{"id":3571,"date":"2017-08-26T13:12:34","date_gmt":"2017-08-26T11:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/?p=3571"},"modified":"2017-08-27T23:26:16","modified_gmt":"2017-08-27T21:26:16","slug":"windows8-1-update-kb4039871-august-25-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2017\/08\/26\/windows8-1-update-kb4039871-august-25-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 8.1: Update KB4039871 (August 25, 2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Update\" src=\"http:\/\/www.borncity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Update.jpg\" alt=\"Windows Update\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.borncity.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/26\/windows-8-1-update-kb4039871-25-august-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">German<\/a>]Microsoft has released a new Update KB4039871 for Windows 8.1 machines on August 25, 2017. It's a bit mysterious, what Microsoft intends with this update.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ssl-vg03.met.vgwort.de\/na\/4195d50d297d41179f064ab4bf6651ac\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/>I has been informed by a blog reader, who uses a couple of Windows 8.1 machines within a hotel environment (thx Leon). He noticed this night, that some of those machines received update KB4039871 (four systems from eight).<\/p>\n<p>Currently update <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/help\/4039871\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KB4039871<\/a> hasn't been documented by Microsoft. There is no KB article nor an entry within <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catalog.update.microsoft.com\/Search.aspx?q=KB4039871\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft Update Catalog<\/a>. What I found out so far: This update has been flagged as important, but it's still optional and has a size of 271.7 MB (for 64 bit). A restart of Windows is required to install this update.<\/p>\n<p>My best guess is, that this update fixes some issues caused by Monthly Preview Rollup Update <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/help\/4034663\/windows-8-1-windows-server-2012-r2-update-kb4034663\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KB4034663<\/a> (see <a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2017\/08\/16\/microsofts-windows-preview-updates-august-15-2017\/\">Microsoft's Windows (Preview) Updates (August 15, 2017)<\/a>). The size of Update <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/help\/4034663\/windows-8-1-windows-server-2012-r2-update-kb4034663\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KB4034663<\/a> (64 bit) is 271.0 MB.<\/p>\n<p>I should note, that the <a href=\"http:\/\/winveg.com\/win\/kb4039871-windows-8-update-on-25-aug-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">japanese webite<\/a> addresses this update also. If we know, that Preview Rollup Update <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/help\/4034663\/windows-8-1-windows-server-2012-r2-update-kb4034663\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KB4034663<\/a> addresses issues within Japanese Input Mode Editor (IME), it makes sense to assume, that the update addresses an issue within this area. At askwoody.com <a href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/2017\/mysterious-windows-8-1-patch-kb-4039871-making-the-rounds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">there are<\/a> similar thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>Currently I recommend not to install this update until more details are available.<\/p>\n<p>Addendum: Somebody <a href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/forums\/topic\/mysterious-windows-8-1-patch-kb-4039871-making-the-rounds\/#post-130771\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mentioned<\/a>, that after installing update KB4039871, the security update <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/help\/4034681\/windows-8-1-windows-server-2012-r2-update-kb4034681\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KB4034681<\/a>\u00a0was removed from the installed update list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[German]Microsoft has released a new Update KB4039871 for Windows 8.1 machines on August 25, 2017. 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