November 14, 2023—KB5032189 (OS Builds 19044.3693 and 19045.3693) - EXPIRED
Applies To
Release Date:
11/14/2023
Version:
OS Builds 19044.3693 and 19045.3693
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EXPIRATION NOTICE IMPORTANT As of March 31, 2026, this update is no longer available from the Microsoft Update Catalog or other release channels. We recommend that you update your devices to the latest version of Windows. |
NEW 11/16/23 IMPORTANT Because of minimal operations during the Western holidays and the upcoming new year, there won’t be a non-security preview release for the month of December 2023. There will be a monthly security release for December 2023. Normal monthly servicing for both security and non-security preview releases will resume in January 2024.
11/17/20
For information about Windows update terminology, see the article about the types of Windows updates and the monthly quality update types. For an overview of Windows 10, version 21H2, see its update history page.
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Highlights
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This update addresses security issues for your Windows operating system.
Improvements
Note To view the list of addressed issues, click or tap the OS name to expand the collapsible section.
Important: Use EKB KB5015684 to update to Windows 10, version 22H2.
This security update includes quality improvements. Key changes include:
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This build includes all the improvements from the supported Windows 10, version 21H2 editions.
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No additional issues are documented for this release.
Important: Use EKB KB5003791 to update to Windows 10, version 21H2 on supported editions.
This security update includes quality improvements that were a part of update KB5031445 (released October 24, 2023). When you install this KB:
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This update addresses a known issue that might affect KB5031356. When you install it, your device might display progress but fail to finish.
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This update addresses an issue that affects a COM+ component. It might stop responding. This occurs because of a deadlock during COM+ Just-in-Time (JIT) activation.
If you installed earlier updates, only the new updates contained in this package will be downloaded and installed on your device.
For more information about security vulnerabilities, please refer to the new Security Update Guide website and the November 2023 Security Updates.
Windows 10 servicing stack update - 19044.3684 and 19045.3684
This update makes quality improvements to the servicing stack, which is the component that installs Windows updates. Servicing stack updates (SSU) ensure that you have a robust and reliable servicing stack so that your devices can receive and install Microsoft updates.
Known issues in this update
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Using the FixedDrivesEncryptionType or SystemDrivesEncryptionType policy settings in the BitLocker configuration service provider (CSP) node in mobile device management (MDM) apps might incorrectly show a 65000 error in the "Require Device Encryption" setting for some devices in your environment. Affected environments are those with the “Enforce drive encryption type on operating system drives” or "Enforce drive encryption on fixed drives" policies set to enabled and selecting either "full encryption" or "used space only". Microsoft Intune is affected by this issue but third-party MDMs might also pe affected. Important This issue is a reporting issue only and does not affect drive encryption or the reporting of other issues on the device, including other BitLocker issues. |
This issue is addressed in KB5034203. |
How to get this update
EXPIRATION NOTICE
IMPORTANT As of March 31, 2026, this update is no longer available from the Microsoft Update Catalog or other release channels. We recommend that you update your devices to the latest version of Windows.
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