We"re less than two weeks away from the next Patch Tuesday, but Microsoft today released a few cumulative updates for multiple versions of Windows 10. The build numbers are minor increases from the ones released earlier this month, and they only include a couple fixes total.
The updates are for users running versions 1703, 1607, and 1511, so there"s nothing for those that installed the Fall Creators Update (version 1709) earlier this month.
For those on the Creators Update, you"ll see KB4049370, or build 15063.675, which you can manually download here. It contains the following fix for Surface Laptops:
Addressed issue where after installing KB4038788, some Microsoft Surface Laptops boot to a black screen. Additionally, you must press the power button for a long time to recover.
The update also contains a range of known issues:
| Symptom | Workaround |
|---|---|
| Installing KB4034674may change Czech and Arabic languages to English for Microsoft Edge and other applications. | Microsoft is working on a resolution and will provide an update in an upcoming release. |
| Installing this update may cause applications based on the Microsoft JET Database Engine (Microsoft Access 2007 and older or non-Microsoft applications) to fail when creating or opening Microsoft Excel .xls files. The error message is, “Unexpected error from external database driver (1). (Microsoft JET Database Engine)". | Download and install the Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010 Redistributable, and then modify the DB connection strings in Microsoft Excel to use ACE as a provider. Example: Change Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0 to Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0. Microsoft is working on a resolution and will provide an update in an upcoming release. |
| Universal Windows Platform (UWP) applications that use JavaScript and asm.js may stop working after installing KB4041676. | Uninstall the application. Once this is complete, reinstall it. Microsoft is working on a resolution and will provide an update in an upcoming release. |
| Even after successfully installing the update and rebooting, you may see the message “Update needs a restart” in the Control Panel UI. | Microsoft is working on a resolution and will provide an update in an upcoming release. |
Users on versions 1607 and 1511 will get KB4052231 (build 14393.1797) and KB4052232 (build 10586.1177), respectively. They include the following fix:
Addressed issue where applications based on the Microsoft JET Database Engine (Microsoft Access 2007 and older or non-Microsoft applications) fail when creating or opening Microsoft Excel .xls files. The error message is, “Unexpected error from external database driver (1). (Microsoft JET Database Engine)".
1607 users will have three known issues to be aware of, while those with 1511 only need to know about the first one on the following list:
| Symptom | Workaround |
|---|---|
| Some users who have the text size for icons set to a larger size (using Display Settingsin Control Panel) may have issues launching Internet Explorer. | Reducing the text size for icons to a smaller value or using the Change the size of all items setting should lessen this issue. Microsoft is working on a resolution and will provide an update in an upcoming release. |
| After installing KB4041691, package users may see an error dialog that indicates that an application exception has occurred when closing some applications. This can affect applications that use mshtml.dll to load web content. The failure only occurs when a process is already shutting down, and doesn"t impact application functionality. | Microsoft is working on a resolution and will provide an update in an upcoming release. |
| Universal Windows Platform (UWP) applications that use JavaScript and asm.js may stop working after installing KB4052231. | Uninstall the application. Once this is complete, reinstall it. Microsoft is working on a resolution and will provide an update in an upcoming release. |
Of course, you don"t have to use any of the download links provided to get these updates. You can always go to Settings -> Update & security -> Windows Update -> Check for updates, and your PC will download the update that corresponds to the version of Windows that you"re on.