Microsoft announces updates and updates in Windows 10; see what's new

After the last Tuesday of Path, announced two weeks ago, Microsoft is now starting to launch its second series of cumulative updates for the month on its operating system.

We observe this trend regularly in recent months. Patch Tuesday's actual updates are pretty small and we get them at the end of the month with big change logs.

Interestingly, although the most supported versions of Windows 10 have been included in the current series of upgrades, the latest version of the operating system, the version 1809 of Windows 10 or the updated version of October 2018, was not, despite many quality problems. .

You do not have to manually install these updates if you do not want them, because Windows Update will do this automatically in the next few days.

Most users are still upgrading from Windows 10 to April 2018, which is version 1803. If so, you will see KB4467682, bringing the version number to 17134.441. You can download it manually here and it contains the following fixes:

• Resolves an issue that prevents spelling of words from the Microsoft Office dictionary using parameters.
• Fixes a problem that causes the GetCalendarInfo function to return an incorrect name on the first day of the Japanese era.
• Address the time zone changes in the Russian time zone.
• Address the changes made to the standard time zone for the Moroccan summer time.
• Resolves a problem that allowed the use of the previous button, dragging the feature, and ensuring the priority of the correction options relative to the registry.
• Resolves a problem that prevents the touchpad or precision keyboard from responding due to a combination of docking and decoupling operations, as well as shutdown or restart operations.
• Resolves a problem that can sometimes prevent the system from responding after activation, which prevents the connection.
• Resolves an issue that causes Microsoft Word Immersive Reader to skip the first part of a selected word when using Microsoft Word Online on Microsoft Edge.
• Fixes a problem with missing URL shortcuts in the Start menu.
• Resolves an issue that allows users to uninstall applications from the Start menu when the "Prevent users from uninstalling apps from startup" policy is set.
• Fixes a problem that causes the file manager to stop when you click the Enable button in the timeline feature. This problem occurs when the "Allow user activity download" group policy is disabled.
• Fixes a problem that prevents users from accessing the Cursor Utilization and Pointer Size page in the Settings application using the URI "ms- settings: easofaccess-cursorandpointersersize ".
• Resolves an issue that prevents the audio service from working or not responding when using call control, volume control, and music streaming on Bluetooth audio devices. The error messages that appear include:

  • 0x8000000e exception error in btagservice.dll.

  • 0xc0000005 or 0xc0000409 exception error in bthavctpsvc.dll.

  • Stop the BSOD 0xD1 error not btha2dp.sys.

• Fixes the following problem: Third-party antivirus software may receive the error "ERROR_NO_SYSTEM_RESOURCES".
• Resolves a problem that can cause excessive memory usage when using smart cards.
• Fixes a problem that prevents the system from working with the error code "0x120_fvevol! FveEowFinalSweepConvertSpecialRangesChunk".
• Resolves an issue that prevents Application Guard from browsing the Internet if the Automatic Proxy Configuration (PAC) file for a device uses IP literals to specify a Web proxy.
• Resolves an issue that prevents a Wi-Fi client from connecting to Miracast® devices when the Service Set Identifier (SSID) is specified in Wireless Network Policies.
• Resolves an issue that causes the failure of Windows Event Tracker (ETW) profile creation when using custom profiling frequencies.
• Resolves a power state transition problem that causes the system to shut down when connecting to the eXtensible Host Controller Interface (xXlx) devices.
• Resolves a problem that may cause a blue screen on the system when running the disk evaluation software.
• Fixes a problem that makes the RemoteApp window always active and in the foreground after closing a window.
• Allows a Bluetooth® Low Energy (LE) random address to change positions periodically, even when passive Bluetooth LE scanning is enabled.
• Resolves an issue that causes the Windows Server 2019 and 1809 (CSVLK) Client and Host Activation Keys KSCLK (LSC Key Management Service) to not work properly. For more information on the original feature, see KB4347075.
• Fixes an issue that prevents some users from setting Win32 program defaults for certain combinations of applications and file types using the Open With … command or Settings> Applications> Applications by default.
• Resolves an issue that prevents users from opening exported presentation files (.pptx) from a Google presentation.
• Resolves an issue that prevents some users from connecting to older devices, such as printers, over Wi-Fi due to the introduction of DNS multicast (mDNS). If you do not experience a device connectivity problem and prefer the new mDNS feature, you can enable it by creating the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Policies Microsoft Windows NT DNSClient mDNSEnabled (DWORD) = 1 "

