14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft has released a new set of cumulative updates for Windows 10, and just like expected, the April 2018 Update is getting its own pack of improvements as well.
First and foremost, Windows 10 cumulative update KB4338819 for April 2018 Update bumps OS build number to version 17134.165. To check if you’re running the latest build, press Win key + R and then winver. If this is the version that your system runs, the cumulative update has installed successfully.
What’s new in this update
As for what this new cumulative update brings for Windows 10 April 2018 Update, the changelog isn’t as long as you’d expect it to be given the number of bugs reported by users lately.
There are the obvious security updates for Internet Explorer, Windows apps, Windows graphics, Windows wireless networking, and Windows kernel, and a few non-security improvements for features that do not necessarily concern consumers.
For instance, Microsoft says it has fixed an issue impacting the Mitigation Options Group Policy client-side extension and which has previously failed in Windows 10 April 2018 Update. Microsoft explains:
“Addresses an issue that may cause the Mitigation Options Group Policy client-side extension to fail during GPO processing. The error message is “Windows failed to apply the MitigationOptions settings. MitigationOptions settings might have its own log file” or “ProcessGPOList: Extension MitigationOptions returned 0xea.” This issue occurs when Mitigation Options has been defined either manually or by Group Policy on a machine using Windows Defender Security Center or the PowerShell Set-ProcessMitigation cmdlet.”
Somewhat surprising is that Microsoft says there are no known issues in this cumulative update, which means that the company expects it to install correctly on all systems. As we all learned the hard way, this is a thing that still remains to be seen, though for now, we’re not aware of any failed installs.