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November 2022 Windows 10 Cumulative Updates Now Available

Microsoft has released this month’s cumulative update

Nov 8, 2022 19:31 GMT  ·  By
New cumulative updates launch for Windows 10 devices
   New cumulative updates launch for Windows 10 devices

It’s November 8, so it’s time for another round of cumulative updates aimed at Windows 10. As everybody knows already, Windows 11 is Microsoft’s focus these days, but at the same time, the software giant keeps improving Windows 10 as well.

As per Microsoft’s support policy, Windows 10 will continue to be serviced until October 2025, so new cumulative updates will go live every month until this deadline is reached.

November 2022 makes no exception, so the company is releasing a new round of cumulative updates to Windows 10 devices out there. Given it’s Patch Tuesday, the focus is on security improvements, but at the same time, the software giant is also shipping a series of non-security refinements.

First and foremost, there’s the list of cumulative updates that are going live to Windows 10 devices today:  

As you can see, the most recent Windows 10 versions, namely 20H2, 21H1, 21H2, and the recently released 22H2, are all getting the same cumulative updates, as they share a similar codebase.

While today’s release is focused on security improvements, the new update also includes all the goodies that were part of cumulative update KB5018482 – the update that was shipped on October 25 as a preview and optional download via Windows Update.

According to the official changelog, this update brought lots of goodies, including for issues hitting Microsoft Edge and OS upgrades.

Here are the most important changes, as shared by Microsoft:  

  • It addresses an issue that causes an OS upgrade to stop responding, and then it fails.
  • It addresses an issue that affects the font of three Chinese characters. When you format these characters as bold, the width size is wrong.
  • It addresses an issue that affects Microsoft Direct3D 9 games. The graphics hardware stops working if the hardware does not have a native Direct3D 9 driver.
  • It addresses graphical issues in games that use Microsoft D3D9 on some platforms.
  • It addresses an issue that affects Microsoft Edge when it is in IE Mode. The titles of pop-up windows and tabs are wrong.
  • It addresses an issue that affects the lasso tool in a graphics editing program.
  • It stops the start of daylight saving time in Jordan at the end of October 2022. The Jordan time zone will permanently shift to the UTC + 3 time zone.

Today’s new cumulative update comes to Windows 10 devices with no new known issues. However, an old issue continues to hit the new release, and it’s related to Microsoft Edge browser.

Microsoft explains that devices where Windows 10 was installed using offline media or custom ISO images might still run Microsoft Edge Legacy – the old version of Microsoft Edge. After installing the new update that was shipped today, however, Microsoft Edge legacy might be automatically removed by the operating system, but on the other hand, the new version of the browser that runs on Chromium isn’t also installed.

Needless to say, the easiest way to deal with this shortcoming is to manually install the new version of Microsoft Edge. Of course, if devices are connected to Windows Update to receive updates, the issue doesn’t occur, as the new browser is downloaded automatically.