September 2019 Windows Updates: More Research and Telemetry Issues

Microsoft has released security updates and regular updates for all versions of Windows during the September 2019 hotfix on Tuesday. Usually, it does not take long before you can evaluate the quality of the published updates.

Microsoft has corrected the problem of high CPU usage that affected some users of Windows 10 version 1903. Reports about this started to appear on several Internet forums after Microsoft released the update. cumulative KB4512941 for Windows 10 version 1903, early September.

The intensive use of the processor was caused by the Cortana SearchUI.exe process that resulted in the system load. Some administrators uninstalled the update to solve the problem, others managed to solve it by activating Bing Web Search on the system where it was disabled.

The KB4515384 release notes for Windows 10 version 1903 and Windows Server version 1903 indicate that Microsoft has resolved the problem:

Fixes a problem that causes a high CPU usage by SearchUI.exe for a small number of users. This problem only occurs on devices that have turned off the Web search by using Windows Desktop Search.

I have received several emails over the past 24 hours from users who had informed me that the search was still paused on their systems after the installation of the latest patch. A thread on Reddit provides other user reports on the problem.

According to reports, the search does not work for some users. Whenever they perform searches, an empty results page displays. this seems to be the most common problem experienced by users.

The number of systems affected by this is not clear. Microsoft did not recognize the problem.

Administrators can restore an earlier version of the operating system to resolve the problem. It is too early to say if workarounds, for example Changing the Bing search settings can also solve the problem.

Telemetry on Windows 7 / 8.1

Microsoft issues security updates only for Windows 7 and 8.1 that are designed to address vulnerabilities only in these versions of Windows.

The company has added non-security fixes to security updates only in the past. this occurred when Microsoft released the July update for Windows 7 SP1 and appears to have been updated again with the September 2019 update.

A Ghacks user, Belga, said that two telemetry tasks had been added on a system running Windows 8.1 after installing the security update only for Windows 8.1, and a report on Ask Woody suggests that Microsoft has replaced the KB2952664 compatibility update that contains Telemetry.

When you open the Windows 7 SP1 Update KB4516033 on the Microsoft Update Catalog, you will notice that KB2952664 is listed as one of the updates that is replaced by the new update.

Closing words

Nowadays, it seems like a good idea to wait for the installation of updates, at least for a short while, to make sure that they do not present any problems or problems. unwanted changes.

Now, it's your turn: Have you already installed the September 2019 updates?

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