14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft has released new cumulative updates for Windows 10 devices, and users still running the April 2018 Update, or version 1803, can now download KB4507466 either from Windows Update or the Microsoft Update Catalog.
What’s important to know from the very beginning is that the update does not include any security improvements, as such fixes are typically shipped as part of the Patch Tuesday rollouts.
On the other hand, cumulative update KB4507466 does bring a series of welcome refinements, and it all starts with resolving an issue that prevents a device from recognizing a Microsoft account. Microsoft says that users experiencing this problem could only fix it temporarily by signing out and signing back in.
Then, the same update fixes a problem that causes app permissions to be retained when resetting the device, while also bringing compatibility improvements for the Window-Eyes screen reader app.
Three known issues
For IT pros and enterprises, Microsoft has included refinements for Microsoft Application Virtualization. The changelog, which is embedded in the box after the jump, explains the following:
“Addresses an issue that prevents Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) scripting from working if you run it when you’re not connected to a domain controller (DC). App-V scripting also fails when you run it in an environment that only contains Microsoft Azure Active Directory.”
There are three known issues in this cumulative, but they are all borrowed from the previous cumulative update shipped on Patch Tuesday.
For example, Microsoft says cumulative update KB4507466 could cause some operations on CSV files to fail with error “STATUS_BAD_IMPERSONATION_LEVEL (0xC00000A5),” while devices using Preboot Execution Environment images could be unable to start. And last but not least, some devices might end up with a black screen on the first boot after the update is installed, and users can fix this by forcing a reboot with Ctrl + Alt + Delete.