Microsoft release new fixes for older versions of Windows 10

Microsoft has released a new set of optional Cumulative Updates for a number of older versions of Windows 10.

New Cumulative Updates are available for Windows 10 version 1809, 1709, 1703, 1607, and 1507 and includes a number of fixes, but seemingly no acknowledged major security patches, though Microsoft is in the habit of slipping these in silently some times.

For those on the Windows 10 October 2018 Update (1809), Microsoft is pushing out KB4512534. This takes the operating system to build 17763.720 and brings the following significant fixes.

• Updates an issue that prevents Windows Hello face recognition from working after you restart a device.
• Allows Microsoft Edge to print PDF documents that contain landscape and portrait-oriented pages together correctly.
• Allows Microsoft Edge to open PDFs that are configured to be opened only once correctly.
• Updates an issue with downloading copyrighted digital media (music, TV shows, movies, and so on) from certain websites using Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer.

The full changelog includes:

• Improves the reliability of push notifications about app deployments to Microsoft HoloLens 1 devices.
• Addresses an issue that prevents Windows Hello Face Authentication from working after a restart.
• Addresses an issue with downloading digital rights management (DRM) files from certain websites using Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer.
• Addresses an issue that prevents the Universal C Runtime Library from returning the proper value for time zone global variables in certain conditions.
• Addresses an issue that causes Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) to intermittently stop responding while deprovisioning some preinstalled apps using the Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM).
• Addresses an issue in which the default keyboard for the English (Cyprus) (en-CY) locale was not set properly.
• Addresses an issue to enable Microsoft Edge to print PDF documents that contain landscape and portrait-oriented pages correctly.
• Addresses an issue with PDFs that are configured to be opened only once in Microsoft Edge.
• Addresses performance issues for the Win32 subsystem and Desktop Window Manager (DWM).
• Addresses an issue with the input and display of special characters that occurs when an app uses imm32.dll.
• Addresses a composition handle leak in Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps.
• Addresses a memory leak in dwm.exe that may lead to a loss of functionality and cause a device to stop working.
• Addresses an issue that fails to bypass automatic sign in (Autologon) when you press and hold the Shift key during startup.
• Addresses an issue that causes the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) class Win32_PhysicalMemory to report that 32 GB memory chips have a missing Capacity value.
• Addresses an issue that prevents an App-V application from opening and displays a network failure error. This issue occurs under certain circumstances, such as when a system’s battery is low or there is an unexpected power failure.
• Addresses an issue with User Experience Virtualization (UE-V) that may sometimes prevent exclusion paths from working.
• Addresses a rare issue that causes Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) to temporarily prevent other processes from accessing files.
• Addresses an issue that causes a workstation to stop working when you sign in using an updated user principal name (UPN) (for example, changing [email protected] to [email protected]).
• Addresses an issue in which Windows Defender Application Control will not allow third-party binaries to be loaded from a Universal Windows Platform application. CodeIntegrity event error 3033 appears as, “Code Integrity determined that a process () attempted to load that did not meet the Store signing level requirements.”
• Addresses an issue that prevents some Trusted Platform Module (TPM) devices from being used for Next Generation Credentials.
• Addresses an issue that causes applications on a container host to intermittently lose connectivity because of a port conflict with applications running on a container.
• Addresses an issue that prevents some users from receiving a TTL value when they are added as members of Shadow Principals. This occurs for users who have distinguished names (DN) that contain an escape character. The TTL value is now added as expected.
• Addresses an issue with the disabled attribute of the input element, which doesn’t allow a scope to be passed to the authorization endpoint.
• Addresses an issue with leaks in Windows notification sockets that causes Windows to run out of ports.
• Addresses an issue that prevents server editions from activating with a Multiple Activation Key (MAK) in the graphical user interface (GUI). The error is, “0x80070490”.
• Addresses an issue that may break the domain trust when the Recycle Bin is configured on the domain that carries the trust.
• Increases the number of supported interrupts per device to 512 on systems that have x2APIC enabled.
• Addresses an issue that may prevent devices from starting when they start up using Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) images from Windows Deployment Services (WDS) or System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM). The error is, “Status: 0xc0000001, Info: A required device isn’t connected or can’t be accessed.”
  • Addresses an issue that may cause the following to stop responding:
  • Applications that were made using Visual Basic 6 (VB6).
  • Macros that use Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).
    Scripts or apps that use Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript).

