Microsoft is releasing Windows 10 Build 19043.962 (21H1) to Beta Channel & Release Preview Channels.

 

Releasing Windows 10 Build 19043.962 (21H1) to Beta Channel & Release Preview Channels

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·         Windows Insider Program Team

published April 19, 2021

UPDATE 4/20: This update is yet to be offered to commercial devices in the Release Preview Channel on 21H1. We will make the update available soon.

Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing 21H1 Build 19043.962 (KB5001391) to the Beta Channel for those Insiders who are on 21H1 (Click here for the 21H1 announcement). This update is also available for commercial devices in the Release Preview Channel on 21H1 as mentioned here in this blog post.

This update includes the following improvements:

·         We are rolling out news and interests on the Windows taskbar to Beta and Release Preview rings. This has been available in the Dev Channel, with on-going improvements based on Insider feedback. News and interests on the taskbar make it easy to stay up to date with information at a glance, and we look forward to hearing what you think.

·         We fixed an issue that prevents a site from transitioning out of Microsoft Edge IE Mode when expected.

·         We fixed an issue that fails to remove mandatory profiles completely when you sign out when using the “Delete cached copies of roaming profiles” Group Policy.

·         We fixed an issue that causes blank tiles to appear on the Start menu with names such as “ms-resource:AppName” or “ms-resource:appDisplayName”. These blank tiles represent the installed applications and appear for approximately 15 minutes after updating to a newer version of Windows 10. Installing this update prevents these blank tiles from appearing on the Start menu.

·         We fixed an issue with the Microsoft Japanese Input Method Editor (IME) that prevents an app’s custom candidate window from displaying correctly.

·         We fixed an issue that occurs when you install inventory applications.

·         We fixed an issue that includes kernel mode rules for .NET applications in Windows Defender Application Control policies. As a result, the generated policies are significantly larger than necessary.

·         We fixed an issue that causes devices to fail Device Health Attestation.

·         We fixed an issue that turns off S Mode when you enable System Guard Secure Launch on a system running Windows 10 in S Mode.

·         We fixed an issue that causes lsass.exe memory usage to grow until the system becomes unusable. This occurs when Transport Layer Security (TLS) resumes a session.

·         We fixed an issue with a race condition between Task Scheduler and the Workstation Service. As a result, users cannot automatically join a hybrid Azure Active Directory (AAD) domain and error 0x80070490 is generated.

·         We fixed an issue that causes Azure Active Directory authentication to fail after signing in on Windows Virtual Desktop machines.

·         We fixed an issue that causes AAD Work Accounts to unexpectedly disappear from certain apps such Microsoft Teams or Microsoft Office.

·         We fixed an issue with a partial Service Connection Point (SCP) configuration that causes dsregcmd.exe to stop working. This issue occurs because of a case-sensitive domain ID name comparison that occurs when joining a hybrid Azure Active Directory domain using single sign-on (SSO).

·         We fixed an issue that accidently triggers hybrid AAD joining when the Group Policy “Register domain-joined computers as devices” is set to DISABLED. For more information, see Post configuration tasks for Hybrid Azure AD join.

·         We added the ability to adjust the amount of idle time before a headset goes to sleep in the Settings app for Windows Mixed Reality.

·         We fixed an issue that might generate a stop error when Docker containers run with process isolation.

·         We fixed an issue that causes automatic enrollment and certificate retrieval to fail with the error, “The parameter is incorrect.”

·         We fixed an issue that might cause Microsoft Defender Application Guard virtual machines to stop responding when Microsoft Defender Application Guard for Office opens a document. This issue might occur on some devices or in drivers that utilize GPU Hardware Accelerated Scheduling.

·         We fixed an issue that prevents some media players from playing content on hybrid devices that are running with dGPU on iGPU displays.

·         We fixed an issue with race conditions that cause high CPU usage. As a result, the system stops working and deadlocks occur.

·         We fixed an issue with a deadlock in the New Technology File System (NTFS).

·         We fixed an issue that causes DWM.exe to stop working in some cases.

·         We fixed an issue that might prevent an application screen from working when using a Remote Desktop ActiveX control that is embedded in an HTML page.

·         We improved the Windows Server Storage Migration Service by:

·         Adding support for migration from NetApp FAS arrays to Windows Servers and clusters.

·         Resolving multiple issues and improving reliability.

·         For more information, see Storage Migration Service overview.

Thanks,

The Windows Insider Program Team

 

What is new upcoming on Windows 10 April 30 Update? Videos.

The next Windows 10 April 30 Update is coming with new great features that will help to improve our daily personal and working life. Lets`take a look to some of Windows videos:

Dictation

The improved Dictation feature in Windows 10 will capture your thoughts quickly and accurately so that brilliant idea you just riffed on with your colleagues or the speech you're practicing for your best friend's wedding isn’t lost forever.

