Microsoft releases new updates for Windows 10 21H1, 20H2 and 2004: improvements in subtitles, in the lock screen and more

Windows 11 aside, life goes on at Microsoft with its previous operating system. A Windows 10 that continues to receive updates for the different versions that are still supported. It is the case of Windows 10 in versions 21H1, 20H2 and 2004, which have received new optional updates.

Updates come through the builds 19044.1320, 19043.1320, 19042.1320, and 19041.1320 for versions 21H1, 20H2 and 2004 of Windows 10. Some Builds that are associated with the patch KB5006738 and that they focus on improving the use of subtitles, correcting problems with the wallpaper, improving the use between browsers and more changes that we now review.

Changes and improvements

• Fix a problem that may prevent subtitles from being displayed in some apps video and video streaming websites.

• Fix a problem that prevents Kana input mode users from inserting a question mark (?) Using the Shift-0 key combination.

• Fixes an issue that sometimes causes lock screen background appears black if you have set an image slideshow as the lock screen background.

Other fixes

• Addresses an issue that prevents accessing the pre-provisioning page during out-of-the-box experience (OOBE). This issue occurs when the credentials page to sign in to Azure Active Directory appears and press the Windows key five times.

• Add a feature that facilitates certain data transfers between browsers.

• Addresses an issue with Assigned Access kiosks that are configured with Microsoft Edge as a kiosk app. Sometimes these kiosks may not restart Microsoft Edge if users close the browser window.

• Fixed an issue where using App-V causes intermittent black screens when you log in to the credentials page.

• Fixed an issue that prevents Windows 10 Virtual Private Network (VPN) users from connecting to Windows Server 2019 Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) servers.

• Fixes an issue that prevents software-defined networking (SDN) virtual machines work when you configure Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) VPN bandwidth throttling.

• Fixed a Primary Refresh Token (PRT) update issue that occurs when VPN users log in with Windows Hello for Business when the VPN connection is offline. Users receive unexpected authentication requests for online resources that are configured for User Login Frequency (SIF) in Azure Active Directory-Conditional Access.

• Fixed an issue that causes Windows to enter BitLocker recovery after a service update.

• Fixed an issue that could cause Kerberos.dll to stop working within the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS). This occurs when LSASS processes simultaneous user service requests (S4U) from user to user (U2U) for the same client user.

• Fixes a code integrity issue that could cause a memory leak.

• Microsoft Defender for Endpoint’s ability to identify and intercept ransomware and advanced attacks has been improved.

• Fixes an issue in the OOBE that could cause Windows AutoPilot provisioning to fail.

• Fixed a crash that caused make the lock screen appear black if you set the slideshow.

• Addresses a reliability issue with LogonUI.exe, which affects the rendering of network status text on the credentials screen.

• Addresses an issue that causes Server Message Block (SMB) query directory requests to fail when the buffer size is large.

• Fixes a memory leak issue in lsass.exe on domain controllers in the forest root domain that occurs when you have multiple forests and multiple domains in each forest. The SID naming functions leak memory when a request comes from another domain in the forest and crosses the forest boundaries.

• Addresses an issue with the virtual machine (VM) load balancing feature, which ignores the fault domain of a site.

• Addresses a known issue that could prevent successful installation of printers that use Internet Printing Protocol (IPP).

Known issues

• Devices with Windows installations created from offline media Custom or custom ISO image may have Microsoft Edge Legacy removed by this update, but not automatically replaced by the new Microsoft Edge. This issue is only encountered when creating custom offline media or ISO images by embedding this update in the image without first installing the Independent Servicing Stack (SSU) update released on March 29, 2021 or later.

• After installing the June 21, 2021 update (KB5003690), some devices cannot install new updates, such as July 6, 2021 (KB5004945) or later updates. You will receive the error message “PSFX_E_MATCHING_BINARY_MISSING.

• After installing this update, when connecting to devices in an untrusted domain using Remote Desktop, Connections may not be authenticated when using smart card authentication. You may receive the message “Your credentials did not work. The credentials that were used to connect to [nombre del dispositivo] they did not work. Please enter new credentials. “And” Login attempt failed “in red.

As it is an optional update you can get it by accessing the route “Setting” > “Update and security” > “Windows Update” and entering the area of ​​optional updates available. You can also this update from the website of the Microsoft Update Catalog.

More information | Microsoft

(function () {window._JS_MODULES = window._JS_MODULES || {}; var headElement = document.getElementsByTagName (‘head’)[0]; if (_JS_MODULES.instagram) {var instagramScript = document.createElement (‘script’); instagramScript.src = “https://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js”; instagramScript.async = true; instagramScript.defer = true; headElement.appendChild (instagramScript); }}) ();

–
The news

Microsoft releases new updates for Windows 10 21H1, 20H2 and 2004: improvements in subtitles, in the lock screen and more

was originally published in

Engadget Windows

by Jose Antonio Carmona.