Microsoft maintains a list of known issues of the new Windows 10 feature update, Windows 10 May 2019 Update or Windows 10 version 1903.

The rollout of the new version of Windows started on May 21, 2019; not every system may be upgraded right away as Microsoft plans to increase the quota gradually to monitor feedback carefully.

The known issues page lists several mitigated issues currently. Some of these issues are minor, e.g. Night Light settings not saving correctly in some occasions while others, e.g. AMD Raid driver incompatibilities or not being able to discover or connect to Bluetooth devices, are major.

All issues are listed as being under investigation currently. Workarounds are available for some.

The following issues are known currently:

Intermittent issues when printing Safeguard on certain devices with some Intel and Broadcom Wi-Fi adapters (mitigated) Updates may fail to install and you may receive Error 0x80073701 The dGPU may occasionally disappear from device manager on Surface Book 2 with dGPU Gamma ramps, color profiles, and night light settings do not apply in some cases (mitigated) Unable to discover or connect to Bluetooth devices (mitigated) Intel Audio displays an intcdaud.sys notification (mitigated) Cannot launch Camera app (mitigated)

Resolved:

Audio in games is quiet or different than expected

IME may become unresponsive or have High CPU usage

Some users report issues related to the Start menu and Windows Desktop Search

Screenshots and Snips have an unnatural orange tint

Windows Desktop Search may not return any results and may have high CPU usage

Apps using Visual Basic (VB6), VBA, and VBScript may stop responding with error.

Issues updating when certain versions of Intel storage drivers are installed.

Initiating a Remote Desktop connection may result in black screen

Windows Sandbox may fail to start with error code “0x80070002”.

Devices starting using PXE from a WDS or SCCM servers may fail to start.

Domain connected devices that use MIT Kerberos realms will not start up.

Intermittent loss of Wi-Fi Connectivity

Display brightness may not respond to adjustments

RASMAN service may stop working and result in the error “0xc0000005”

Loss of functionality in Dynabook Smartphone Link app

Error attempting to update with external USB device or memory card attached

Audio not working with Dolby Atmos headphones and home theater

Duplicate folders and documents showing in user profile directory

Night light settings do not apply in some cases

AMD RAID driver incompatibility

D3D applications and games may fail to enter full-screen mode on rotated displays

Older versions of BattlEye anti-cheat software incompatible

Intermittent issues when printing

A bug affects the print spooler service with the result that print jobs may be canceled or may be failing. Certain programs may close unexpectedly or display an error when that happens, and a remote procedure call error may be displayed.

Safeguard on certain devices with some Intel and Broadcom Wi-Fi adapters

Microsoft and NEC have found incompatibility issues with some devices with Intel Centrino 6205/6235 and Broadcom 802.11ac Wi-Fi cards when running Windows 10, version 1903.

Updates may fail to install and you may receive Error 0x80073701

Installation of updates may fail and you may receive an error, "Updates Failed, There were problems installing some updates, but we'll try again later" and "Error 0x80073701."

Apps using Visual Basic (VB6), VBA, and VBScript may stop responding with error

Applications that were made using Visual Basic 6 (VB6), macros using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), and VBScript may stop responding and you may receive an error.

Intermittent loss of Wi-Fi connectivity

Some older devices may experience loss of Wi-Fi connectivity due to an outdated Qualcomm driver.

The dGPU may occasionally disappear from device manager on Surface Book 2 with dGPU

Some apps or games that needs to perform graphics intensive operations may close or fail to open on Surface Book 2 devices with Nvidia dGPU.

Initiating a Remote Desktop connection may result in black screen

When initiating a Remote Desktop connection to devices with some older GPU drivers, you may receive a black screen.

Devices starting using PXE from a WDS or SCCM servers may fail to start

Devices that start up using Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) images from Windows Deployment Services (WDS) or System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) may fail to start with the error "Status: 0xc0000001, Info: A required device isn't connected or can't be accessed".

IME may become unresponsive or have High CPU usage

Some Input Method Editor (IME) including ChsIME.EXE, may become unresponsive or may have high CPU usage.

Resolved.

Audio in games is quiet or different than expected

Microsoft has received reports that audio in certain games is quieter or different than expected.

Resolved.

Some users report issues related to the Start menu and Windows Desktop Search

Microsoft has received reports that some users are having issues related to the Start menu and Windows Desktop Search.

Resolved.