The update has the following known issues:

Symptom	Workaround
Certain operations, such as rename, that you perform on files or folders that are on a Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) may fail with the error, “STATUS_BAD_ IMPERSONATION_LEVEL (0xC00000A5)”. This occurs when you perform the operation on a CSV owner node from a process that doesn’t have administrator privilege.	Do one of the following: Perform the operation from a process that has administrator privilege. Perform the operation from a node that doesn’t have CSV ownership. Microsoft is working on a resolution and will provide an update in an upcoming release.
After installing KB4493509, devices with some Asian language packs installed may receive the error, “0x800f0982 – PSFX_E_MATCHING _COMPONENT_NOT_FOUND.”	Uninstall and reinstall any recently added language packs. For instructions, see Manage the input and display language settings in Windows 10. Select Check for Updates and install the April 2019 Cumulative Update. For instructions, see Update Windows 10. Note If reinstalling the language pack does not mitigate the issue, reset your PC as follows: Go to the Settings app > Recovery. Select Get Started under the Reset this PCrecovery option. Select Keep my Files. Microsoft is working on a resolution and will provide an update in an upcoming release.
We are investigating reports that a small number of devices may startup to a black screen during the first logon after installing updates.	To mitigate this issue, press Ctrl+Alt+Delete, then select the Power button in the lower right corner of the screen and select Restart. Your device should now restart normally. We are working on a resolution and will provide an update in an upcoming release.
Applications and scripts that call the NetQueryDisplayInformation API or the WinNT provider equivalent may fail to return results after the first page of data, often 50 or 100 entries. When requesting additional pages you may receive the error, “1359: an internal error occurred.” This issue occurs in this update and in all the updates before June 18, 2019.	We are working on a resolution and will provide an update in an upcoming release.

The update can be manually downloaded here.

For those on the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (1709), Microsoft is pushing out KB4512494, which takes the operating system to 16299.1365.

The update is only being sent to users on Windows 10 Enterprise and Education, and is not available to Windows 10 Home or Pro users. ,

The highights of the update includes:

• Updates for an issue with downloading copyrighted digital media (music, TV shows, movies, and so on) from certain websites using Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer.

The full changelog includes:

• Addresses an issue with downloading digital rights management (DRM) files from certain websites using Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer.
• Addresses an issue in which the default keyboard for the English (Cyprus) (en-CY) locale was not set properly.
• Addresses an issue that prevents an App-V application from opening and displays a network failure error. This issue occurs under certain circumstances, such as when a system’s battery is low or there is an unexpected power failure.
• Addresses a rare issue that causes Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) to temporarily prevent other processes from accessing files.
• Addresses an issue that prevents a user from deleting a network in some specific scenarios.
• Addresses an issue that may prevent devices from starting when they start up using Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) images from Windows Deployment Services (WDS) or System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM). The error is, “Status: 0xc0000001, Info: A required device isn’t connected or can’t be accessed.”
• Addresses an issue that may cause the following to stop responding:
  • Applications that were made using Visual Basic 6 (VB6).
  • Macros that use Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).
  • Scripts or apps that use Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript).
    You may also receive an “Invalid procedure call” error.

The update has the following known issue:

Symptom	Workaround
Certain operations, such as rename, that you perform on files or folders that are on a Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) may fail with the error, “STATUS_BAD_ IMPERSONATION _LEVEL (0xC00000A5)”. This occurs when you perform the operation on a CSV owner node from a process that doesn’t have administrator privilege.	Do one of the following: Perform the operation from a process that has administrator privilege. Perform the operation from a node that doesn’t have CSV ownership. Microsoft is working on a resolution and will provide an update in an upcoming release.

You can manually download it here.

For those on the Windows 10 Creators Update (1703), Microsoft is pushing out KB4512474, which takes the operating system to 15063.2021.

This update is also only available for users on Windows 10 Enterprise and Education and not for users on Windows 10 Home and Pro.

The most significant fix in the update is:

• Updates for an issue with downloading copyrighted digital media (music, TV shows, movies, and so on) from certain websites using Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer.

The full changelog includes:

• Addresses an issue with downloading digital rights management (DRM) files from certain websites using Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer.
• Addresses an issue in which the default keyboard for the English (Cyprus) (en-CY) locale was not set properly.
• Addresses an issue that prevents an App-V application from opening and displays a network failure error. This issue occurs under certain circumstances, such as when a system’s battery is low or there is an unexpected power failure.
• Addresses an issue that causes spaceport.sys to stop working with a 0x9E error.
• Addresses an issue that may cause the following to stop responding:
  • Applications that were made using Visual Basic 6 (VB6).
  • Macros that use Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).
  • Scripts or apps that use Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript).
    You may also receive an “Invalid procedure call” error.

