KB5029331:Various improvements regarding security and location information

Highlights

• New! This update improves the detection of your location by Windows. This gives you better weather, news, and traffic information.
• New! This update extends the rollout of the notification badging for Microsoft accounts in the Start menu. A Microsoft account connects Windows to your Microsoft apps. The account secures all your data and helps you manage your subscriptions. You can also add additional security steps to avoid being locked out of your account. This feature gives you quick access to important account-related notifications.
• This update supports daylight saving time changes in Israel.
• This update fixes an issue that affects the display of the search box.
• This update fixes an issue that affects settings. They are not synced even if you enable the toggle button on the Windows Backup page in the Settings app.

Improvements

Important: Use EKB KB5015684 to update to Windows 10 version 22H2.
This non-security update includes quality improvements. When you install this KB:

• New! This update adds the Windows Backup app to your device.
• This update fixes an issue that affects the Group Policy service. It does not wait for 30 seconds, which is the default wait time for the network to become available. As a result, policies are not processed properly.
• This update adds a new API for D3D12-independent devices. You can use it to create multiple D3D12 devices on the same adapter. For more information, see D3D12 independent devices.
• This update fixes an issue that affects an app that simulates keyboard input. This app might not send Japanese characters to other apps.
• This update fixes an issue that affects a WS_EX_LAYERED window. The window may render with the wrong dimensions or in the wrong position. This occurs when you scale the display screen.
• This update fixes an issue that affects print jobs that are sent to a virtual print queue. They fail without an error.
• This update fixes an issue that affects disk partitions. The system may stop working. This occurs after you delete a disk partition and add the space from the deleted partition to an existing BitLocker partition.
• This update fixes an issue that affects Remote Desktop (RD) sessions. They disconnect when multiple apps are in use.
• This update fixes an issue that affects the Resultant Set of Policy (RSOP). The Windows LAPS policy setting "BackupDirectory" was not reported. This occurs when the setting is set to 1, which is "Backup to AAD".
• This update fixes a known issue that affects ClickOnce. Apps that you deployed using ClickOnce may be prompted to install. This occurs even if the ClickOnce apps are already installed and marked as "trusted".
• The update fixes an issue that affects those who use Windows Update for Business. After you are prompted to change your password when logging in, the change operation fails. Subsequently, you are unable to log in. The error code is 0xc000006d.