Microsoft Releases KB5040525 Update for Windows 10 22H2 with Improvements and Known Issues
TapTechNews July 12th news, Microsoft today released the KB5040525 update for Windows 10 22H2 to members of the Windows Insider program in the Beta and ReleasePreview channels. After users install it, the version number rises to Build 19045.4713.
TapTechNews learned from the official update log that this update mainly improves the taskbar search function and makes some system improvements. The specific update contents are as follows:
Improvements gradually rolled out to users in the Beta channel
Search on the taskbar
Now if users set the search function on the taskbar to search box, users will see the search box on the secondary monitor. In the Windows 10 Beta channel, preview experience members who hope to get the preview of the gradually rolled out functions at the earliest can turn on the toggle switch to get the latest update through Settings > Update and Security > Windows Update.
Improvements for all Beta and ReleasePreview channels
This update improves the system's built-in drivers to prevent the system from being attacked due to vulnerabilities in related drivers.
This update improves the Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) function, and now there will be no error situation when configuring more than 32 policy items.
Known issues
The browser ignores the value in the registry key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\InternetExplorer\Main.
In the Group Policy Editor, the HTML preview rendering fails.
Users temporarily cannot select groups in the target domain nor accounts in local users and groups in the Group Policy Preferences.
The TCP sending code often causes the system to stop responding when performing general tasks such as file transfer.
When users use a printer with a USB device, the related printing application stops responding and cannot print.
The Windows backup function sometimes fails.
The Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) function has a memory leak problem, which may deplete the system memory over time.