IMPORTANT This article is superseded by KB5012170: Security update for Secure Boot DBX.

This standalone security update has been removed due to an issue affecting a sub-set of devices. It will not be re-offered from Windows Update, Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) or Microsoft Update Catalog. Note Removal of this standalone security update does not affect successful installation or any changes within any other February 11, 2020 security updates, including Latest Cumulative Update (LCU), Monthly Rollup or Security Only update.

Known Issues

Symptom

Workaround

Using the “Reset this PC” feature, also called “Push Button Reset” or PBR, might fail. You might restart into recovery with “Choose an option” at the top of the screen with various options or you might restart to desktop and receive the error “There was a problem resetting your PC”.

This standalone security update has been removed and will not be re-offered from Windows Update, Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) or Microsoft Update Catalog. Note This does not affect any other update, including Latest Cumulative Update (LCU), Monthly Rollup or Security Only update.

If you have installed this update and are experiencing this issue, the following steps should allow you to reset your device:

  1. Select the start button or Windows Desktop Search and type update history and select View your Update history.

  2. On the Settings/View update history dialog window, Select Uninstall Updates.

  3. On the Installed Updates dialog window, find and select KB4524244 and select the Uninstall button.

  4. Restart your device.

  5. Upon restart use the “Reset this PC” feature and you should not encounter this issue.

We are working on an improved version of this update in coordination with our partners and will release it in a future update.

You might encounter issues trying to install or after installing KB4524244.

To help a sub-set of affected devices, this standalone security update has been removed and will not be re-offered from Windows Update, Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) or Microsoft Update Catalog. Note This does not affect any other update, including Latest Cumulative Update (LCU), Monthly Rollup or Security Only update.

If this update is installed and you are experiencing issues, you can uninstall this update.

  1. Select the start button or Windows Desktop Search and type update history and select View your Update history.

  2. On the Settings/View update history dialog window, Select Uninstall Updates.

  3. On the Installed Updates dialog window, find and select KB4524244 and select the Uninstall button.

  4. Restart your device.

We are working on an improved version of this update in coordination with our partners and will release it in a future update.

How to get this update

Important This standalone security update has been removed due to an issue affecting a sub-set of devices. It will not be re-offered from Windows Update, Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) or Microsoft Update Catalog. Note Removal of this standalone security update does not affect successful installation or any changes within any other February 11, 2020 security updates, including Latest Cumulative Update (LCU), Monthly Rollup or Security Only update. 

Prerequisites 

There are no prerequisites to apply this update.

Restart information 

Your device does not have to restart when you apply this update. If you have Windows Defender Credential Guard (Virtual Secure Mode) enabled, your device will restart two times.

Update replacement information 

This update does not replace any previously released update.

File information

Windows 10, version 1903 and Windows 10, version 1909

File attributes

The English (United States) version of this software update installs files that have the attributes that are listed in the following tables.

Windows 10, version 1809 and Windows Server 2019

File attributes

The English (United States) version of this software update installs files that have the attributes that are listed in the following tables.

Windows 10, version 1803

File attributes

The English (United States) version of this software update installs files that have the attributes that are listed in the following tables.

Windows 10, version 1709

File information

The English (United States) version of this software update installs files that have the attributes that are listed in the following tables.

Windows 10, version 1703

File attributes

The English (United States) version of this software update installs files that have the attributes that are listed in the following tables.

Windows 10, version 1607 and Windows Server 2016

File attributes

The English (United States) version of this software update installs files that have the attributes that are listed in the following tables.