Timeline.

Timeline lets you go back in time to past activities you’ve worked on across your devices, so you can jump back into them like you never left.

Focus Assist

Focus Assist helps you get more done by easily blocking notifications, sounds, and alerts to create distraction-free work times.

Microsoft Edge New Features

Nearby Sharing lets you instantly share your videos, photos, documents, and websites with people and devices near you over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. 

Windows 10 Update KB 4088776 March 2018. Improvements and Fixes.

March 13, 2018—KB4088776 (OS Build 16299.309)

Applies to: Windows 10 version 1709.

Improvements and fixes.

This update includes quality improvements. No new operating system features are being introduced in this update. Key changes include:

Addresses issue where Internet Explorer stops working when using F12-based developer tools. 

Addresses issue with printing XML documents with Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge. 

Updates legacy Document Mode cell visibility in Internet Explorer.

Addresses issue with pinch and zoom gestures on some hardware in Internet Explorer.

Addresses issue where Internet Explorer is unresponsive in certain scenarios when a Browser Helper Object is installed.

Addresses issue to prevent media and other applications from becoming unresponsive or failing when upgrading graphics drivers.

Addresses issue where customers receive "Check your account, you don't own this content” errors when attempting to play or install owned content. This issue can also result in customers getting kicked out of a game in the middle of play.

Addresses issue where, after installing KB4056892,KB4073291, KB4058258, KB4077675, or KB4074588 on a server, you may not be able to access SMB shared files in directory junction points or volume mount points hosted on that server. The error is "ERROR_INVALID_REPARSE_DATA”.

 As a result, editing some group policies using GPMC or AGPM 4.0 may fail with the error "The data present in the reparse point buffer is invalid. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80071128)".

Addresses issue where an AD FS server issue causes the WID AD FS database to become unusable after a restart. This might prevent the AD FS service from starting.

Addresses issue where, after installing KB4090913, the Mixed Reality Portal may fail to initialize. This results in an “SXXXXXXX-X” error or a “We couldn’t download the Windows Mixed Reality Software” message may appear after the software is successfully downloaded.

Due to recent work with our antivirus (AV) partners, AV software has now reached a sustained level of broad compatibility with Windows updates. After analyzing the available data, we’re lifting the AV compatibility check for the March 2018 Windows security updates for supported Windows 10 devices through Windows Update. We’ll continue to require that AV software be compatible. Devices with known AV driver compatibility problems will be blocked from updates. We recommend that customers check installed AV software compatibility with their AV provider.

Security updates to Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Scripting Engine, Windows Desktop Bridge, Windows Kernel, Windows Shell, Windows MSXML, Device Guard, Windows Hyper-V, Windows Installer, and the Microsoft Scripting Engine.

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

For more information about the resolved security vulnerabilities, see the Security Update Guide.

How to get this update.

This update will be downloaded and installed automatically from Windows Update. To get the standalone package for this update, go to the Microsoft Update Catalog website. 

Important When installing both the SSU and the LCU updates from the Microsoft Update Catalog, install the SSU before installing the LCU.

File information

For a list of the files that are provided in this update, download the file information for cumulative update 4088776. 

Windows 10 Actualizaciòn KB4088776 de Marzo 2018: Mejoras y Correciones.

13 de marzo de 2018: KB4088776 (compilación del SO 16299.309)

Mejoras y correcciones

Esta actualización incluye mejoras de calidad. En esta actualización no se incorporan nuevas características del sistema operativo. Entre los principales cambios se encuentran los siguientes:

Soluciona el problema por el cual Internet Explorer deja de funcionar cuando se usan herramientas del desarrollador basadas en F12. 

Soluciona el problema con la impresión de documentos XML con Internet Explorer y Microsoft Edge. 

Actualiza la visibilidad de la celda del Modo documento en Internet Explorer.

Soluciona el problema con gestos de pellizco y zoom en algunos hardware en Internet Explorer. 

Soluciona el problema por el cual Internet Explorer no responde en ciertas situaciones cuando se instala un objeto de ayuda del navegador.

Soluciona el problema para evitar que los medios y otras aplicaciones no respondan o fallen al actualizar los controladores de gráficos.

Soluciona el problema por el cual los clientes reciben "Verifique su cuenta, no posee estos errores de contenido"” cuando intentan reproducir o instalar contenido de su propiedad. Este problema también puede provocar que los clientes sean expulsados de un juego a media partida.

