Did the latest Windows 10 Cumulative Update (KB4338819) Install Correctly?
>> What’s New in Windows 10 Cumulative Update KB4338819 for April 2018 Update
New update for the most recent Windows 10 version
Bogdan Popa
July 11, 2018
Microsoft has released a new set of cumulative updates for Windows 10, and just like expected, the April 2018 Update is getting its own pack of improvements as well.
First and foremost, Windows 10 cumulative update KB4338819 for April 2018 Update bumps OS build number to version 17134.165. To check if you’re running the latest build, press Win key + R and then winver. If this is the version that your system runs, the cumulative update has installed successfully.
"What’s new in this update"
As for what this new cumulative update brings for Windows 10 April 2018 Update, the changelog isn’t as long as you’d expect it to be given the number of bugs reported by users lately.
There are the obvious security updates for Internet Explorer, Windows apps, Windows graphics, Windows wireless networking, and Windows kernel, and a few non-security improvements for features that do not necessarily concern consumers.
For instance, Microsoft says it has fixed an issue impacting the Mitigation Options Group Policy client-side extension and which has previously failed in Windows 10 April 2018 Update. Microsoft explains:
“Addresses an issue that may cause the Mitigation Options Group Policy client-side extension to fail during GPO processing. The error message is “Windows failed to apply the Mitigation Options settings. Mitigation Options settings might have its own log file” or “ProcessGPOList: Extension MitigationOptions returned 0xea.” This issue occurs when Mitigation Options has been defined either manually or by Group Policy on a machine using Windows Defender Security Center or the PowerShell Set-ProcessMitigation cmdlet.”
Somewhat surprising is that Microsoft says there are no known issues in this cumulative update, which means that the company expects it to install correctly on all systems. As we all learned the hard way, this is a thing that still remains to be seen, though for now, we’re not aware of any failed installs.
KB4338819
• Improves the ability of the Universal CRT Ctype family of functions to correctly handle EOF as valid input.
• Enables debugging of WebView content in UWP apps using the Microsoft Edge DevTools Preview app that’s available in the Microsoft Store.
• Addresses an issue that may cause the Mitigation Options Group Policy client-side extension to fail during GPO processing. The error message is “Windows failed to apply the MitigationOptions settings. MitigationOptions settings might have its own log file” or “ProcessGPOList: Extension MitigationOptions returned 0xea.” This issue occurs when Mitigation Options has been defined either manually or by Group Policy on a machine using Windows Defender Security Center or the PowerShell Set-ProcessMitigation cmdlet.
• Evaluates the Windows ecosystem to help ensure application and device compatibility for all updates to Windows.
• Security updates to Internet Explorer, Windows apps, Windows graphics, Windows datacenter networking, Windows wireless networking, Windows virtualization, Windows kernel, and Windows Server.
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>> How to Find Out If a Windows 10 Cumulative Update Installed Correctly
Easy steps that every Windows 10 users should know
Bogdan Popa
Softpedia
Jul 11, 2018
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Windows 10 cumulative updates are released at least once every month (on Patch Tuesday), and they include both security and non-security improvements that every user of Microsoft’s latest operating system should install.
With cumulative updates, Microsoft has tried to address the update nightmare that plagued the previous Windows versions and which required users to install tens of updates to bring their systems up-to-date.
This new approach makes everything a lot easier, as installing the latest cumulative update is the only thing to do because all the previously-released improvements are included as well. The most recent release brings the computer fully up-to-date.
Cumulative updates including all the previously released fixes is one of the reasons they grow in size every month. Technically, Microsoft needs to fit in more and more patches every month, so with every new version, there’s a larger package that needs to be downloaded and installed.
But as many Windows 10 users learned the hard way, installing cumulative updates isn’t such an easy thing to do, as the process often fails or systems start experiencing all kinds of bugs despite the patch actually being supposed to improve performance.
Microsoft itself has never commented on why some cumulative updates cause so many issues, but the wide variety of hardware and software configurations on Windows 10 could be the culprit responsible for these problems.
In the meantime, however, users looking for ways to check whether cumulative updates installed correctly have to method to try out.
First of all, they need to consult this list on Microsoft’s website to determine the most recent cumulative update for their Windows 10 version. For example, if you’re running the April 2018 Update, the latest cumulative update at the time of publishing this article (July 2018) is KB4338819. This means that if your computer is up-to-date, KB4338819 should be running on your system.
To check if this is the case, it would technically be enough to simply check for updates, and if nothing new is available, then KB4338819 should already be there on the PC.
But if using Windows Update isn’t an option, you can verify the list of installed updates and see if KB4338819 is there. To do this, go to Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update > View update history and look for this particular update in the list. If it’s there, it’s up and running with no issue whatsoever.
As an alternative, you can head over to the classic Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features > Install Updates and also check out the list of updates to see if yours is on the list. Keep in mind that the Control Panel is an outgoing feature in Windows 10, and Microsoft plans to discontinue it by moving all options to the Settings app. This means that at some point the Control Panel would no longer be available, so this method would no longer work.
The second method involves verifying the build number of your system and comparing it to the one that each cumulative update brings.
On the linked Microsoft website, check out the build number of each update. In the case of KB4338819 for April 2018 Update, it’s 17134.165.
On your system, hit Windows key + R and type winver. The dialog that shows up displays information about your copy of Windows 10, including the OS build number. If the specs listed here is the same one as on Microsoft’s page, then the update installed successfully.
The same information is available in the Settings app > System > About in the lower part of the section in the Windows specifications category > OS build. <<
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