[Patch Tuesday] Microsoft releases cumulative updates to Windows 10
It is the patch Tuesday of July and as a result, Microsoft has released patches in the form of cumulative updates for each Windows 10 versions currently supported. Let us discuss each cumulative update one by one.
Windows 10 version 1803
The latest stable release of Windows 10 has got KB4338819 which jumps the Build number to 17134.165. There are a number of fixes with the update, which are:
- Improves the ability of the Universal CRT Ctype family of functions to correctly handle EOF as valid input.
- Enables debugging of WebView content in UWP apps using the Microsoft Edge DevTools Preview app that’s available in the Microsoft Store.
- Addresses an issue that may cause the Mitigation Options Group Policy client-side extension to fail during GPO processing. The error message is “Windows failed to apply the MitigationOptions settings. MitigationOptions settings might have its own log file” or “ProcessGPOList: Extension MitigationOptions returned 0xea.” This issue occurs when Mitigation Options has been defined either manually or by Group Policy on a machine using Windows Defender Security Center or the PowerShell Set-ProcessMitigation cmdlet.
- Evaluates the Windows ecosystem to help ensure application and device compatibility for all updates to Windows.
- Security updates to Internet Explorer, Windows apps, Windows graphics, Windows datacenter networking, Windows wireless networking, Windows virtualization, Windows kernel, and Windows Server.
Support Page:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-in/help/4338819/windows-10-update-kb4338819
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Windows 10 1709
The Fall Creators update of Windows has got KB4338825 which jumps the Build number to 16299.547. The following changes are coming with the update:
- Addresses an issue that, in some cases, causes the wrong IME mode to be chosen on an IME-active element.
- Addresses an issue with form submission in Internet Explorer.
- Addresses an issue where DNS requests disregard proxy configurations in Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge.
- Addresses additional issues with updated time zone information.
- Addresses an issue that causes the latest versions of Google Chrome (67.0.3396.79+) to stop working on Cobalt devices.
- Evaluates the Windows ecosystem to help ensure application and device compatibility for all updates to Windows.
- Security updates to Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft scripting engine, Windows apps, Windows graphics, Windows datacenter networking, Windows virtualization, Windows kernel, and Windows Server.
Support Page:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-in/help/4338825/windows-10-update-kb4338825
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Windows 10 1703
The Creators update of Windows has got KB4338826 which jumps the Build number to 15063.1206 . The following changes are coming with the update:
- Addresses an issue with form submission in Internet Explorer.
- Updates Internet Explorer’s Inspect Element feature to conform to the policy that disables the launch of Developer Tools.
- Addresses an issue that, in some cases, causes the wrong IME mode to be chosen on an IME-active element.
- Addresses an issue in which DNS requests disregard proxy configurations in Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge.
- Addresses additional issues with updated time zone information.
- Evaluates the Windows ecosystem to help ensure application and device compatibility for all updates to Windows.
- Security updates to Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Windows apps, Windows graphics, Windows virtualization, Windows kernel, and Windows Server.
Support Page:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4338826
Direct Download Links
That is all for now. If you have troubles installing Windows update, let us know.