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Microsoft released out-of-band updates for Windows 11, Windows Server 2022, Windows 10 and other client and server versions of Windows on January 17, 2022.Microsoft acknowledged that the January 2022 security updates were causing issues, especially on Windows Server systems.

Tip: check out our known issues overview for Windows 11, which we update regularly.

The out-of-band updates address several issues in client and server versions of Microsoft's Windows operating system.

Windows 11 -- KB5010795

KB5010795 for Windows 11 is already available via Windows Update, as a direct download, and WSUS (by importing it). The update includes the latest servicing stack update.

The update fixes the following two issues:

• Fixes an issue that could cause IPSEC (IP Security) connections that contain Vendor IDs to fail.
  
• Fixes an issue that could cause removable media that is using the Resilient File System (ReFS) from failing to mount or mounting in the RAW file format.
  

The known issue that some " image editing programs might not render colors correctly on certain high dynamic range (HDR) displays" remains.

Windows 10 versions 20H2, 21H1 and 21H2 -- KB5010793

KB5010793 for Windows 10 is already available via Windows Update, the Microsoft Update Catalog, and as an import via WSUS.

The update addresses four issues in total:

• Fixes an issue that could cause IPSEC (IP Security) connections that contain Vendor IDs to fail.
  
• Fixes an issue that could cause removable media that is using the Resilient File System (ReFS) from failing to mount or mounting in the RAW file format.
  
• Fixes an issue that could cause Windows Servers to restart unexpectedly on domain controllers.
  
• Fixes an issue that prevented "Active Directory (AD) attributes from being written properly during a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) modify operation" when multiple attribute changes were made.
  

Microsoft lists three known issues, all of which are long-standing:

• The new Microsoft Edge may not be installed on devices that use custom ISO images or custom offline media to install new versions of Windows 10.
  
• Some devices may not be able to install updates after installing KB5003690 from June 2021. Windows may display the error "PSFX_E_MATCHING_BINARY_MISSING".
  
• when connecting devices in an untrusted domain using Remote Desktop, connections may fail to authenticate using smart card authentication. Should be resolved according to Microsoft through Known Issue Rollback.
  

Windows Server 2022 -- KB5010796

KB5010796 for Windows Server 2022 is available via Windows Update, as a direct download from the Microsoft Update Catalog, and as an import via WSUS.

The update requires the installation of KB5005039, released August 2021.

The update fixes four issues, two of which are also fixed in Windows 11's update described above, and all four are also fixed in Windows 10's update.

• Fixes an issue that could cause IPSEC (IP Security) connections that contain Vendor IDs to fail.
  
• Fixes an issue that could cause removable media that is using the Resilient File System (ReFS) from failing to mount or mounting in the RAW file format.
  
• Fixes an issue that could cause Windows Servers to restart unexpectedly on domain controllers.
  
• Fixes an issue that prevented "Active Directory (AD) attributes from being written properly during a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) modify operation" when multiple attribute changes were made.
  

Microsoft lists one known issues: when connecting devices in an untrusted domain using Remote Desktop, connections may fail to authenticate using smart card authentication. Should be resolved according to Microsoft through Known Issue Rollback.

Other out-of-band updates

Microsoft released the following updates as well:

KB5010792 for Windows 10 version 1909 -- fixes the IPSEC issue.
KB5010790 for Windows 10 version 1607 and Windows Server 2016 -- fixes the same four issues that the Windows Server 2022 update fixes

Now You: have you installed the out-of-bound updates?
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