This article describes the update rollup for Windows RT, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012 that is dated January 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.
Issues that this update fixes
This update package fixes the issues that are documented in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) articles:- 2873617 You cannot use the Smigdeploy.exe tool in Windows Storage Server 2012 or Windows Storage Server 2008 R2
- 2897602 FIX: TCP connections that use ephemeral loopback addresses are dropped suddenly in Windows
- 2876391 "0x0000009E" Stop error on cluster nodes in a Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1-based multi-node failover cluster environment
- 2912228 "Permissions will not expire" is displayed unexpectedly in EUL after you set an expiration date on an XML document in Windows Server 2012