Soluciona el problema por el cual, después de instalar KB4056892,KB4073291, KB4058258, KB4077675, or KB4074588 en un servidor, es posible que no pueda acceder a los archivos compartidos SMB en los puntos de unión de directorios o puntos de montaje de volúmenes alojados en ese servidor. El error dice "ERROR_INVALID_REPARSE_DATA”. Como resultado, al editar algunas políticas de grupo mediante GPMC o AGPM 4.0, es posible que se produzca el error "Los datos en el búfer de puntos de análisis no son válidos. (Excepción de HRESULT: 0x80071128)".

Soluciona el problema por el cual un problema del servidor de AD FS provoca que la base de datos WID AD FS quede inutilizable después de un reinicio. Esto podría evitar el inicio del servicio de AD FS.

Se soluciona el problema por el cual, después de instalar KB4090913, el Portal de realidad mixta puede fallar al inicializarse. Esto da como resultado  un error “SXXXXXXX-X” o un mensaje de “"No’ podemos descargar el software de realidad mixta de Windows"” después de que el software se haya descargado correctamente.

Debido al trabajo reciente con nuestros socios antivirus (AV), el software AV ha alcanzado ahora un nivel sostenido de amplia compatibilidad con las actualizaciones de Windows. Después de analizar los datos disponibles, hemos decidido eliminar la verificación de compatibilidad AV en las actualizaciones de seguridad de Windows de marzo de 2018 para los dispositivos compatibles con Windows 10 a través de Windows Update. Se seguirá requiriendo que el software AV sea compatible. Los dispositivos con problemas conocidos de compatibilidad con controladores AV se bloquearán a partir de las actualizaciones. Recomendamos que los clientes verifiquen la compatibilidad del software AV instalado con su proveedor de AV.

Actualizaciones de seguridad para Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, motor de scripting de Microsoft, Windows Desktop Bridge, kernel de Windows, Windows Shell, Windows MSXML, Device Guard, Windows Hyper-V y Windows Installer.

Si instaló actualizaciones anteriores, solo se descargarán e instalarán en su dispositivo las nuevas correcciones que se incluyen en este paquete.

Para obtener más información sobre las vulnerabilidades de seguridad resueltas, consulte la Guía de actualización de seguridad.

Problemas conocidos en esta actualizaciòn.

Cómo obtener esta actualización.

Esta actualización se descargará e instalará automáticamente desde Windows Update. Para obtener el paquete independiente de esta actualización, vaya al sitio web del Catálogo de Microsoft Update.  

Importante Al instalar las actualizaciones de SSU y LCU del Catálogo de actualizaciones de Microsoft, instale SSU antes de instalar LCU.

Información de archivo

Para ver la lista de los archivos proporcionados en esta actualización, descargue la información sobre los archivos de la actualización acumulativa 4088776. 

Palm vein scanning is coming to Windows 10. Video.

Fujitsu has unveiled the latest unlocking method for Windows 10: palm vein recognition.

Fujitsu has been working on this kind of technology for more than a decade, but it's now partnered with Microsoft to offer palm vein scanning as part of the Windows Hello suite of security measures – that's the tech that lets you log into Windows 10 with your face or your fingerprint, if your computer has the necessary hardware.

And now, palm vein scanning joins the list, though note it's scanning veins rather than actual palms. The idea is that the underlying network of veins are so intricate and complex that they're unique to every user.

What's more, it's much more difficult to get a copy of someone's palm vein blueprint than it is to get a photo of someone's face, which might be enough to get through certain face unlock methods.

Fujitsu is promising that its laptop palm vein scanners, which are only a little larger than a postage stamp, are very fast and very accurate. All it takes is for users to hold their hands just above the scanner, and they're straight into Windows, no password required.

The technology works with a quick upward blast of infrared rays, which bounce back at different rates depending on whether veins are detected or not. The end result is a palm map where veins are shown as black lines, which the security embedded into Windows Hello can then use to verify a person's identity.

It's the deoxidized hemoglobin in the veins that makes them stand out to an infrared scan, and the blood needs to be pumping for it to work – so hackers won't be able to use a severed hand to log into someone else's Windows 10 computer.

A number of businesses are already making use of this PalmSecure technology, and it's now available in Windows 10 Pro laptops from Fujitsu as well. Or at least it is if you're the IT buyer at a company. There's no word on a consumer launch, but the technology is likely to eventually trickle down to the rest of us.

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FUJITSU LAPTOP with palm vein sensor

Microsoft`s Windows 10 Update KB3213986 (OS Build 14393.693) Jan 10th, 2017. Changelog.

