Still on Windows 10 October 2018 Update? Microsoft releases Build 17763.529 loaded with improvements for your team

Windows 10 May 2019 Update is now available, but there are (we are) many users who are still using a previous version of the Microsoft operating system waiting to verify the stability offered by the new iteration launched by the company.

Windows 10 October 2018 Update was a warning for many, an alert that advised them to be patient with the updates and in fact Microsoft seems to have learned their lesson and Windows 10 May 2019 Update will not be installed permanently automatic.That's why and for all of us who haven't updated yet new improvements keep coming in the form of builds

This is the case of Build 17763.529, which comes with patch KB4497934 It is intended for users who still remain (we remain) in Windows 10 October 2018 Update. A build posted on the Microsoft support page with the following enhancement list:

• Users are now allowed to switch back to a host browser from a Windows Defender Application Guard (WDAG) container.
• Fixed a bug with looping redirects between Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11.
• Added an update to wininet.dll to prevent the recreation of File Transfer Protocol (FTP) control sessions.
• Fixed an issue that may cause Microsoft Edge to hide annotations added to a PDF file (inked notes, highlights, and comments).
• Fixed an issue that removes User Rights policies from all users in a security group if a device is removed from a mobile device management (MDM) server or Microsoft Intune removes a policy of User Rights.
• Fixed a bug that disconnects a remote desktop session when the session is locked using a third-party credential provider.
• Fixed an issue that causes Microsoft Office and other applications to prompt for a password after changing the password for a user account. This issue occurs on hybrid Azure Active Directory (AD) systems.
• Fixes an issue that prevents ActiveX controls from being installed automatically through a proxy server.

• Fixed an issue that prevents you from signing in to a Microsoft Surface Hub device with an Azure Active Directory account because the previous sign-out did not complete successfully.
• Fixed an issue that causes a login to fail with the error, ?Incorrect username or password? when using an empty or null password and Windows Defender Credential Guard is enabled.
• Fixed an issue that can cause a temporary KRB_AP_ERR_MODIFIED Kerberos login failure in applications and services configured to use a Group Managed Service Account (GMSA). This issue occurs after the automatic update of the service account password.
• Fixed an issue that may prevent BitLocker from encrypting data drives when the ?Force drive encryption on fixed data drives? Group Policy is configured.
• Resolved a bug that prevents updates from being downloaded from a Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) server when a Windows Defender Application Control Policy is configured to manage updates that can be implement.

• Fixed an issue that may cause event 7600 in the Domain Name System (DNS) server event log to contain an unreadable server name.
• Fixed a failure to record the last logon time of a local user, even when the user has accessed the server's network share.
• Fixes a bug that prevents NumLock from working correctly in a Remote Assistance session when the Remote Assistance window gains and loses focus.
• Updated time zone information for Morocco and for the Palestinian Authority.
• Fixes a bug with International Components for Unicode (ICU) data, which was not updated for the time zone and new Japanese era.
• Fixed a bug with ?Allow uninstallation of language features when uninstalling a language?.
• Fixes an issue where a File Share Witness does not remove Server Message Block (SMB) handles, causing a server to stop accepting SMB connections.
• Fixed a bug where Windows tries to renew Azure Active Directory (AAD) token certificates when there is no Internet connectivity. This issue occurs during AAD authentication and slows down application performance.
• Fixed a problem with scrollLeft in Internet Explorer.
• Fixed an issue that causes rendering to stop working for elements.
• Fixed an issue with assigned access implementations that prevents a user from logging into an assigned access profile. This affects all locales and occurs when the local administrator's group is not named using the English spelling of 'Administrators'. In Event Viewer, event 31000 shows the source as ?Microsoft-Windows-Windows-AssignedAccess / Admin? and displays the error message, ?Cannot find the group used to assign the application?.
• Resolved an issue that prevents a Generation 2 virtual machine from starting on a Windows Server 2019 Hyper-V host. In the Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker-Admin event log, event ID 18560 shows: The virtual machine name was reset because an unrecoverable error occurred in a virtual processor causing a triple fault.

Errors still present

As we can see, the list of corrections is extensive, but despite this there are still some errors that should be taken into account.

Issue 1 After installing this update, there may be problems using Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) to boot a device from a Windows Deployment Services (WDS) server configured to use the Variable Window Extension. This can cause the connection to the WDS server to terminate prematurely while the image is being downloaded. This issue does not affect clients or devices that do not use Variable Window Extension.

In this case, Microsoft recommends disabling the Variable Window Extension on the WDS server using one of the following options:

• Option 1: Open an administrator command prompt and type the following:

• Option 2: Use the Windows Deployment Services user interface. Open Windows Deployment Services from Windows Administrative Tools. Expand Servers and right-click on a WDS server. Open its properties and uncheck the Enable Variable Window Extension checkbox on the TFTP tab.

• Option 3: set the following registry value to 0:

Restart the WDSServer service after disabling Variable Window Extension.

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Problem 2 Certain operations, such as renaming , that you perform on files or folders that are on a cluster shared volume (CSV ) may fail with the error, STATUS_BAD_IMPERSONATION_LEVEL (0xC00000A5).This occurs when you perform the operation on a CSV owning node from a process that does not have administrator privileges. They offer these solutions:"

• Perform the operation from a process that has administrator privileges.
• Perform the operation from a node that does not have CSV ownership.

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Issue 3 When you try to print from Microsoft Edge or other Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps, you may receive the error Your printer has experienced an unexpected configuration problem. 0x80070007e. The alternative is to use another browser, such as Internet Explorer, to print the documents."

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Issue 4 After installing patch KB4493509, devices with some Asian language packs installed may receive error 0x800f0982 - PSFX_E_MATCHING_COMPONENT_NOT_FOUND. "

• Uninstall and reinstall any newly added language packs. Please refer to this link for instructions.
• Select Check for updates and install the April 2019 cumulative update. For instructions, see this link. If reinstalling the language pack does not alleviate the problem, the PC needs to be restarted as follows:

1. "Go to Settings application > Recovery."
2. Select Get started on the Reset this PC recovery option.
3. Select Keep my files .

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Regarding these failures, Microsoft assures that they are working on a resolution and will provide an update in a future version. If you are still using Windows 10 October 2018 Update, you can download the update by going the usual path, ie Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update"