Windows Updates KB3185278, KB3185279, KB3185280 (9/20/2016)

Microsoft has released several update rollups for several Windows version on September 20, 2016. Here is an overview, what's in.

Update KB3185278 for Windows 7 SP1/Windows Server 2008 R2

Update KB3185278 (September 2016 update rollup for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1) contains includes quality improvements listed in Update-History as:

• Improved support for the Disk Cleanup tool to free up space by removing older Windows Updates after they are superseded by newer updates.
• Improved compatibility of certain software applications.
• Removed the Copy Protection option when ripping CDs in Windows Media Audio (WMA) format from Windows Media Player.
• Addressed issue that causes mmc.exe to consume 100% of the CPU on one processor when trying to close the Exchange 2010 Exchange Management Console (EMC), after installing KB3125574.
• Addressed issue that causes the Generic Commands (GC) to fail upon attempting to install KB2919469 or KB2970228 on a device that already has KB3125574 installed.

KB3185278 describes a know issue with EMET in Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (the update freeze applications) Details and a workaround may be found in the Knowledge-Base-Article KB3185278. 

Update KB3185279 for Windows 8.1/Windows Server 2012 R2

Update KB3185279 (September 2016 update rollup for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2) includes improvements and fixes which are detailed in this Update History as:

• Addressed issue that causes some USB storage devices to lose authorization when the device goes into the lowest power state, requiring user to re-authenticate using PIN when the device moves back to a working power state.
• Addressed issue that causes Windows Explorer to become unresponsive when sharing a folder that is the child of at least two shared parent folders.
• Addressed issue with Storage Spaces log truncation which resulted in data loss and errors when reading records.
• Addressed issue that causes Wildcard CNAME queries with Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) enabled to not return Next Secure (NSEC) records.
• Addressed issue that occurs with any MPIO attached SAN disk when multiple paths fail over concurrently or in quick succession, the I/O operation may fail, and the computer may lose its connection to the storage device.
• Addressed issue that causes wbengine.exe to fail while running Windows Backup on a GUID Partition Table (GPT) formatted disk.
• Addressed issue that prevents intermittent User Account Control (UAC) consent failures if the "Require trusted path for credential entry" group policy is enabled.
• Addressed issue that causes devices to lose connection to their virtual private network (VPN) a few seconds after connecting, if the connection is made using an integrated mobile broadband connection.
• Addressed issue that causes a COM port to become unavailable after it is repeatedly opened and closed.
• Removed the Copy Protection option when ripping CDs in Windows Media Audio (WMA) format from Windows Media Player.
• Addressed issue with incorrect character mapping between the 932 code page (Japanese Shift-JIS) and Unicode.
• Addressed issue (after installing KB3161606) where running data deduplication on a Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) on Windows Server 2012 R2 based Hyper-V cluster might impact live migration where resource hosting subsystem (RHS) may deadlock and become unresponsive with an 0x9E Stop error.
• Updated Access Point Name (APN) database entries for several Mobile Operators (including Videotron and Vodafone).
• Addressed issue that can cause Windows Gateway to remain disconnected instead of failing over when a failure occurs.

This update requires a restart and is available via Windows Update, WSUS or Microsoft Update Catalog.

Update KB3185280 für Windows Server 2012

Update KB3185280 (September 2016 update rollup for Windows Server 2012) includes improvements and fixes which are detailed in this Update History page as:

• Addressed issue when a cluster node sends an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) request to a gateway, TCPIP returns a timeout error (Error code 11010, IP_REQ_TIMED_OUT), even if ICMP doesn't receive a timeout.

• Addressed issue with incorrect character mapping between the 932 code page (Japanese Shift-JIS) and Unicode.

This update requires a restart and is available via Windows Update, WSUS or Microsoft Update Catalog.