Cumulative Updates for Windows 10, February 19, 2019

Microsoft is releasing cumulative updates for certain Windows 10 versions. The updates come with a huge number of fixes. Here is the change log for the updates.

Windows 10 April 2018 Update version 1803, KB4487029 (OS Build 17134.619)

• Enables media content to play e-learning content with plug and play USB adapter cables on Microsoft Edge.
• Ensures that windowed ActiveX content inside an iframe scrolls along with other page content in Internet Explorer 11 during a user-triggered scroll operation.
• Addresses an issue that causes app-specific registry keys to be deleted after updating an application.
• Updates time zone information for Chile.
• Addresses an audio compatibility issue when playing newer games with 3D Spatial Audio mode enabled through multichannel audio devices or Windows Sonic for Headphones.
• Addresses an issue that prevents some users from pinning a web link to the Start menu or the taskbar.
• Addresses an issue in which the desktop lock screen image set by a group policy will not update if the image is older than or has the same name as the previous image.
• Improves performance related to case-insensitive string comparison functions such as _stricmp() in the Universal C runtime.
• Addresses an issue with evaluating the compatibility status of the Windows ecosystem to help ensure application and device compatibility for all updates to Windows.
• Improves the reliability of the UE-VAppmonitor.
• Addresses an issue that fails to update a user hive when you publish an optional package in a Connection Group after the Connection Group was previously published.
• Addresses an issue that allows files protected by Windows Information Protection to be transferred using Bluetooth to an unmanaged machine.
• Addresses an issue that occurs with the Internet Explorer proxy setting and the out of box experience (OOBE) setup. The initial logon stops responding after Sysprep.
• Addresses an issue that prevents a user from deleting a wireless network profile in some scenarios.
• Addresses an issue that may cause a “STOP 0x1A” error when you use certain applications or log in or log out of a system.
• Addresses an issue in the Timeline feature that causes File Explorer to stop working for some users.
• Addresses an issue that causes the Photos app to stop working when it’s used from the Mail app.
• Addresses an issue in the PLMDebug.exe tool that loses debug sessions when used with a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app.
• Improves Always On VPN (AOVPN) reconnect and disconnect functionality.
• Addresses an issue that fails to recognize the first character of the Japanese era name as an abbreviation and may cause date parsing issues.
• Addresses an issue that may prevent Internet Explorer from loading images that have a backslash (\) in their relative source path.
• Addresses an issue that may cause applications that use a Microsoft Jet database with the Microsoft Access 95 file format to randomly stop working.

Windows 10 Fall Creators Update version 1709, KB4487021 (OS Build 16299.1004)

• Updates time zone information for Chile.
• Improves performance related to case-insensitive string comparison functions such as _stricmp() in the Universal C runtime.
• Addresses an issue with evaluating the compatibility status of the Windows ecosystem to help ensure application and device compatibility for all updates to Windows.
• Improves the reliability of the UE-VAppmonitor.
• Addresses an issue that fails to update a user hive when you publish an optional package in a Connection Group after the Connection Group was previously published.
• Adds a new group policy called “Policy Details”. This policy will immediately disconnect any wireless connections when a wired connection is detected and “Minimize simultaneous connections” is configured.
• Addresses an issue that causes the clock and the calendar flyout to ignore user settings for Japanese era date and time formats. For more information, see KB4469068.
• Addresses an issue that can overwrite gan-nen support behavior for the Japanese era with a newer update. For more information, see KB4469068.
• Enables the 元年 character for the first year in the Japanese era. For more information, see KB4469068.
• Addresses an issue that fails to display the correct Japanese era name in Microsoft Office Visual Basic for Applications. For more information, see KB4469068.
• Addresses an issue that fails to recognize the first character of the Japanese era name as an abbreviation and may cause date parsing issues.
• Addresses an issue that may prevent Internet Explorer from loading images that have a backslash (\) in their relative source path.
• Addresses an issue that may cause applications that use a Microsoft Jet database with the Microsoft Access 95 file format to randomly stop working.

Other Windows 10 version are also receiving the following updates with the same bugfixes and improvements:

• Windows 10 Creators Update version 1703, KB4487011 (OS Build 15063.1659)
• Windows 10 Anniversary Update version 1607, KB4487006 (OS Build 14393.2828)

To get these updates, open Settings - > Update &recovery and click on the Check for Updates button on the right. Alternatively, you can get them from the Windows Update online catalog.