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July 18, 2018—KB4338821 (Preview of Monthly Rollup)


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Improvements and fixes

This non-security update includes improvements and fixes that were a part of KB4338818 (released July 10, 2018) and also includes these new quality improvements as a preview of the next Monthly Rollup update:

  • Addresses additional issues with updated time zone information.
  • Addresses an issue that may cause some devices running network monitoring workloads to receive the 0xD1 Stop error because of a race condition after installing the July update.
  • Addresses an issue that may cause the restart of the SQL Server service to fail occasionally with the error, “Tcp port is already in use”.
  • Addresses an issue that occurs when an administrator tries to stop the World Wide Web Publishing Service (W3SVC). The W3SVC remains in a "stopping" state, but cannot fully stop or it cannot be restarted.

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Known issues in this update

Symptom Workaround
After you apply this update, the network interface controller may stop working on some client software configurations. This occurs because of an issue related to a missing file, oem<number>.inf. The exact problematic configurations are currently unknown.
  1. To locate the network device, launch devmgmt.msc; it may appear under Other Devices.
  2. To automatically rediscover the NIC and install drivers, select Scan for Hardware Changes from the Action menu.

a. Alternatively, install the drivers for the network device by right-clicking the device and selecting Update. Then select Search automatically for updated driver software or Browse my computer for driver software.

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How to get this update

This is provided as a Recommended update on Windows Update. For more information about how to run Windows Update, see How to get an update through Windows Update. To get the stand-alone package for this update, go to the Microsoft Update Catalog website.

File information

For a list of the files that are provided in this update, download the file information for update 4338821.

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Keywords: windows 7 sp, windows server 2008 r2 sp1

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Article Info
Article ID : 4338821
Revision : 18
Created on : 3/11/2019
Published on : 3/11/2019
Exists online : False
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