Windows 11 KB5025239 can now be downloaded on PCs running version 22H2. It is now heading to PCs via Windows Update, with many minor tweaks. Microsoft says update can be downloaded from Settings, but you can also use Update Catalog. The company has posted direct download links for Windows 11 KB5025239 to its portal.
Windows 11 KB5025239 is a mandatory Microsoft Patch Tuesday security update for all devices on version 22H2. This update isn’t as big as the previous updates, which added new features to Task Manager, Start menu, desktop, Settings, taskbar and other areas of the OS. Still, it comes with plenty of quality improvements.
Build 22621.1555 for Windows 11 has a couple of noteworthy changes. For example, the search bar on the taskbar now handles light mode better. The search bar will be lighter when Windows configures custom colour mode. In other words, when the system theme is dark, the app mode is set to light in Settings > Personalization > Colors.
April 2023 update for Windows 11 is also a bit controversial for the Start menu. As per the official release notes, Microsoft is introducing a new feature that brings adverts to the Start menu. The “notifications for Microsoft accounts” feature reminds users to back up their files.
The reminder isn’t the problem, but the notifications try to sell OneDrive subscriptions and encourage you to use a Microsoft account if you’re on a local account. The tech giant told us the feature is available to select users and will begin rolling out to more customers in the coming months.
According to our sources, Microsoft will let you turn off these ads in the Start menu in a future update.
Those on 21H2, the original version of Windows 11, will be getting a different cumulative update instead. The update is titled “2023-04 Cumulative Update for Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5025239)”, and features highlighted in this article are exclusive to this only.
(On Windows 10, Microsoft has published KB5025221 with different bug fixes).
Download Links for Windows 11 KB5025239
Windows 11 KB5025239 Direct Download Links: 64-bit.
KB5025239 (Build 22621.1555) important changelog
The Windows 11 update ensures that complexity policy settings for PINs are not ignored. It also resolves an issue that caused the Fast Identity Online 2.0 (FIDO2) PIN credential icon to disappear from the credentials screen of an external monitor when connected to a closed laptop.
Additionally, the update fixes a problem with Clustered Shared Volumes (CSVs) failing to come online when enabling BitLocker and local CSV-managed protectors. This occurred when the system recently rotated the BitLocker keys.
Microsoft also addressed an issue that causes Active Directory Users & Computers to stop responding when using TaskPad view to enable or disable multiple objects simultaneously.
Moreover, the update fixes an issue that could cause a race condition between the DCOM and the Microsoft Remote Procedure Call RPC endpoint mapper in the rpcss.exe. It also resolves a problem where Microsoft PowerPoint stops responding on the Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) when using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).
The update also ensures that Windows Search works properly inside Windows container images.
Here’s the full changelog of the update:
- Microsoft is adding Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3 to the list of protocols that can be set in the Group Policy Editor.
- The update also supports the government’s daylight saving time change order for 2023 in the Arab Republic of Egypt.
- The update addresses an issue that prevents jscript9Legacy.dll from responding and adds ITracker and ITrackingService to prevent MHTML from not responding.
- The update fixes a scripting error in the Group Policy Preferences window of the Group Policy Management Console.
- It also ensures that the Windows Remote Management (WinRM) client does not return an HTTP server error status (500) when running a transfer job in the Storage Migration Service.
- The update also ensures that the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) option 119 – Domain Search Option works correctly and enables a connection-specific DNS Suffix Search List.
- The update also fixed an issue that prevented kiosk device profiles from automatically logging on after the installation of updates dated January 10, 2023, and later. After Autopilot completes provisioning, affected devices stay on the credential screen.
- The update also applies controller remapping preferences on the desktop for Xbox Elite users with the Xbox Adaptive Controller.
- It resolves an issue that prevented WDAC from parsing fields from binaries and caused Win32 and Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps to close when devices enter Modern Standby, an expansion of the Connected Standby power model. This issue occurs when certain Bluetooth PhoneLink features are turned on.
Lastly, the update fixes an issue that causes audio glitches or screeching when the system is under heavy load or wakes from sleep.
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