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
    2020-03-07T19:00:06+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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  2. Anonymous
    2020-03-07T13:29:10+00:00

    The Windows updates must surely fix bugs as well as provide software upgrades. 

    My complaint is why the default setting is not for updates to be added when shutting down, rather than when opening the PC or during work; and then only noticeable because the PC suddenly slows down dramatically.

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  3. 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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  4. Anonymous
    2020-03-07T12:53:23+00:00

    Then you have uninstall the update.

    There's a way to get to the recovery screen from inside Win10, and I think it's from the Update screen in Settings, but you can also get there by powering the machine up and down 3 times from the power switch.

    You may also have to roll Windows back to a previous set-point, a recovery point.  You may lose some mail, but it's better than losing everything.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-03-07T11:16:26+00:00

    Interestingly, some moderators in this community are having difficulty realizing what happened with the KB4535996 update and how they defend Microsoft with a sword, when even from here the same company can take advantage of solving problems.

    They insist on perpetually suggesting the clean boot procedure and whatever, that nothing can if the KB has determined the problem.

    I also noticed a certain lack of respect towards those who studied the problem after a third party no longer worked, for example: after years that this app as a Sign Tool worked without problems and after KB4535996 no longer.

    I was accused of generating panic when I limited myself to giving information.

    Some community moderators should live the world outside of Microsoft, it would do them good.

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