Microsoft has launched the elective KB5018482 Preview cumulative replace for Home windows 10 20H2, Home windows 10 21H1, and Home windows 10 21H2.

This replace consists of nineteen bug fixes and enhancements, together with a repair for graphics points in Direct3D 9 video games and a bug that brought on OS upgrades to fail.

The KB5018482 cumulative replace preview is a part of Microsoft’s October 2022 month-to-month “C” replace, permitting admins to check fixes coming within the November 2022 Patch Tuesday.

In contrast to Patch Tuesday cumulative updates, the “C” preview updates are elective and don’t embrace safety updates. Nevertheless, In case you run a Home windows Insider construct, the preview replace will likely be put in mechanically.

Home windows customers can set up this replace by going into Settings, clicking on Home windows Replace, and manually performing a ‘Examine for Updates.’

As that is an elective replace, you can be requested whether or not you want to set up it by clicking on the ‘Obtain and set up’ hyperlink, as proven within the picture beneath.

Home windows 10 customers may manually obtain and set up the KB5018482 preview replace from the Microsoft Update Catalog.

What’s new in Home windows 10 KB5018482

The Home windows 10 KB5018482 cumulative replace preview consists of nineteen enhancements or fixes, with the seven highlighted ones listed beneath:

• It addresses a difficulty that causes an OS improve to cease responding, after which it fails. 

• It addresses a difficulty that impacts the font of three Chinese language characters. While you format these characters as daring, the width dimension is unsuitable. 

• It addresses a difficulty that impacts Microsoft Direct3D 9 video games. The graphics {hardware} stops working if the {hardware} doesn’t have a local Direct3D 9 driver.

• It addresses graphical points in video games that use Microsoft D3D9 on some platforms.

• It addresses a difficulty that impacts Microsoft Edge when it’s in IE Mode. The titles of pop-up home windows and tabs are unsuitable.

• It addresses a difficulty that impacts the lasso device in a graphics enhancing program.

• It stops the beginning of daylight saving time in Jordan on the finish of October 2022. The Jordan time zone will completely shift to the UTC + 3 time zone.

This replace additionally properly synchronizes the Microsoft Vulnerable Driver Blocklist, which prevents drivers which have recognized vulnerabilities from being put in in Home windows.

Earlier than this replace, Microsoft had not synchronized the blocklist to Home windows 10 since 2019, successfully breacking this safety characteristic.

After putting in this replace, Home windows 10 20H2 will likely be up to date to construct 19042.2193, Home windows 10 21H1 will likely be up to date to construct 19043.2193, and Home windows 10 21H2 will likely be up to date to construct 19044.2193.

Yow will discover an entire listing of fixes within the KB5018482 support bulletin.