Applies ToWindows 10

Release Date:

4/12/2022

Version:

OS Build 10240.19265

EXPIRATION NOTICE

IMPORTANT As of 9/12/2023, this KB is no longer available from Windows Update, the Microsoft Update Catalog, or other release channels.  We recommend that you update your devices to the latest security quality update. 

12/8/20 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 1507, see its update history page.

Highlights

  • Updates security for your Windows operating system.  

Improvements 

This security update includes quality improvements. Key changes include:

  • This update contains miscellaneous security improvements to internal OS functionality. No additional issues were documented for this release. 

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

For more information about security vulnerabilities, please refer to the new Security Update Guide website and the April 2022 Security Updates.

Known issues in this update

Symptom

Workaround

After installing the Windows updates released January 11, 2022 or later Windows versions on an affected version of Windows, recovery discs (CD or DVD) created by using the Backup and Restore (Windows 7) app in Control Panel might be unable to start.

Recovery discs that were created by using the Backup and Restore (Windows 7) app on devices which have installed Windows updates released before January 11, 2022 are not affected by this issue and should start as expected.

Note No third-party backup or recovery apps are currently known to be affected by this issue

This issue is addressed in KB5013963.

How to get this update

This update is no longer available.

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