Summary. This compatibility update makes improvements to ease the installation experience when updating to Windows 10, version 2004. How to get this update

This article describes the update rollup for Windows RT, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012 that is dated November 2014. This update rollup package includes performance and reliability improvements. We recommend that you apply this update rollup as part of your regular maintenance routines.

Information. Windows can download high-resolution icons for many hardware devices that you connect to your computer, along with detailed information about them, such as product name, manufacturer, and model number—even detailed information about the sync capabilities of a device.

Note: Before you edit the registry, we recommend that you make a back up of your registry.If a problem occurs, you can then restore the registry to its previous state. Learn more about How to back up and restore the registry in Windows.

How to obtain this update . To obtain this update, use one of the following methods. Method 1: Windows Update. This update is provided as an Important update from Windows Update.To obtain this update from Windows Update, follow these steps:

Keeping devices protected and productive. Feature updates add new features and functionality to Windows. Windows 10 and Windows 11 feature updates are released annually in the second half of the calendar year.

Support for Windows Vista without any service packs installed ended on April 13, 2010. To continue receiving security updates for Windows, make sure you're running Windows Vista with Service Pack 2 (SP2).

Prerequisites There are no prerequisites to apply this update. Installation instructions. KB5034440 automatically installs this update.. To apply this update manually to WinRE, see Add an update package to Windows RE.Or for a sample script, see KB5034957: Updating the WinRE partition on deployed devices to address security vulnerabilities in CVE-2024-20666.

Frequently asked questions about Windows automatic updatesFor more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates.

For more information about how root certificates are distributed, go to the following Microsoft website: Windows Root Certificate Program membersUntrusted root certificates (certificates that are publicly known to be fraudulent) can be distributed by using the following method:. Clients can download or update untrusted root certificates by using the auto update mechanism.