This update should take into account two known issues, which apply to all updates released today:

Those who are still in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update or in version 1709 will receive KB4467681, bringing the version number to 16299820. You can download it manually here and it contains the following fixes:

• Ensures that some ActiveX controls on Windows align with the contents of another page in Internet Explorer 11 during a user-directed scrolling operation.
• Fixes a problem that prevents navigation between ages from working in the Japanese calendar view.
• Resolves a problem related to the date format of the calendar of the Japanese era.
• Fixes a problem that causes the GetCalendarInfo function to return an incorrect name on the first day of the Japanese era.
• Resolves an issue that prevents spelling of words from the Microsoft Office dictionary using parameters.
• Address the time zone changes in the Russian time zone.
• Address the changes made to the standard time zone for the Moroccan summer time.
• Fixes a problem that sometimes results in the disappearance of the software keyboard when it enters a Wi-Fi network when using a UWP (Universal Universal Platform) application. This issue affects devices that have Windows 10 Creators Update installed and do not have a physical keyboard.
• Resolves a problem that allowed the use of the previous button, dragging the feature, and ensuring the priority of the correction options relative to the registry.
• Resolves an issue that causes Microsoft Word Immersive Reader to skip the first part of a selected word when using Microsoft Word Online on Microsoft Edge.
• Resolves a problem encountered in Universal CRT that sometimes resulted in the return of an incorrect result by the FMOD AMD64 specific implementation when it received very large entries. FMOD is often used to implement the module operator in JavaScript and Python implementations that use Universal C Runtime.
• Fixed an issue where the CredSSP security update event log entries that correct CVE-2018-0886 are not correctly registered.
• Resolves a problem that can cause excessive memory usage when using smart cards.
• Fixes a problem that prevents the system from working with the error code "0x120_fvevol! FveEowFinalSweepConvertSpecialRangesChunk".
• Fixes a problem that blocks ActiveX controls in Internet Explorer on 64-bit systems. This occurs when you use Windows Defender Application Control and create a policy that allows all ActiveX controls to run in Internet Explorer.
• Resolves an issue that prevents Application Guard from browsing the Internet if the Automatic Proxy Configuration (PAC) file for a device uses IP literals to specify a Web proxy.
• Resolves an issue that prevents a Wi-Fi client from connecting to Miracast® devices when the Service Set Identifier (SSID) is specified in Wireless Network Policies.
• Resolves an issue with the Group Policy Object (GPO) "Forbid connection to networks without a domain when it is connected to a domain authenticated network." In this scenario, this GPO disconnects the Wi-Fi interface on which a VPN client connection is established.
• Resolves a power state transition problem that causes the system to shut down when connecting to the eXtensible Host Controller Interface (xXlx) devices.
• Fixes a problem that makes the RemoteApp window always active and in the foreground after closing a window.
• Resolves an issue that causes the Windows Server 2019 and 1809 (CSVLK) Client and Host Activation Keys KSCLK (LSC Key Management Service) to not work properly. For more information on the original feature, see KB4347075.

KB4467699 is for users of Windows 10 Creators Update, or version 1703, but only for Windows 10 Enterprise and Education because other SKUs are no longer supported. It bears the build number at 15063.1478. You can download it manually here and it contains the following fixes:

• Fixes a problem that prevents navigation between ages from working in the Japanese calendar view.
• Resolves a problem related to the date format of the calendar of the Japanese era.
• Fixes a problem that causes the GetCalendarInfo function to return an incorrect name on the first day of the Japanese era.
• Resolves an issue that prevents spelling of words from the Microsoft Office dictionary using parameters.
• Address the time zone changes in the Russian time zone.
• Resolves a problem encountered in Universal CRT that sometimes resulted in the return of an incorrect result by the FMOD AMD64 specific implementation when it received very large entries. FMOD is often used to implement the module operator in JavaScript and Python implementations that use Universal C Runtime.
• Resolves a problem that can cause excessive memory usage when using smart cards.
• Fixes a problem that prevents the system from working with the error code "0x120_fvevol! FveEowFinalSweepConvertSpecialRangesChunk".
• Fixes a problem that blocks ActiveX controls in Internet Explorer on 64-bit systems. This occurs when you use Windows Defender Application Control and create a policy that allows all ActiveX controls to run in Internet Explorer.

