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
    2022-01-17T16:16:50+00:00

    since this update installed, my quicken software will no longer work. i am frantic because all of my financial information is in that file. what can i do?

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-01-17T15:14:59+00:00

    If you are having difficulties, please include:

    • Microsoft operating system, version, and build
    • Home or Pro
    • 32 bit or 64 bit
    • Update you are installing
    • Reported error messages

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  3. JX313 7,050 Reputation points
    2022-01-17T06:10:58+00:00

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-01-17T06:00:44+00:00

    This update will give VPN connection errors. Microsoft should release immediate solution with this.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-01-17T02:49:47+00:00

    Hello everyone,

    So after I tried installing the KB5009566 updates, along with the KB5008880 and KB90830 updates for Windows 11, my computer began to bootloop continuously. I am not exactly sure why, but I ended up having to restore my computer from a prior back I had made through Acronis Cyber Protect. I am not sure how to see the error message due to restoring from a backup, but if anyone else knows why this may be happening, I would greatly appreciate it.

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