March 19, 2019 - KB4489893 (Preview of Monthly Rollup) for Windows 8.1

March 19, 2019 - KB4489893 (Preview of Monthly Rollup)

Applies to: Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2

Improvements and fixes

This non-security update includes improvements and fixes that were a part of KB4489881 (released March 12, 2019) and also includes these new quality improvements as a preview of the next Monthly Rollup update:

• Addresses an issue with a Microsoft Access 97 database that stops a requested operation when a table or column has custom properties.
• Addresses an issue with Microsoft Office Visual Basic for Applications that fails to use the Japanese Era registry settings for dates in the Japanese format. For more information, see KB4469068.
• Updates time zone information for Kazakhstan.
• Updates time zone information for São Tomé and Príncipe.
• Addresses an issue that prevents users from enabling gan-nen support for the Japanese Era. For more information, see KB4469068.
• Addresses a reliability issue in win32kfull.sys.
• Improves performance related to case-insensitive string comparison functions such as _stricmp() in the Universal C Runtime.
• Addresses an issue that may cause a Scheduled Task with a Daily repetition interval to run twice.
• Addresses an issue in which the graphics device interface (GDI) DeleteObject() may cause the calling process to stop working when both of the following conditions are true:
  • The calling process is a WOW64 process that handles memory addresses larger than 2 GB.
  • The DeleteObject() is called with a device context that is compatible with a printer device context.
• Addresses minor issues with unknown options (unknown OPT) in the Extension Mechanisms for DNS (EDNS) for the Windows DNS Server role.
• [ADDED 3/27] Addresses an issue with stop error D1 in TCPIP.SYS.
• [ADDED 3/27] Addresses an issue that prevents date parsers from converting future and past dates (Gregorian and Japanese) in compound documents (formerly OLE) to a relevant Japanese Era date. For more information, see KB4469068.
• [ADDED 4/1] Addresses an issue in which devices with a winsock kernel client may receive D1, FC, and other errors and affect systems that run the Skype for Business or Lync Server Edge Transport role.

Known issues in this update

How to get this update

This is provided as an Optional 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.

Source: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4489893

Direct download links for KB4489893 MSU file from Microsoft Update Catalog:

Download KB4489893 MSU for Windows 8.1 32-bit (x86) - 226.1 MB

Download KB4489893 MSU for Windows 8.1 64-bit (x64) - 386.8 MB

 

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UPDATE 3/27:

"Improvements and fixes" updated. See first post for more details.

 

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UPDATE 4/1:

"Improvements and fixes" updated. See first post for more details.