June 21, 2018 - KB4284842 (Preview of Monthly Rollup)
Applies to: Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
Improvements and fixes
This non-security update includes improvements and fixes that were a part of
KB4284826 (released June 12, 2018) and also includes these new quality improvements as a preview of the next Monthly Rollup update:
- Updates the Universal CRT to include parity with the Windows 10 Universal CRT build 10.0.14393.0.
- Addresses an issue in which SmartHeap didn't work with UCRT.
- Addresses an issue that occurs when you enable UNC Hardened Access with RequireMutualAuthentication=1 after installing KB3000483. Windows 7 SP1 DFS clients that authenticate to 802.1x WLAN Access Points will fail to apply Group Policies, run scripts at user logon, or receive roaming user profiles.
- Addresses an issue that prevents customers from accessing protected keys after changing an Azure Active Directory or domain password while offline. This issue may prevent customers from decrypting encrypted documents and from authenticating when connecting to online resources.
- Addresses an encoding issue with the Bitcoin symbol.
Known issues in this update
Symptom
There is an issue with Windows and a third-party software that is related to a missing file (oem<number>.inf). Because of this issue, after you apply this update, the network interface controller will stop working.
Workaround
- To locate the network device, launch devmgmt.msc; it may appear under Other Devices.
- To automatically rediscover the NIC and install drivers, select Scan for Hardware Changes from the Action menu.
a. Alternatively, install the drivers for the network device by right-clicking the device and selecting
Update. Then select
Search automatically for updated driver software or Browse my computer for driver software.
How to get this update
This is provided as an Optional update on
Windows Update. For more information about how to run Windows Update, see
How to get an update through Windows Update.
To get the standalone package for this update, go to the
Microsoft Update Catalog website.
File information
For a list of the files that are provided in this update, download the
file information for update 4284842.