Applies ToWindows 10, version 22H2, all editions

Release Date:

24/09/2024

Version:

OS Build 19045.4957

11/17/20

For information about Windows update terminology, see the article about the types of Windows updates and the monthly quality update types. For an overview of Windows 10, version 22H2, see its update history page.    

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 Highlights

Note: Below is a summary of the key issues that this update addresses when you install this KB. If there are new features, it lists them as well. The bold text within the brackets indicates the item or area of the change we are documenting.

  • [Start menu] New! This update might move your profile picture to different positions. There is also a new background color for the left pane on the menu. This color change makes the commands on the menu stand out more.  

  • [IE mode] Microsoft Edge sometimes stops responding when you use IE mode. ​​​​​​​

  • [Media playback] Playback of some media might stop when you use certain surround sound technology.

Improvements

Important: Use EKB KB5015684 to update to Windows 10, version 22H2.

This non-security update includes quality improvements. Below is a summary of the key issues that this update addresses when you install this KB. If there are new features, it lists them as well. The bold text within the brackets indicates the item or area of the change we are documenting.

  • [Microsoft Entra single sign-on (SSO)] The SSO notice that the European Digital Markets Act (DMA) requires prompts too often. This occurs when you authenticate using a certificate. To learn more, see Upcoming changes to Windows single sign-on.

  • [Country and Operator Settings Asset] This update brings COSA profiles up to date for certain mobile operators.

  • [File Explorer and taskbar] Windows server stops responding when you use apps like File Explorer and the taskbar.

  • [Windows Update opt-in notifications] They now appear when you sign in.

  • [Directory enumeration] This might fail if a directory has symbolic links that have long target names.

  • [Microsoft Defender for Endpoint] Work Folders files fail to sync when Defender for Endpoint is on.

If you installed earlier updates, only the new updates contained in this package will be downloaded and installed on your device.

Windows 10 servicing stack update (KB5043130) - 19045.4950

This update makes quality improvements to the servicing stack, which is the component that installs Windows updates. Servicing stack updates (SSU) ensure that you have a robust and reliable servicing stack so that your devices can receive and install Microsoft updates.

Symptom

Workaround

After installing this update, you might be unable to change your user account profile picture.

When attempting to change a profile picture by selecting the button Start> Settings > Account > Your info and, under Create your picture, clicking on Browse for one, you might receive an error message with error code 0x80070520. 

After further investigation, we concluded this issue has very limited or no impact for this Windows version.

If you encounter this issue on your device, please contact Windows support for help

After installing this update, you might experience a black screen when you login to Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD). You might also notice that you are unable to log out of your account and the black screen persists even after disconnecting and reconnecting to AVD. Resulting from this issue, the application event log in Event viewer will show an application error with Event ID:1000 indicating a fault with the application ‘svchost.exe_AppXSvc’.

Please note that AppX Deployment Service (AppxSvc) being in an invalid state could also cause other symptoms like the Start Menu to close unexpectedly due to registration issues. If you are observing the ‘svchost.exe_AppXSvc’ faulting application name in your application event logs, please apply the Known Issue Rollback (KIR) mentioned in the resolution section before trying to troubleshoot other symptoms.

This issue is addressed in KB5045594.

After installing this update or later, you might observe that apps such as Quick Assist, Microsoft Teams, Windows Narrator, etc. might fail to start if you are a non-admin user. You might experience this issue on any app that sets UIAccess=true while trying to run the app as a non-admin user. The uiAccess=true attribute in an application's manifest file is used to request that the application be granted higher privileges. Apps using this attribute launch from a secure path, such as:

  • %ProgramFiles% (including subdirectories)

  • %ProgramFiles(x86)% (including subdirectories for 64-bit versions of Windows)

  • %systemroot%\system32

  • %systemroot%\syswow64 (for 64-bit versions of Windows)

If you have the Procmon monitoring tool installed in your device, you will observe that the application runs with the wrong integrity level, Integrity:Low instead of the expected Integrity:Medium. You are less likely to encounter this issue if you are running the application as an administrator.

This issue is mitigated using Known Issue Rollback (KIR). Please note that it might take up to 24 hours for the resolution to propagate automatically to consumer devices and non-managed business devices and business devices that are not managed by IT departments. Restarting your Windows device might help the resolution apply to your device faster. 

For enterprise-managed devices managed by IT departments that have installed the affected update and encountered this issue, IT administrators can resolve it by applying the KIR mentioned in the resolution section of Windows release health dashboard for this issue. 

After installing this update, or subsequent updates, you might experience an extended black screen that stays between 10 to 30 mins when you login to Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD). Additional symptoms you might experience include:

  • Failures related to single sign-on (SSO) experience on Office applications such as Outlook and Teams, which could prevent you from connecting to backend services or synchronizing data.

  • Office apps display losing network connectivity even though other applications, such as Edge, retain intranet and internet access.

 This issue is caused by a deadlock in the interactions between the Azure Active Directory (AAD) broker and the underlying AppX deployment service(AppxSvc) and Background tasks infrastructure service. You are more likely to experience this issue if you are using FSLogix user profile containers on multi-session environments. FSLogix is a Microsoft tool that helps manage and speed up user profiles on computers, especially in virtual environments like remote desktops.

 Please note that this issue is different from the scenario where the AppX Deployment Service (AppxSvc) was in an invalid state, causing a black screen. That issue was resolved with Windows updates released on October 22, 2024 (KB5045594), and later.

We are investigating the issue and provide an update where more information is available.  

How to get this update

Before you install this update 

Microsoft now combines the latest servicing stack update (SSU) for your operating system with the latest cumulative update (LCU). For general information about SSUs, see Servicing stack updates and Servicing Stack Updates (SSU): Frequently Asked Questions.

Prerequisite:

Based on your installation scenario, choose one of the following:

  1. For offline OS image servicing:

    If your image does not have the July 25, 2023 (KB5028244) or later LCU, you must install the special standalone Oct 13, 2023 SSU (KB5031539) before installing this update.

  2. For Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) deployment or when installing the standalone package from Microsoft Update Catalog: 

    If your devices do not have the May 11, 2021 (KB5003173) or later LCU, you must install the special standalone August 10, 2021 SSU (KB5005260) before installing this update.

Install this update

To install this update, use one of the following Windows and Microsoft release channels.

Available

Next Step

Yes

Go to Settings Update & Security > Windows Update. In the Optional updates available area, you will find the link to download and install the update.

Available

Next Step

No

None. These changes will be included in the next security update to Windows Update for Business.

Available

Next Step

Yes

To get the standalone package for this update, go to the Microsoft Update Catalog website.

Available

Next Step

No

You can import this update into Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) manually. See the Microsoft Update Catalog for instructions.

If you want to remove the LCU

To remove the LCU after installing the combined SSU and LCU package, use the DISM/Remove-Package command line option with the LCU package name as the argument. You can find the package name by using this command: DISM /online /get-packages.

Running Windows Update Standalone Installer (wusa.exe) with the /uninstall switch on the combined package will not work because the combined package contains the SSU. You cannot remove the SSU from the system after installation.

File information

For a list of the files that are provided in this update, download the file information for cumulative update 5043131.  

For a list of the files that are provided in the servicing stack update, download the file information for the SSU (KB5043130) - version 19045.4950.

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