Microsoft today released new cumulative updates for all supported devices, including server and client OS as well. The latest Windows 10 is getting both security and non-security improvements, as part of the company’s May 2022 Patch Tuesday rollout. It’s worth noting that only Latest Windows 10 November 2021 update, Windows 10 October 2020 update, October 2019 update, and October 2018 Update devices are supported. In addition to Windows Update, direct download links for Windows 10 KB5013942 offline installers are also available.
In other words, if your device is still running the old Windows 10 April 2018 update or creators update the patch will be offered to you only if the device is enrolled in the LTSC (Long-Term Servicing Channel). Or all You’d need to switch to the Latest Windows 10 version 21H2.
On January 14, 2020 the company officialy notificed end of support for Windows 7. And microsoft recommend using windows 10 for latest security features and protection against milicious software.
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Check Windows 10 Version
You can press Windows key + R and then type winver to check the version number of your Windows 10 device.
The Windows 10 versions and their build number:
- OS Build 19044 represents windows 10 November 2021 Update
- OS Build 19043 represents windows 10 May 2021 Update
- OS Build 19042 represents windows 10 October 2020 Update
- OS Build 19041 represents windows 10 May 2020 Update.
- OS Build 18363 represents Windows 10 November 2019 Update.
- OS Build 18362 represents Windows 10 May 2019 Update.
- OS Build 17763 represents Windows 10 October 2018 Update.
- OS Build 17134 represents Windows 10 April 2018 Update.
- OS Build 16299 represents Windows 10 Fall Creators Update.
- OS Build 15063 represents Windows 10 Creators Update.
- OS Build 14393 represents Windows 10 Anniversary Update.
Windows 10 Security Update for April 2022
Here Microsoft has released April 2022 cumulative updates are the following:
- KB5013942 for Windows 10 version 21H2, bumps OS build 19044.1706, Windows 10 version 21H1 and version 20H2 also share the same update that bumps build 19043.1706.
- KB5013945 for Windows 10 1909, November 2019 update that bumps build 18363.2274.
- KB5013941 for Windows 10 1809, October 2018 update that bumps build 17763.2928.
If your computer is running the old Windows 10 November 2019 Update, you can download and install the latest Windows 10 version 21H2, aka November 2021 Update, to get new features. Talking about these Windows security updates, as per Microsoft blog, November 2021 update completely focused on security improvements and sew of bug fixes.
Delivers security fixes for 119 vulnerabilities (not including 26 Microsoft Edge vulnerabilities)
The number of bugs in each vulnerability category is listed below:
- 47 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities
- 0 Security Feature Bypass Vulnerabilities
- 47 Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
- 13 Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
- 9 Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
- 3 Spoofing Vulnerabilities
- 26 Edge – Chromium Vulnerabilities
In addition to the security fixes, Microsoft has also published an update for the Windows Update service to improve its reliability and performance.
Here We’re going to detail each update in this article, and you can learn more about the specific updates in our articles linked above.
Windows 10 21H2 Build 19043.1706
- This update contains miscellaneous security improvements to internal OS functionality. No additional issues were documented for this release.
This update also includes fixes from preview update KB5011543
Known issue with this update:
- The issue with Microsoft Edge Legacy being removed but Microsoft Edge (new) not being installed if W10 is installed using custom offline media or ISO images.
- After installing the June 21, 2021 (KB5003690) update, some devices cannot install new updates, such as the July 6, 2021 (KB5004945) or later updates. You will receive the error message, “PSFX_E_MATCHING_BINARY_MISSING”.
- Connections may fail to authenticate when using smart card authentication in Remote Desktop Connections.
Windows 10 1909 Build 18363.2274
- Addresses an issue that might occur when you use Netdom.exe or the Active Directory Domains and Trusts snap-in to list or modify name suffixes routing. These procedures might fail. The error message is, “Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service.” This issue occurs after installing the January 2022 security update on the primary domain controller emulator (PDCe).
- Addresses an issue that causes the primary domain controller (PDC) of the root domain to generate warning and error events in the System log. This issue occurs when the PDC incorrectly tries to scan outgoing-only trusts.
Addresses a known issue that might prevent recovery discs (CD or DVD) from starting if you created them using the Backup and Restore (Windows 7) app in Control Panel. This issue occurs after installing Windows updates released January 11, 2022 or later.
known issues:
- After installing updates released May 10, 2022 on domain controllers, you might see authentication failures on the server or client for some services
- These services include Network Policy Server (NPS), Routing and Remote access Service (RRAS), Radius, Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP), and Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (PEAP).
- An issue has been found related to how the domain controller manages the mapping of certificates to machine accounts.
Windows 10 1809 build 17763.2928
This update contains miscellaneous security improvements to internal OS functionality.
- This update contains miscellaneous security improvements to internal OS functionality. No additional issues were documented for this release.
Known issue:
- The Cluster Service might fail to start because a Cluster Network Driver is not found.
- Devices with some Asian language packs installed may receive the error, “0x800f0982 – PSFX_E_MATCHING_COMPONENT_NOT_FOUND.”
Download May 2022 Patch updates
You can check for updates in Settings -> Update & Security -> Windows Update to get these updates.
Offline Download links
- KB5012599 — 2022-04 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 21H2, 21H1 and 20H2.
- KB5012591 — 2022-04 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1909.
- KB5012647 — 2022-04 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1809.
If you are looking for windows 10 version 21H2 ISO, you can get it from here.
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source: Microsoft support blog