[August] Microsoft updates all versions of Windows 10
Yesterday was the second Tuesday of August-also called Patch Tuesday in Microsoft. For someone who doesn’t know, what it is, Microsoft releases the updates for all of its products on this day. As usual, Microsoft updated Windows 10 all versions. Here is a version by version detail:
Windows 10 version 1703
The creators update to Windows 10, has got KB4034674 which jumps the build number to 15063.540. Following issues are addressed with this update:
- Addressed issue where the policies provisioned using Mobile Device Management (MDM) should take precedence over policies set by provisioning packages.
- Addressed issue where the Site to Zone Assignment List group policy (GPO) was not set on machines when it was enabled.
- Addressed issue where the AppLocker rules wizard crashes when selecting accounts.
- Addressed issue where the primary computer relationship is not determined when you have a disjoint NetBIOS domain name for your DNS Name. This prevents folder redirection and roaming profiles from successfully blocking your profile or redirects folders to a non-primary computer.
- Addressed issue where an access violation in the Mobile Device Manager Enterprise feature causes stop errors.
- Security updates to Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Windows Search Component, Microsoft Scripting Engine, Microsoft Windows PDF Library, Windows Hyper-V, Windows Server, Windows kernel-mode drivers, Windows Subsystem for Linux, Windows shell, Common Log File System Driver, Internet Explorer, and the Microsoft JET Database Engine.
Known Issue: Installing this update in Czech and Arabic would make Microsoft Edge English. The next update should fix this issue.
Support Page: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4034674 helps you get more information about this update.
To download this update, either use Windows update or use the following direct download links:
Windows 10 version 1607
The Anniversary update to Windows 10, has got KB4034658 which jumps the build number to 14393.1593. A small list of fixes include:
- Addressed issue where apps sometimes launch with a border when a device is in Tablet mode.
- Addressed issue introduced in the June updates where some applications may not launch when a device resumes from Connected Standby mode.
- Security updates to Windows kernel-mode drivers, Microsoft Windows Search Component, Microsoft Windows PDF Library, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Scripting Engine, Common Log File System Driver, Windows Server, Windows Hyper-V, and the Microsoft JET Database Engine.
Support Page: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4034658
To download this update, head over to Windows update or use the MSUs:
Windows 10 version 1511
November update to Windows 10 is still being supported by Microsoft. It has got KB4034660 which jumps the build number to 10586.1045. The fixes are:
- Addressed issue where, when deploying an application to a device that is managed by AppLocker, the application deployment fails.
- Addressed issue introduced in the June updates where some applications may not launch when a device resumes from Connected Standby mode.
- Security updates to Windows kernel-mode drivers, Microsoft Graphics Component, Microsoft Windows Search Component, Microsoft Windows PDF Library, Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Scripting Engine, Windows Server, Common Log File System Driver, Windows Hyper-V, and the Microsoft JET Database Engine.
Support page: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4034660
You can download this update from Windows update or use the following links:
Windows 10 version 1507
The original Windows 10-though called as unsupported by Microsoft is still getting updates though. It has got KB4034668 which jumps the build number to 10240.17533. Following is the changelog:
- Addressed issue where some of the event data for user logon events (ID 4624) from Domain controllers were corrupted.
- Addressed issue introduced in the June updates where some applications may not launch when a device resumes from Connected Standby mode.
- Security updates to Microsoft Scripting Engine, Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows Search Component, Microsoft Graphics Component, Windows kernel-mode drivers, Microsoft Windows PDF Library, Windows Server, Common Log File System Driver, Windows Hyper-V, and the Microsoft JET Database Engine.
Download: You can head over to Windows update or use the following links:
That is it for this month, you can always check our website for regular updates. In case if the updates fail with an error code, see the following articles: