Cumulative updates for Windows 10 and Windows 11 - January 2022

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2022-01-12T04:52:54+00:00

The following release notes coincide with Cumulative update for all the supported versions of Windows.

Windows 11

Windows 11 (original release): KB5009566 Build 22000.434

https://support.microsoft.com/topic/eee797fa-5ee3-4501-aeec-db3bc73b2c7b

Highlights 

  • Updates a known issue that affects Japanese Input Method Editors (IME).  Text you enter might appear out of order or the text cursor might move unexpectedly in apps that use the multibyte character set (MBCS).
  • Updates security for your Windows operating system.

Windows 10

Windows 10, version 20H2; Windows 10, version 21H1; and Windows 10, version 21H2 – KB5009543 Build 19042.1466; 19043.1466; and 19044.1066

https://support.microsoft.com/topic/b763552f-73bd-435a-b220-fc3e0bc9765b

***^UPDATED 01/11/22^*REMINDERWindows 10, version 2004 reached end of servicing on December 14, 2021. To continue receiving security and quality updates, Microsoft recommends that you update to the latest version of Windows 10.

To update to one of the newer versions of Windows 10, we recommend that you use the appropriate Enablement Package KB (EKB). Using the EKB makes updating faster and easier and requires a single restart. To find the EKB for a specific OS, go to theImprovements and fixessection and click or tap the OS name to expand the collapsible section.

Highlights:

  • Updates a known issue that affects Japanese Input Method Editors (IME). Text you enter might appear out of order or the text cursor might move unexpectedly in apps that use the multibyte character set (MBCS).
  • Updates security for your Windows operating system.

Download the updates from the Microsoft Update Catalog.

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-01-15T05:43:50+00:00

    All USB devices become non-functioning while downloading this update. WHY MICROSOFT DEVELOPERS ALWAYS MAKES SUCH RUBBISH UPDATESS AND THEY DONT BOTHER TEST THE UPDATE BEFORE RELEASING ??? NO WONDER EVERYONE IS SWITCHING TO A MACBOOK TODAY.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-01-13T19:07:02+00:00

    I have Windows 10. Please tell me I don't have to wipe my computer and start over.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-01-13T10:47:55+00:00

    I had same issue with VPN on windows 11 saying "general processing error".

    Uninstalling the KB5009566  https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/january-11-2022-kb5009566-os-build-22000-434-eee797fa-5ee3-4501-aeec-db3bc73b2c7b fixed the VPN issue.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-01-13T06:14:22+00:00

    After installing the update I do not have a taskbar or a startmenu any longer. windows search is also gone.
    Any ideas how to fix this?

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-01-12T17:39:27+00:00

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