October 8, 2024—KB5044273 (OS Builds 19044.5011 and 19045.5011)
Applies To
Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021 Windows 10, version 22H2, all editionsRelease Date:
08/10/2024
Version:
OS Builds 19044.5011 and 19045.5011
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
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This update addresses security issues for your Windows operating system.
Improvements
Note To view the list of addressed issues, click or tap the OS name to expand the collapsible section.
Important: Use EKB KB5015684 to update to Windows 10, version 22H2.
This security update includes quality improvements. Key changes include:
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This build includes all the improvements from the supported Windows 10, version 21H2 editions.
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No additional issues are documented for this release.
Important: Use EKB KB5003791 to update to Windows 10, version 21H2 on supported editions.
This security update includes quality improvements that were a part of update KB5043131 (released September 24, 2024). 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.
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[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 October 2024 Security Updates.
Windows 10 servicing stack update (KB5043130) - 19044.4950 and 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.
Known issues in this update
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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. |
This issue is resolved by installing the Windows updates released October 22, 2024 (KB5045594) or later updates and by applying one of the options mentioned in the Resolution section in KB5048864. Note that you need to perform both actions to resolve the issue. |
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:
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 addressed in KB5046613. |
After installing this update, or subsequent updates, a small subset of Azure Virtual Desktop customers using multi-session hosts (AVD) may experience the following issues:
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. |
This issue is resolved by installing the Windows updates released October 22, 2024 (KB5045594) or later updates and by applying one of the options mentioned in the Resolution section in KB5048864. Note that you need to perform both actions to resolve the issue. |
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:
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For offline OS image servicing:
If your image does not have the March 22, 2022 (KB5011543) or later LCU, you must install the special standalone May 10, 2022 SSU (KB5014032) before installing this update.
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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 |
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None. This update will be downloaded and installed automatically from Windows Update and Microsoft Update. |
Available |
Next Step |
Yes |
None. This update will be downloaded and installed automatically from Windows Update for Business in accordance with configured policies. |
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To get the standalone package for this update, go to the Microsoft Update Catalog website. |
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This update will automatically sync with Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) if you configure Products and Classifications as follows: Product: Windows 10, version 1903 and later Classification: Security Updates |
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 5044273.
For a list of the files that are provided in the servicing stack update, download the file information for the SSU (KB5043130) - versions 19044.4950 and 19045.4950.