Microsoft issues patches for Windows 11, Server 2022 bugs • The Register

Microsoft has mounted an issue attributable to the Home windows 11 model 22H2 replace that crashed the Distant Desktop software on some methods.

The decision to the problem got here this week in Redmond’s KB5022360 preview cumulative replace amongst greater than a dozen different fixes and enhancements. This was Microsoft’s C replace for January, giving Home windows 11 customers superior discover of what is going to seem within the February Patch Tuesday onslaught.

The discharge does not embrace safety fixes and are elective so aren’t routinely put in; customers have to try this themselves.

The seller has spent the previous two months since releasing the newest OS model in November 2022 making use of workarounds and fixes to quite a few points that arose after the discharge of the working methods 2022 replace.

On this case, some customers, after putting in the replace, discovered that the Home windows Distant Desktop software would cease responding when connecting by means of a Distant Desktop gateway or Distant Desktop Connection Dealer.

“This concern will be noticed when the shopper is on the ‘Loading digital machine’ or ‘Configuring distant connection’ steps, and would possibly happen whatever the OS model put in on the distant laptop,” Microsoft wrote in November on its Windows Health Dashboard web page.

“In some instances, the error message ‘Your Distant Desktop Companies session has ended’ can seem. If the applying turns into unresponsive, it’d must be terminated utilizing Home windows Process Supervisor.”

On the time, the seller supplied a workaround that concerned configuring a particular Group Coverage for each managed and unmanaged gadgets, although even the workaround got here with a warning that Distant Desktop session connecting over a WAN might be hit with decreased efficiency after.

The workaround additionally disabled the Person Datagram Protocol for all Distant Desktop connections from the system. Redmond really helpful ditching the workaround as soon as the issue was mounted.

The KB5022360 replace additionally takes care of an issue that arose earlier this month involving languages that use multibyte character units, like Japanese, Korean, and Chinese language. At instances, the operation for changing characters did not operate appropriately, with the operate routinely deciding on an incorrect vary of characters for conversion.

The consequence was that the dialog candidate window would show surprising choices.

“Textual content conversion happens when a sequence of characters is remodeled into completely different characters via person choice,” Microsoft wrote. “This generally entails extra Prediction candidate and Conversion candidate home windows, which seem close to the cursor place whereas typing.”

Microosft’s software program replace additionally fixes an issue in Home windows Server 2022 that brought on area controllers to cease responding when customers processed Light-weight Director Entry Protocol (LDAP) requests.

Different points which have been resolved embrace affected capabilities like searchindexer.exe (randomly stopped customers from signing in or out), the Area Title System (DNS) suffix search listing (the guardian area could be lacking), and firmware Trusted Platform Modules (which stops customers from utilizing AutoPilot to arrange methods).

Microsoft additionally stated it’s conscious of points that come up from this replace, together with round provisioning packages on Home windows 11 22H2. The OS would possibly solely be partially configured and the Out Of Field Expertise, a parade of screens for licensing agreements, web connections, and different duties in the course of the preliminary arrange of a system.

Customers ought to provision the system earlier than upgrading to the newest model of Home windows 11. Microsoft plans to repair the problem in an upcoming launch.

As well as, copying giant, multi-byte recordsdata might take longer than anticipated on model 22H2. Once more, Redmond supplied a workaround – utilizing file copy instruments that do not use cache supervisor – and is engaged on a decision. ®