Cumulative Updates - February 27, 2020 - KB4535996 Optional

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2020-02-28T02:11:56+00:00

February 27, 2020—KB4535996 (OS Builds 18362.693 and 18363.693)

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4535996/windows-10-update-kb4535996

Highlights

Updates an issue that prevents the speech platform application from opening for several minutes in a high noise environment.

Updates an issue that reduces the image quality in the Windows Mixed Reality (WMR) home environment.

Updates an issue that might prevent ActiveX content from loading.

Improves the battery performance during Modern Standby mode.

Updates an issue that causes Microsoft Narrator to stop working when a user session is longer than 30 minutes.

Addresses an issue that adds an unwanted keyboard layout as the default after an upgrade even if you have already removed it.

Updates an issue that prevents the Windows Search box from rendering properly.

Updates an issue that prevents the printer settings user interface from displaying properly.

Updates an issue that prevents some applications from printing to network printers.

For other Improvements and fixes please refer to Support Article linked above.

February 27, 2020-KB4537572 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.8 for Windows 10 Version 1903 and Windows Server 1903 RTM and Windows 10, version 1909 and Windows Server, version 1909

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4537572/kb4537572-cumulative-update-for-net-framework

For Quality and reliability improvements please refer to Support Article linked above.

Edit: For further information on Optional Updates refer to post of Sumit - Insider MVP in this thread.

https://answers.microsoft.com/message/37e4a0e3-a459-44e4-bc83-62bc8ea6e15e?threadId=612f510a-0b26-4281-9f94-34b53ae98275

Edit 2.0: Additional update for Windows Defender.

KB4052623 Update for Windows Defender antimalware platform

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4052623/update-for-windows-defender-antimalware-platform

This package includes monthly updates and fixes to the Windows Defender antimalware platform that is used by Windows Defender Antivirus in Windows 10.

Monthly updates are installed in addition to major Windows 10 releases. Both types of updates should be installed to ensure continued protection against malware and other threats.

~bhringer

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-03-08T10:32:39+00:00

    I just had this update on my PC and now it will not boot. Fails the BIOS POST test with a series of beeps, completely blank screen.

    I bought it only 5 days ago, have tried re-seating the RAM and GPU.

    Hard to decipher the beeps as the screen is blank and I dont know what MB make it is. (8 regular slow beeps. Then a repeat of two slow low tone beeps, two fast high tone beeps - if that means anything to anyone!)

    I did have some important work to do, but I guess not, thanks microsoft :(

    I presume there is no way to fix this and the PC is now dead, as it wont ever boot up again now, to receive a Windows update fix ... to fix this "update fix"?

    Firstly you say you bought it 5 days ago so would have been under warranty so why take it apart.

    If it was second hand then you was sold a duffer. 

    Secondly the update does not affect your bios,the OS (Windows) does not load until after Bios boot.

    Suggest you learn a bit more about computers as this is an hardware fault nothing to do with this update.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-03-07T19:25:14+00:00

    Because when I backed out "Quality updates" I still got the black screen.  When I backed out the "Application Updates" Windows came back.

    It's not hard to understand.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-03-07T19:00:06+00:00

    AMDThorRig, you said:

    "I have not found a way to identify what updates are installed or not the way you could in Windows 7."

    "Since backing those updates out, and turning off updating the computer has been stable again."

    If you haven't found out how to see what updates are installed, how could you "backing those updates out"?

    In Windows 10 to see the Updates:

    1. Click on START --> Settings icon --> "Update and security".

         OR

       Press & hold the Windows button & press R.

       Run:   ms-settings:windowsupdate

    1. Click on "View update history".
    2. Expand the "Quality Updates" section & look for the updates here. If it was installed, it will say "Successfully installed on <date>".
    3. Also, at the top of this window, you can click on "Uninstall updates" (which will open another window), but not all updates are shown here.

    NOTE: If you delete the "SoftwareDistribution" folder (sometimes done to fix issues with updates not installing & other issues), all updates will be gone from the Update History list, but they are still installed.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-03-07T13:00:13+00:00

    The only way to instill confidence is to be open and honest.  We've seen that the opposite has back-fired for both companies and governments.  Reality doesn't react well to those in charge pretending the facts aren't the facts.

    I do not know if KB4524244 is the cause of my problems--I have not found a way to identify what updates are installed or not the way you could in Windows 7.  All I do know is that it was one of the "Application Updates" that caused the Black Screen of Death (not the same as the infamous BSOD).  Since backing those updates out, and turning off updating the computer has been stable again.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-03-05T09:53:38+00:00

    Alessandro Zangarelli, you are incorrect.

    In Windows 10, occassionally, there is an Update that is marked as "Optional".

    It is rare, but there have been a few I have seen in the past 4-5 months.

    The Optional ones appear below the forced Updates.

    Also, in https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4535996/windows-10-update-kb4535996, it says:

    "In the Optional updates availablearea, you’ll find the link to download and install the update."

    You can exclude these Updates by not clicking on them in the Windows Update area of Settings.

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