Finally, KB4467684 is for Windows 10 Anniversary Update, or version 1607. Again, consumer SKUs are no longer supported and Enterprise and Education SKUs are.

However, it is also a version of the long-term maintenance channel, so these customers will receive this update, as well as users of Windows Server 2016. The number of versions is then raised at 14393.2639. You can download it manually here and it contains the following fixes:

• Fixes a problem that causes the GetCalendarInfo function to return an incorrect name on the first day of the Japanese era.
• Address the time zone changes in the Russian time zone.
• Resolves an issue that allows touch-activated mouse movement to bypass low-level mouse hooks that are designed to block mouse inputs. As a result, unexpected WM_MOUSEMOVE messages appear.
• Fixes a problem that may automatically display the software keyboard when you touch the unmodeable area of ​​a Universal Platform (UWP) application. This issue affects devices that have Windows 10 Birthday Upgrade installed and do not have a physical keyboard.
• Fixes a problem in File Explorer that sometimes excludes permissions from a shared parent folder when you delete the shared child folder.
• Fixes a problem that causes the file explorer to stop when logging off.
• Resolves a problem encountered in Universal CRT that sometimes resulted in the return of an incorrect result by the FMOD AMD64 specific implementation when it received very large entries. FMOD is often used to implement the module operator in JavaScript and Python implementations that use Universal C Runtime.
• Fixes a problem that blocks ActiveX controls in Internet Explorer on 64-bit systems. This occurs when you use Windows Defender Application Control and create a policy that allows all ActiveX controls to run in Internet Explorer.
• Resolves an issue that prevents some applications from running when the Windows Defender (Device Guard) application control is in audit mode.
• Resolves an issue that slows server performance or causes the server to stop responding due to multiple Windows firewall rules. To enable the changes, add a new registry key "DeleteUserAppContainersOnLogoff" (DWORD) in "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Services SharedAccess Parameters FirewallPolicy" with Regedit Help and set it to 1.
• Resolves an issue that causes network connectivity to fail if 802.1x authentication fails.
• Resolves a problem with the network connection status indicator (NCSI) MAC address resolution time, which results in Internet connectivity failure.

• Resolves an issue that fails to clean some Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) class records when using Hyper-V cmdlets with root interop class dependencies. This problem can cause virtual machine management tasks to fail (using PowerShell or the user interface). In addition, virtual machines can not be created or modified. For example, running Set-VMFirmware to change the boot order may fail with the "ObjectNotFound" error.
• Resolves an issue that prevents domain controllers from enforcing a Group Policy password policy when the minimum password length is set to more than 14 characters.
• Solve a problem with Just Enough Administration (JEA). A temporary account with the SID (Security Identifier) ​​authority of "S-1-5-94-xxx" remains in the server's security policy under the Log On As User right. service. As a result, the local security authority (LSA) database increases, which can affect the performance of domain controllers.
• Resolves a problem written in a stack of memory calls with stop code "0xA" in storage replica environments.
• Resolves an issue that causes the Windows Server 2019 and 1809 (CSVLK) Client and Host Activation Keys KSCLK (LSC Key Management Service) to not work properly. For more information on the original feature, see KB4347075.
• Fixes an issue that causes non-root domain promotions to fail with the error "The replication operation encountered a database error". The problem occurs in Active Directory forests for which optional features such as Active Directory recycling are enabled.
• Resolves an issue that may prevent Hyper-V servers from working with the "0x7F (UNEXPECTED_KERNEL_MODE_TRAP)" error.