There are also a number of bug fixes and improvements. The KB5025297 update is now available for all Windows 10 users who have already switched to version 22H2. Build number 19045.2908 is now available in the Release Preview channel.
If you want, you can now install the update manually and benefit from the changes. It’s an update with a long list of bug fixes, improvements, new firewall settings, new language and region settings, and a new search box in the Windows 10 taskbar. More on that in the release notes at the end of this post. We have translated the highlights for you.
The update KB5025297 is a so-called preview update or optional update that will initially be available via the Release Preview channel is distributed. After this test, the optional update will be released to all users of version 22H2 via the Windows update function.
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Microsoft used to group these updates under the term “C-Updates”. If nothing comes up, the changes contained therein will be automatically distributed to all users on patch day in May. Microsoft doesn’t start distributing the optional updates all at once, as it does with the security-related updates, so sometimes you have to be patient before you’re offered the version. Optional updates are offered via the Windows Update function, the builds from the Release Preview channel only via the Insider program.
New in KB5025297
- This update allows you to sync language and region settings when you change the display language or regional format of your Microsoft account. Windows saves these settings to your account if you have enabled language settings synchronization in your Windows backup settings.
- This update changes the firewall settings. You can now configure application group rules.
- With this update, the search box is visible again in the Windows 10 taskbar. If you have a top, bottom, regular, or small taskbar with icons, the search box will appear. It gives you easy access to apps, files, settings, and more across Windows and the web. You also have access to the latest search updates, such as B. the search highlights. If you want to restore the original search functionality, you can easily do so from the context menu or by responding to a dialog box that pops up when using search.
- Microsoft has released an optional, non-security update KB5025297 for Windows 10 Version 22H2.
- Included are bug fixes, improvements, new firewall settings and more
- This update can be installed manually from the Release Preview channel.
- Language & region settings can be synchronized.
- Search box in Windows 10 taskbar reappears.
- The optional updates are not distributed all at once.
- Microsoft used to group these updates under the term “C-Updates”.
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