Changelog:

January 10, 2017—KB3213986 (OS Build 14393.693)

Improvements and fixes

This update includes quality improvements. No new operating system features are being introduced in this update. Key changes include:

• Improved the reliability of Groove Music playback in the background, App-V, video playback and Remote Desktop.
• Addressed issue where after successful fingerprint authentication on a device with the screen off, the screen does not turn back on.
• Addressed issue where only one input device works when you connect two similar input devices to the same machine.
• Addressed issue in the App-V Connection Group that allows users to have access to pieces of functionality that they were not designated to for access.
• Addressed issue that prevents users from selecting multiple certificates simultaneously through the UI.
• Addressed issue where the Request Control function does not work with Remote Assistance if the user being assisted is on Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012.
• Addressed issue that prevents a smart card module from pairing with a contactless smart card reader.
• Addressed issue with license conversion of Server Core from evaluation version to a retail version.
• Addressed issue that prevents users from opening Internet shortcut (.URL) files with Internet Explorer when Enhanced Protected Mode is enabled. 
• Addressed issue that prevents users from logging on if a device has been away from the corporate network over a period of time.
• Addressed additional issues with Microsoft Edge, clustering, Internet Explorer, Windows Update, input devices, facial recognition, Logon, Hyper-V, PCI bus drivers and Windows Kernel.

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

Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1607 KB3201845 and Windows Server 2016 is up. Change Log.

Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1607 and Windows Server 2016: December 9, 2016.

Summary

This update includes quality improvements for Windows 10 Version 1607 and Windows Server 2016. No new operating system features are being introduced in this update. Key changes include:

• Improved the reliability of mobile device management (MDM) disenrollment, Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM), Peripheral Component Interface and PowerShell.
• Addressed issue that causes excessive battery drain if you have a Chinese Input Method Editor installed and use Windows Hello to log in.
• Addressed issue with OLE drag and drop that prevents users from downloading a SharePoint document library as a file.
• Addressed issue with Super Floppy-formatted fixed media devices that are not recognized by Windows 10 Anniversary Update or accessible in Windows Explorer.
• Addressed issue that causes the System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) client to fail installation when a device is re-imaged using the SCCM task sequence.
• Addressed issue that causes the loss of optional component (OC) state information, including all Hyper-V virtual machines, after upgrade.
• Addressed issue that causes Windows Explorer to display information that’s inconsistent with what’s stored on the Floppy disk.
• Addressed issue that, after connecting a shared CD/DVD-hosted drive with no media inserted, causes some of the commands, like DIR and NET USE, to hang.
• Addressed issue where customers cannot use directory cache sizes greater than 64 KB.
• Addressed issue where Windows Explorer sometimes does not prompt for credentials when a user logs on using a Microsoft account.
• Addressed additional issues with application compatibility and Internet Explorer

How to get this update

Windows Update

This update will be downloaded and installed automatically. 

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for installing this update.

Restart information

You have to restart the computer after you apply this update. 

Update replacement information

This update replaces the previously released update 3200970.

File Information

For a list of the files that are provided in this cumulative update, download the file information for cumulative update 3201845. 

References

Learn about the terminology that Microsoft uses to describe software updates.

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Article ID: 3201845 - Last Review: 12/09/2016 09:54:00 - Revision: 4.0

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Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 Version 1607

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Windows 10 Anniversary Update to arrive in August 2. Some enhancements

We are 26 days away of the date when Microsoft will finish its Windows 10 update FREE program to Windows 7 and Windows 8 actual users. After that date you will start paying $119.- for a Windows 10 basic version.

A Big Anniversary Update of Windows 10 will arrive to your PC, laptop, notebook or whatever kind of device you are working with Windows 10, in August 2.

SOME PROJECTED ENHANCEMENTS:

CORTANA: 

On Windows 10-powered devices, Cortana will soon sit above the lock screen. That means you won't have to sign in to your device in order to interact with Cortana. It's a nice time saver - although the idea is already in place on Android and iOS.

WINDOWS INK:

Also in the time-saving pile is Windows Ink. The company has shared some info on Windows Ink already, but the Anniversary Update will be when it makes its full public debut.

"In this release you're going to see the pen become a first-class method of input," promised Mr Mehdi, explaining how the pen - a stylus, in other words - could now be used to scribble notes quickly on to the screen.

Like Cortana, much of Windows Ink's appeal will be that you don't need to unlock the device in order to use it. You just click the pen and begin writing on the screen.

WINDOWS HELLO:

Also in the update: more uses for Windows Hello. For a while, Hello has been able to log you into a Windows 10 device just by recognising your face (or fingerprint).

Now Microsoft hopes to expand that capability to websites. Microsoft envisions a time when you can sign in to your favourite websites using your face rather than a password - an obvious improvement at a time when security experts are questioning the long-term suitability of passwords.

The function works within the Edge browser. Web developers only have to add a small amount of code in order to enable Hello log-ins on their site.

Don't expect many of them just yet, mind. Microsoft couldn't give me any examples of websites that were planning to incorporate log-ins via Hello.

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