The update has the following known issue:

Symptom	Workaround
Certain operations, such as rename, that you perform on files or folders that are on a Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) may fail with the error, “STATUS_BAD_ IMPERSONATION _LEVEL (0xC00000A5)”. This occurs when you perform the operation on a CSV owner node from a process that doesn’t have administrator privilege.	Do one of the following: Perform the operation from a process that has administrator privilege. Perform the operation from a node that doesn’t have CSV ownership. Microsoft is working on a resolution and will provide an update in an upcoming release.

You can manually download it here.

For those on the Windows 10 Anniversary Update (version 1607) or Windows Server 2016 Microsoft is pushing out KB4512495, which takes the operating system to 14393.3181.

The most significant features of the update include:

• Updates an issue with downloading copyrighted digital media (music, TV shows, movies, and so on) from certain websites using Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer.
• Updates an issue that causes File Explorer to intermittently stop working.

The full changelog includes:

• Addresses an issue with downloading digital rights management (DRM) files from certain websites using Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer.
• Addresses an issue in the Windows Push Notification Platform Connection Provider that causes File Explorer to intermittently stop working.
• Addresses an issue that may cause a new domain certificate to stop working after a day. This issue occurs when you set up the domain using a live account and the virtual private network (VPN) is configured using the Anywhere Access wizard. The error is, “Error 619: A connection to the remote computer could not be established, so the port used for this communication was closed”. After more connection attempts, the following error appears, “Link to VPN connection failed. Reconnecting pending …”
• Addresses an issue that prevents an App-V application from opening and displays a network failure error. This issue occurs under certain circumstances, such as when a system’s battery is low or there is an unexpected power failure.
• Addresses an issue that causes spaceport.sys to stop working with a 0x9E error.
• Addresses an issue with enclosure awareness for a scenario that does not include Storage Spaces Direct (S2D).
• Addresses an issue that prevents some users from receiving a TTL value when they are added as members of Shadow Principals. This occurs for users who have distinguished names (DN) that contain an escape character. The TTL value is now added as expected.
• Addresses an issue that may break the domain trust when the Recycle Bin is configured on the domain that carries the trust.
• Addresses an issue that may prevent devices from starting when they start up using Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) images from Windows Deployment Services (WDS) or System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM). The error is, “Status: 0xc0000001, Info: A required device isn’t connected or can’t be accessed.”
• Addresses an issue that may cause the following to stop responding:
  • Applications that were made using Visual Basic 6 (VB6).
  • Macros that use Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).
  • Scripts or apps that use Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript).
    You may also receive an “Invalid procedure call” error.

The update has the following known issues:

Symptom	Workaround
After installing KB4467684, the cluster service may fail to start with the error “2245 (NERR_PasswordTooShort)” if the group policy “Minimum Password Length” is configured with greater than 14 characters.	Set the domain default “Minimum Password Length” policy to less than or equal to 14 characters. Microsoft is working on a resolution and will provide an update in an upcoming release.
Certain operations, such as rename, that you perform on files or folders that are on a Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) may fail with the error, “STATUS_BAD_ IMPERSONATION_ LEVEL (0xC00000A5)”. This occurs when you perform the operation on a CSV owner node from a process that doesn’t have administrator privilege.	Do one of the following: Perform the operation from a process that has administrator privilege. Perform the operation from a node that doesn’t have CSV ownership. Microsoft is working on a resolution and will provide an update in an upcoming release.
Applications and scripts that call the NetQueryDisplayInformation API or the WinNT provider equivalent may fail to return results after the first page of data, often 50 or 100 entries. When requesting additional pages you may receive the error, “1359: an internal error occurred.”	We are working on a resolution and will provide an update in an upcoming release.

You can manually download it here.

For those on the Windows 10  version 1507, Microsoft is pushing out KB4517276, which takes the operating system to 10240.18308.

The changelog includes:

• Addresses an issue that may cause the following to stop responding:
  • Applications that were made using Visual Basic 6 (VB6).
  • Macros that use Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).
  • Scripts or apps that use Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript).
    You may also receive an “Invalid procedure call” error.

The update has the following known issue:

Symptom	Workaround
Certain operations, such as rename, that you perform on files or folders that are on a Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) may fail with the error, “STATUS_BAD_  IMPERSONATION _LEVEL (0xC00000A5)”. This occurs when you perform the operation on a CSV owner node from a process that doesn’t have administrator privilege.	Do one of the following: Perform the operation from a process that has administrator privilege. Perform the operation from a node that doesn’t have CSV ownership. Microsoft is working on a resolution and will provide an update in an upcoming release.

You can manually download it here.

The updates are optional and will not be automatically pushed out, but will be delivered if you manually Check for Updates.

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