Gamingdeputy News on April 24, Microsoft today announced Windows 11 The April 2024 optional non-security update KB5036980 has been releasedthe version number rose to 22621.3527 after 22H2 users installed it, and the version number rose to 22631.3527 after 23H2 users installed it.
Microsoft once again reminds users that Windows 11 22H2 Home and Professional editions will receive the last optional update on June 26, 2024; Enterprise and Education editions will receive the last optional update on June 24, 2025.
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The content of this update is consistent with the content previously released for the Release Preview channel. Gamingdeputy has attached the following content:
(New) This update improves the widget icons on the taskbar. They are no longer pixelated or blurry. The update also starts rolling out a larger set of animated icons.
This update adds a new mobile device management (MDM) policy called “AllowScreenRecorder”. It affects snipping tools. IT administrators can use this policy to turn off screen recording in apps.
This update adds support for Arm64 .msi files using Group Policy Objects (GPOs). Users can now add Arm64 .msi files using the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) and install them on Arm64 computers using GPOs.
This update resolves an issue affecting the netstat -c command. It cannot perform effective port exhaustion troubleshooting.
This update resolves an issue affecting low-latency networks. The issue caused a significant slowdown in data speeds on the network. This happens when a user opens a timestamp for a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection.
This update resolves a race condition that may prevent the computer from starting. This happens when the user sets up the bootloader to boot multiple operating systems.
This update resolves an issue affecting the accelerator backing store management path. A memory leak has occurred, affecting some devices.
This update affects media allocation. It increases memory granularity for certain hardware settings.
This update affects the Linux subsystem for Windows (WSL2). Intermittent name resolution fails in split DNS setup.
This update affects touch keyboards. It makes the Japanese 106 keyboard layout appear as expected at login.
This update resolves an issue affecting universal printers where duplicate print queues are created for them.
This update brings certain mobile operators' Country and Carrier Settings Asset (COSA) profiles up to date.
This update resolves an issue affecting the Network Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) in containers: it returned incorrect virtual subnet IDs (VSIDs) for external ports.
This update resolves a memory allocation issue in Host Network Service (HNS). This issue causes excessive memory consumption and affects the deployment and scaling of services and Pods.
This update resolves an issue when promoting from regular user to administrator to run apps: apps would not run when logging in with a PIN.
This update affects Hypervisor Protected Code Integrity (HVCI). It accepts now compatible drivers.
This update includes driver blocklist files that are vulnerable to the Windows kernel DriverSiPolicy.p7b quarterly changes. It adds to the list of drivers at risk of Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) attacks.
This update resolves an issue affecting Protected Process Light (PPL) protection. Users can bypass them.
This update resolves an issue affecting Bluetooth Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) hardware offloading.
This update resolves an issue affecting Settings where the flyout menu would stop responding when the user closed it.
This update resolves an issue affecting the Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC): a memory leak when retrieving a map.
This update resolves an issue affecting Windows Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS): its post-authentication actions (PAA) do not occur at the end of the grace period. Instead, they occur on reboot.
This update resolves an issue affecting Resilient File System (ReFS) where high load could make the system unresponsive. Additionally, logging in can be slow.