File verification

File hash information

File name

SHA1 hash

SHA256 hash

Windows10.0-KB4524244-x86.msu

9743D986F111E9819EE9B215A362B56188B546D2

2E7799179413C011A76A3D072B4F30B19038866369CC37A2C15A1626D96C46EF

Windows10.0-KB4524244-x64.msu

024F3AF3B22EAFC1329FBCFFD12DD931769DA637

9D05EADDB6B504F9CD8779BC5336B0FA2870480AEA9AF1E6A3236A42C93B5F02

For all supported x86-based versions

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Dbupdate.bin

Not applicable

46

24-Sep-2019

02:10

Dbxupdate.bin

Not applicable

51

24-Sep-2019

02:10

Dbupdate.bin

Not applicable

46

24-Sep-2019

02:10

Dbxupdate.bin

Not applicable

51

24-Sep-2019

02:10

Tpmtasks.dll

Not applicable

1,887

24-Sep-2019

02:10

Tpmtasks.dll

Not applicable

1,431

24-Sep-2019

02:10

For all supported x64-based versions

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Dbupdate.bin

Not applicable

46

23-Sep-2019

23:13

Dbxupdate.bin

Not applicable

1,368

23-Sep-2019

23:13

Dbupdate.bin

Not applicable

46

23-Sep-2019

23:13

Dbxupdate.bin

Not applicable

2,840

23-Sep-2019

23:13

Tpmtasks.dll

Not applicable

3,339

23-Sep-2019

23:13

Tpmtasks.dll

Not applicable

2,892

23-Sep-2019

23:13

File verification

File hash information

File name

SHA1 hash

SHA256 hash

Windows10.0-KB4524244-x86.msu

30C6F962F445936F9A1C0E79721AE9DBB6A1E002

25B800B7C7E0AC910AF05EE90FCF573B77F059441C662E97DACB4CEC48635200

Windows10.0-KB4524244-x64.msu

213BA35081F394A8B31C23EB5C8105B3ACAA0BA1

A60C99DEBB0D2F38580750080A707141FBE69B3ADA516762426B85940D033B88

For all supported x86-based versions

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Dbupdate.bin

Not applicable

46

25-Sep-2019

01:11

Dbxupdate.bin

Not applicable

51

25-Sep-2019

01:11

Dbupdate.bin

Not applicable

46

25-Sep-2019

01:11

Dbxupdate.bin

Not applicable

51

25-Sep-2019

01:11

Tpmtasks.dll

Not applicable

1,635

25-Sep-2019

01:11

Tpmtasks.dll

Not applicable

1,197

25-Sep-2019

01:11

For all supported x64-based versions

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Dbupdate.bin

Not applicable

46

25-Sep-2019

01:14

Dbxupdate.bin

Not applicable

1,368

25-Sep-2019

01:14

Dbupdate.bin

Not applicable

46

25-Sep-2019

01:14

Dbxupdate.bin

Not applicable

2,840

25-Sep-2019

01:14

Tpmtasks.dll

Not applicable

1,998

25-Sep-2019

01:14

Tpmtasks.dll

Not applicable

1,568

25-Sep-2019

01:14

File verification

File hash information

File name

SHA1 hash

SHA256 hash

Windows10.0-KB4524244-x86.msu

1819ABB6B5A9ED97A079C1748E9C627EB59BA1F2

037EEF25EA20272427D1A1431C288EA9FB920344368CDAA61D4CA3E82524F12F

Windows10.0-KB4524244-x64.msu

FB63FCA2F5598D321AFB3B9370B0B1084CEED676

C925D87F72FA8AC31B748776C1AB4F0B55EC5AE04A73F92D92D54EA83CFC7591

For all supported x86-based versions

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Dbupdate.bin

Not applicable

3

29-Oct-2017

23:41

Dbxupdate.bin

Not applicable

7,361

10-Sep-2019

01:36

Tpmtasks.dll

10.0.17134.1060

45,056

10-Sep-2019

04:07

For all supported x64-based versions

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Dbupdate.bin

Not applicable

3

30-Oct-2017

01:01

Dbxupdate.bin

Not applicable

7,361

10-Sep-2019

01:21

Tpmtasks.dll

10.0.17134.1060

51,712

10-Sep-2019

03:55

File verification

File hash information

File name

SHA1 hash

SHA256 hash

Windows10.0-KB4524244-x86.msu

0D0B8504B41E6984C90DCDD61D26DE957B26090F

B3A471D117B122D4CBF84305AC6B08F6036FD4D73AF99F69457AC2BE0F5F79CD

Windows10.0-KB4524244-x64.msu

7D1BB0B4DDA33AE4F5066294E9064E29BB5EEB2A

BC815A4252A2EC3A191472724438A69D8473198B2FBCC92EFD8A6B86CDC7B728

For all supported x86-based versions

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Dbupdate.bin

Not applicable

3

23-Sep-2017

01:14

Dbxupdate.bin

Not applicable

7,361

10-Sep-2019

00:21

Tpmtasks.dll

10.0.16299.1443

50,688

17-Sep-2019

14:11

For all supported x64-based versions

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Dbupdate.bin

Not applicable

3

08-Aug-2019

00:32

Dbxupdate.bin

Not applicable

7,361

10-Sep-2019

00:21

Tpmtasks.dll

10.0.16299.1443

59,904

17-Sep-2019

14:39

File verification

File hash information

File name

SHA1 hash

SHA256 hash

Windows10.0-KB4524244-x86.msu

149C695237FA6A0527ECC7160B5D9BFFE58D14A3

06A86D5496D6FB9563003E84ACE3594C1B0D4AE0412DB6798E14E4A31A6FC2C7

Windows10.0-KB4524244-x64.msu

613118E7114B8AD484A17B108241ED241B7B8147

2EC7BDCF60165716D102D6FFAE56E0E74F8DEFE8AF0D9DE5239F29F732D71588

For all supported x86-based versions

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Dbupdate.bin

Not applicable

2

05-Aug-2019

22:54

Dbxupdate.bin

Not applicable

7,361

11-Sep-2019

00:21

Tpmtasks.dll

10.0.15063.840

37,376

20-Sep-2019

09:13

For all supported x64-based versions

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Dbupdate.bin

Not applicable

2

29-Jun-2019

06:50

Dbxupdate.bin

Not applicable

7,361

11-Sep-2019

00:24

Tpmtasks.dll

10.0.15063.840

45,056

20-Sep-2019

09:10

File verification

File hash information

File name

SHA1 hash

SHA256 hash

Windows10.0-KB4524244-x86.msu

0FC1131BD49B13EB161B50F16A6698032C90308E

2AEB6415C0BE803995312D0870CF77D947DA4D54AEE213C33EF51B7FD39861BC

Windows10.0-KB4524244-x64.msu

0AE4E5555EE03AEB19E8A31F98955DD3893A7094

A8863B73C10469C0C62775C0A19F9395253602890D4353A0215BA3D4579661AC

For all supported x86-based versions

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Dbupdate.bin

Not applicable

2

26-Jun-2019

00:51

Dbxupdate.bin

Not applicable

7,361

12-Sep-2019

00:59

Tpmtasks.dll

10.0.14393.3001

36,864

16-Sep-2019

05:09

For all supported x64-based versions

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Dbupdate.bin

Not applicable

2

03-Sep-2019

22:05

Dbxupdate.bin

Not applicable

7,361

12-Sep-2019

01:01

Tpmtasks.dll

10.0.14393.3001

44,032

16-Sep-2019

05:04

References

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