Microsoft rolls out Windows 10 KB5016616 with fix for printing issues

By Leonard Sears Last updated Aug 9, 2023

Microsoft has released a bunch of cumulative updates KB5016616, and KB5016623 for the latest Windows 10 Version 21H2, and version 1809. All these important updates focus on security improvements and various bug fixes rather than new features. Microsoft recommends installing these updates immediately once available for download and restarting your computer to apply them.

How to download Windows 10 update?

Click on the start menu then select the settings (gear icon) also you can open the same using the Windows key + I
Go to update and security then choose the windows update tab in the left sidebar,
Now click on the check for updates button to download and install the latest windows updates from the Microsoft server
If there are new updates available, it will begin downloading automatically,
The update download and installation may take some time depends on your internet speed and hardware configuration.
Once done, click on Restart now button to apply and finish the update.

Windows 10 KB5016616

Latest Windows 10 KB5016616 is applicable for version 21H2, version 21H1, and version 20H2, which bumps build number Build 19044.1889, build 19043.1889 and build 19042.1889.

It includes all the changes from last month’s optional cumulative update, such as the ability to receive priority notifications when focus assist is enabled. In addition, Microsoft highlights the following changes in this update, including a fix for an issue where printing might not work properly:

Addresses an issue that affects the printing of files you submit to a printer.
Addresses a known issue that might prevent the Input Indicator and Language Bar from displaying in the notification area. This issue affects devices that have more than one language installed.
Addresses security issues for your Windows operating system.
Provides the ability for you to consent to receive important notifications when focus assist is on.
Reduces the overhead of resource contention in high input/output operations per second (IOPS) scenarios that have many threads contending on a single file.
Improves the reliability of a push-button reset after an OS upgrade.
Addresses an issue that makes the tenant restrictions event logging channel inaccessible if you remove the EN-US language pack.
Addresses an issue that prevents certain troubleshooting tools from opening.
Updates the Remove-Item cmdlet to properly interact with Microsoft OneDrive folders.
Addresses an issue that causes certain docking stations to lose internet connectivity when waking from Sleep mode.
Adds functionality that caches additional audio endpoint information to improve the OS upgrade experience.
Addresses an issue that might cause consecutive video clip playback to fail in games that use DX12.
Addresses an issue that affects certain games that use the XAudio API to play sound effects.
Addresses an issue that causes port mapping conflicts for containers.
Addresses an issue that causes Code Integrity to continue trusting a file after the file has been modified.
Addresses an issue that might cause Windows to stop working when you enable Windows Defender Application Control with the Intelligent Security Graph feature turned on.
Addresses an issue that affects the height of the Search box when you use multiple monitors that have different resolutions as measured dots per inch (DPI).
Addresses an issue that prevents the Storage Migration Service (SMS) from completing inventory on servers that have many shares. The system logs error event 2509 in Microsoft-Windows-StorageMigrationService/Admin channel (ErrorId=-2146233088/ErrorMessage=”Invalid table id”).
Addresses an issue that causes the Windows profile service to fail sporadically. The failure might occur when signing in. The error message is, “gpsvc service failed to sign in. Access denied”.

Known issues

Devices with Windows installations created from custom offline media or custom ISO image might have Microsoft Edge Legacy removed by this update, but not automatically replaced by the new Microsoft Edge. This issue is only encountered when custom offline media or ISO images are created by slipstreaming this update into the image without having first installed the standalone servicing stack update (SSU) released March 29, 2021 or later.
After installing the June 21, 2021 (KB5003690) update, some devices cannot install new updates, such as the July 6, 2021 (KB5004945) or later updates. You will receive the error message, “PSFX_E_MATCHING_BINARY_MISSING”.
After installing this update, IE mode tabs in Microsoft Edge might stop responding when a site displays a modal dialog box.
XPS Viewer might be unable to open XML Paper Specification (XPS) documents in some non-English languages, including some Japanese and Chinese character encodings.

Windows 10 KB5016623

Addresses an issue that might cause the Local Security Authority Server Service (LSASS) to leak tokens. This issue affects devices that have installed Windows updates dated June 14, 2022 or later. This issue occurs when the device performs a specific form of service for user (S4U) in a non-Trusted Computing Base (TCB) Windows service that runs as Network Service.

And also include the fixes and improvements that were a part of update KB5014669 released on 21 July 2022.

Addresses an issue that prevents certain troubleshooting tools from opening.
Addresses an issue that causes port mapping conflicts for containers.
Addresses an issue that causes Code Integrity to continue trusting a file after the file has been modified.
Provides the option to configure an alternate login ID for an Azure Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) adapter for on-premises scenarios.
Addresses an issue that triggers lockout policies faster when you use Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) with fast reconnect and Network Level Authentication (NLA) is disabled. This issue occurs when you call LogonUser() with a blank password.
Addresses an issue that prevents the Storage Migration Service (SMS) from completing inventory on servers that have many shares. The system logs error event 2509 in Microsoft-Windows-StorageMigrationService/Admin channel (ErrorId=-2146233088/ErrorMessage=”Invalid table id”).
Addresses an issue that causes Microsoft’s deduplication driver to consume large amounts of nonpaged pool memory. Consequently, this depletes all the physical memory on the machine, which causes the server to stop responding.
Addresses an issue that prevents enterprise users from opening sites on-demand in IE mode using Microsoft Edge.
Enforces a hardening change that requires printers and scanners that use smart cards for authentication to have firmware that complies with section 3.2.1 of RFC 4556.

Known issue

After installing KB4493509, devices with some Asian language packs installed may receive the error, “0x800f0982 – PSFX_E_MATCHING_COMPONENT_NOT_FOUND.”

After installing KB5001342 or later, the Cluster Service might fail to start because a Cluster Network Driver is not found.

After installing this or later updates on devices running 32-bit versions of Windows, you might be unable to open Microsoft Edge.