Screenshots and Snips have an unnatural orange tint

When creating screenshots or using similar tools (such as Snipping Tool or Snip & Sketch), the resulting images may have an unnatural orange tint. This issue is caused by the Eye Care mode feature of Lenovo Vantage. This issue started on or around September 5, 2019.

RASMAN service may stop working and result in the error “0xc0000005”

RASMAN service may stop working and result in the error “0xc0000005”

The Remote Access Connection Manager (RASMAN) service may stop working and you may receive the error “0xc0000005” on devices where the diagnostic data level is manually configured to the non-default setting of 0.

Resolved.

Windows Sandbox may fail to start with error code "0x80070002"

The issue affects Windows 10 systems in which the system language was changed during the update process. Windows Sandbox cannot be started on affected devices, and the error "ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND (0x80070002)" is displayed in that case.

Loss of functionality in Dynabook Smartphone Link app

Affects the Dynabook Smartphone Link after updating to the latest version of Windows. May affect the display of phone numbers in the call menu and ability to answer calls on the Windows PC.

Resolved.

Gamma ramps, color profiles, and night light settings do not apply in some cases

Microsoft has identified some scenarios where gamma ramps, color profiles and night light settings may stop working.

Display brightness may not respond to adjustments

Affects Windows 10 devices with Intel hardware. Brightness changes may not apply immediately. A restart should resolve that so that the changes are applied.

Resolved.

Audio not working with Dolby Atmos headphones and home theater

Affects the two Dolby Atmos applications that are available on the Microsoft Store and may lead to a loss of audio. Microsoft notes that the issue is caused by a licensing configuration error.

Resolved.

Duplicate folders and documents showing in user profile directory

The issue affects systems on which certain known folders, e.g. Desktop or Downloads, were redirected to another location. Users may see empty folders in the default location after the upgrade.

Update block in place.

Error attempting to update with external USB device or memory card attached

The update to Windows 10 version 1903 fails if an external USB device or a SD memory card is attached to the system during the upgrade. Microsoft notes that this may also affect internal hard drives.

Resolved.

Unable to discover or connect to Bluetooth devices

Compatibility issues with certain Realtek and Qualcomm Bluetooth radios causes discovery and connection issues. Updates to newer drivers may resolve the issues. For Qualcomm, Microsoft recommends drivers greater than 10.0.1.11, for Realtek, driver versions greater than 1.5.1011.0.

Night light settings do not apply in some cases

Night light settings may not be saved under certain circumstances. Microsoft recommends disabling and enabling the feature, or restarting the computer.

Intel Audio displays an intcdaud.sys notification

Windows 10 may display What needs your attention when trying to upgrade systems with certain Intel Display Audio device drivers. If the issue refers to intcdaud.sys, the system is affected and that may result in higher than normal battery usage.

Microsoft recommends that admins click on back to stop the upgrade.

Update block in place.

Cannot launch Camera app

Users on devices with Intel RealSense SR300 and Intel RealSense S200 cameras may not be able to use the Camera app. The error "Close other apps, error code: 0XA00F4243" may be displayed when the Camera app is started.

Temporary workarounds include unplugging the camera and plugging it back in, disabling and re-enabling the driver in the Device Manager, or restarting the RealSense service.

Update block in place.

Intermittent loss of Wi-Fi connectivity

An outdated Qualcomm driver may cause Wi-Fi connectivity issues on "older computers". Microsoft recommends that device drivers are updated to resolve the issue.

Update block in place.

AMD RAID driver incompatibility

AMD Raid systems with driver versions lower than 9.2.0.105 cannot be upgraded to the new version of Windows 10. Installation stops with error messages such as "AMD Ryzen™ or AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ configured in SATA or NVMe RAID mode".

Microsoft recommends that users download and install the latest AMD Raid drivers.

Update block in place.

D3D applications and games may fail to enter full-screen mode on rotated displays

Certain Direct3D apps or games may fail to launch fullscreen mode if the default display orientation has been changed.

Microsoft recommends that users run applications in windowed mode or on a secondary non-rotated display, or change compatibility settings of applications and games to "Disable full screen optimizations".

Older versions of BattlEye anti-cheat software incompatible

Games that use older versions of the anti-cheat software BattlEye may cause the entire system to crash after installing Windows 10 version 1903. A newer version of the BattlEye software is available that resolves the issue.

Update block in place.

Summary Article Name All existing issues with Windows 10 version 1903 (May 2019 Update) Description Microsoft maintains a list of known issues of the new Windows 10 feature update, Windows 10 May 2019 Update or Windows 10 version 1903. Author Martin Brinkmann Publisher Ghacks Technology News Logo

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