party applications to have difficulty authenticating hotspots.
• Addresses an issue that may cause a blue screen to appear when a Thunderbolt storage device is attached.

The update includes four known issues, including the inability to pin web links to the Start Menu or the taskbar. This bug will be fixed in an “upcoming release,” and Microsoft isn’t providing an ETA for now.

For the Fall Creators Update (1709) 16299.936 (KB4480967) brings:

• Addresses an issue in Microsoft Edge that fails to trigger the focusin event if the focus event listener of an element shifts focus to another element.
• Addresses an issue that may prevent some applications from displaying the Help (F1) window correctly.
• Addresses an issue that may cause an application to stop working when converting long Kana to Kanji using a combination of predictive and non-predictive input.
• Addresses an issue in a multi-monitor configuration that causes a window to unexpectedly move to a different monitor when reconnecting to an existing user session.
• Addresses an issue in which the desktop wallpaper image set by a group policy will not update if it has the same name as the previous image.
• Addresses an issue that causes BitLocker Network Unlock to fail on generation 2 virtual machines when it’s used in a network that only supports IPv4.
• Addresses an issue that causes catalog signed scripts, including those shipped as part of Windows, to incorrectly generate a Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) failure audit event.
• Addresses an issue that causes Scheduled Tasks created in a disabled state to not run.
• Addresses an issue that prevents you from overwriting a file in a shared folder because of an Access Denied error when a filter driver is loaded.
• Addresses an issue that may cause third-party applications to have difficulty authenticating hotspots.
• Addresses an issue that may cause a blue screen to appear when a Thunderbolt storage device is attached.
• Addresses an issue that may display the error code “0x139” for the RNDISMP6!KeepAliveTimerHandler when connecting to a Remote Network Driver Interface Specification (RNDIS) device.

The Cumulative Update has two known issues related to old Microsoft Access databases and the August-September 2018 .NET Framework updates, which are also present in the build 17134.556 for Windows 10 version 1803. Microsoft says that a fix for the Microsoft Access bug will be available in “early February.

Lastly, for the Creators Update (1703 ) 15063.1596 (KB4480959),brings:

• Addresses an issue that causes downloads to fail because Mark of the Web (MOTW) was not supported at the download location.
• Addresses an issue in Microsoft Edge that fails to trigger the focusin event if the focus event listener of an element shifts focus to another element.
• Addresses an issue that may prevent some applications from displaying the Help (F1) window correctly.
• Addresses an issue that causes BitLocker Network Unlock to fail on generation 2 virtual machines when it’s used in a network that only supports IPv4.
• Addresses an issue that causes catalog signed scripts, including those shipped as part of Windows, to incorrectly generate a Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) failure audit event.
• Addresses an issue that may cause a 30-second delay when deleting or renaming a link in a Distributed File System (DFS) Namespace. Additionally, renaming a folder may take 30 seconds when multiple users work in a group share simultaneously, and File Explorer stops responding.
• Addresses an issue that prevents you from overwriting a file in a shared folder because of an Access Denied error when a filter driver is loaded.
• Addresses an issue that may cause third-party applications to have difficulty authenticating hotspots.

KB4480959 has the same known issues as  KB4480967 for the Fall Creators Update.

Updates can be found by Checking for Updates in Settings or at the links above.

Via OnMSFT