Microsoft says this month’s Patch Tuesday cumulative updates additionally repair a identified difficulty inflicting Home windows Server 2019 boot issues, freezes, and efficiency points after putting in the August 2024 safety updates.
Redmond first confirmed this identified difficulty on August 21, following widespread reviews from Home windows admins that their servers have been experiencing efficiency points and changing into unusable after putting in the KB5041578 replace.
On the time, the corporate admitted that Home windows Server 2019 units have been experiencing system slowdowns, unresponsiveness, and excessive CPU utilization (notably evident with Cryptographic Providers), particularly when working antivirus software program that performs scans in opposition to the ‘% systemrootpercentsystem32catroot2’ folder for Home windows updates, attributable to an error with catalog enumeration.
It additionally added that it is unlikely that these utilizing House or Professional Home windows editions will expertise this identified difficulty as a result of the triggering state of affairs is extra widespread in enterprise environments.
Whereas Microsoft did not identify the software program inflicting these points, affected admins have linked them to the Antimalware Service Executable service (the Home windows Defender background course of).
Recognized difficulty fastened, Recognized Concern Rollback group coverage additionally obtainable
“This difficulty was resolved by Home windows updates launched September 10, 2024 (KB5043050), and later,” the corporate revealed right this moment in an replace to the Home windows launch well being web page.
“We advocate you put in the newest safety replace to your gadget because it comprises essential enhancements and difficulty resolutions, together with this one.”
Admins who cannot deploy the KB5043050 cumulative replace to repair this identified difficulty can set up and arrange the Home windows 10 1809 and Home windows Server 2019 KB5041578 240816_21501 Recognized Concern Rollback Group Coverage.
To deploy the Recognized Concern Rollback on impacted servers, go to the Native Laptop Coverage or the Area coverage on the area controller utilizing the Group Coverage Editor to decide on the Home windows model you wish to goal. Subsequent, restart the impacted gadget(s) to use the group coverage setting.
Yow will discover additional data on deploying and configuring KIR Group Insurance policies on Microsoft’s assist web site.