Symptoms

Users are not able to install Windows 10 Version 1511 updates because of a corruption in their driver registry database. This update helps clean up the corrupted registry entries.

How to get this update

Windows Update

This update is provided as an Optional update on Windows Update. For more information on how to run Windows Update, see How to get an update through Windows Update.

Update detail information

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for installing this update.

Restart information

You may have to restart the computer after you apply this update.

Update replacement information

This update does not replace a previously released update.

Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

References

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