Microsoft Releases KB5028245 Update for Windows 11 21H2 with Fixes and Optimizations

Windows 11 21H2 received on Tuesday (25) an update to build 22000.2245 (KB5028245) that added severalbugs and optimizations for the system. It is worth mentioning that Microsoft has also released a new update for Windows 10 22H2.

As the company pointed out, this new update to Windows 11 version 21H2 is not related to the security of the operating system, but only for the correction of bugs and includes “quality improvements”, as Microsoft classified it.

The update began to be released by Microsoft on Tuesday 25th and all users of Windows 11 21H2 can check its availability by going to the Settings app, the Windows Update tab and clicking on the Check for updates option

See the list of changes added in build 22000.2245 (KB5028245) below:

Highlights

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This update resolves an issue that affects virtual private networks (VPN). There may be excessive address resolution protocol (ARP) requests to the network gateway. This occurs when the VPN is on a wireless mesh network. Because of this, network performance is poor.

This update resolves an issue that affects certain display and audio devices. They disappear after the system wakes out of sleep mode.

Improvements

This non-security update includes quality improvements. When installing this KB:

• New! This update affects the Handwriting Software Input Panel (SIP), the Handwriting Engine, and the Handwriting Embedded Ink Control. They now support GB2-18030 compliance level 2022. Because of this, they meet the level 3 requirements.
• This update affects Windows Push Notification Services (WNS). This makes the connection between the WNS client and server more reliable.
• This update resolves an issue that affects UI automation and caching mode.
• This update resolves an issue that affects the Windows notification platform. It fails to send app notifications to you.
• This update resolves an issue that affects hybrid associated devices. You can’t sign in to them if they’re not connected to the Internet. This occurs when you use a Windows Hello for Business PIN or biometric credentials. This issue applies to a trust deployment in the cloud.
• This update affects Windows Autopilot profiles. The process for downloading the Windows Autopilot policy is more resilient. This helps when a network connection may not be fully initialized. This update increases retry attempts when you try to download the Windows Autopilot profile.
• This update resolves an issue that may affect Win32 and Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps. They can close when devices go into modern standby mode. Modern Standby is an expansion of the Connected Standby power model. This issue occurs if certain Bluetooth Phone Link features are enabled.
• This update resolves an issue that affects the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) store. This causes an installation error. The problem occurs when a device does not shut down properly.
• This update resolves an issue that affects some CPUs. There are inconsistent reports from the L2 cache.
• This update resolves an issue that affects event forwarding signatures. When you add an Event Channel to your subscription, it forwards unnecessary events.
• This update improves the hints for some of the lyrics in the Verdana Pro font family.
• This update affects user-mode printer drivers. They unload unexpectedly. This occurs when you print from multiple print queues to the same printer driver.
• This update resolves an issue that may affect your computer during a game. Time-out detection and recovery (TDR) errors may occur.
• This update affects text editing controls in XAML. You cannot edit the controls again after they become read-only. This occurs when you use the new Microsoft Input Method Editor for Japanese, Chinese, and Korean.
• This update causes Narrator to announce the “Change product key” label.
• This update resolves an issue that affects the Defender Firewall profile. It fails to automatically switch from a trusted LAN to a public network.
• This update updates the country and carrier settings (COSA) asset profiles.
• This update resolves an impasse in Internet Protocol Security (IPsec). When you configure servers with IPsec rules, they stop responding. This issue affects both virtual and physical servers.
• This update resolves an issue that affects the MPSSV service. The problems cause your system to restart repeatedly. The Stop error code is 0xEF.
• This update resolves an issue that affects a clustered shared volume (CSV). CSV does not go online. This occurs if you enable BitLocker and local CSV managed protectors, and the system has recently switched BitLocker keys.
• This update resolves an issue that causes Windows to crash. This occurs when you use BitLocker on storage media with a large sector size.
• This update affects the Windows kernel vulnerable driver block list, DriverSiPolicy.p7b. It adds drivers that are at risk of Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) attacks.
• This update resolves an issue that affects the fastfat file system driver. He stops responding due to a racing condition.
• This update resolves an issue that affects refsutil.exe . Options, such as save and leak, do not work correctly on Resilient File System (ReFS) volumes.
• This update resolves an issue that affects I/O over Server Message Block (SMB). It may fail when you use the LZ77+Huffman compression algorithm.

Windows 

11 servicing stack update – 22000.2237

This update makes quality improvements to the servicing stack, which is the component that installs Windows updates. Service stack updates (SSU) ensure that you have a robust and reliable servicing stack so that your devices can receive and install updates from Microsoft.

Windows 11, version 22H2 known issues and notifications

It is recommended to back up important data before installing any updates and to check for any known issues or compatibility concerns before proceeding with the installation. Microsoft’s official website provides information on known issues and fixes for Windows 11, including the KB5028245 update.

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• Update
• Windows 10 22H2 gets update KB5028244 with several fixes for bugs