Microsoft releases Windows 10 Cumulative Update KB4023057 to improve Windows Update reliability

Microsoft is pushing out Windows 10 Cumulative Update KB4023057 to all supported versions of Windows 10.

The software is a housecleaning patch of sorts which Microsoft has pushing put previously in anticipation of the roll-out of a bigger update in the near future, and it does some work to make it more likely the bigger service update will roll out more smoothly.

The patch performs the following actions:

• This update may request your device to stay awake longer to enable the installation of updates.

• This update may try to reset network settings if problems are detected, and it will clean up registry keys that may be preventing updates from being installed successfully.
• This update may repair disabled or corrupted Windows operating system components that determine the applicability of updates to your version of Windows 10.
• This update may compress files in your user profile directory to help free up enough disk space to install important updates.
• This update may reset the Windows Update database to repair the problems that could prevent updates from installing successfully. Therefore, you may see that your Windows Update history was cleared.

In this case, KB4023057 is preparing the way for the roll-out of Windows 10 version 21H1, expected in February or March 2021. That update brings cosmetic improvements to Windows 10 and brings a number of Settings which are still in the Control Panel into the Modern settings app, amongst other improvements.

KB4023057 is a mandatory update with no know issues, and is being rolled out gradually to all supported Windows 10 users.

via WindowsLatest