Microsoft has fixed several known issues affecting printing on Windows 11 with the release of the preview for optional cumulative update KB5006746 on Thursday.
This update was released for customers who want to test out the upcoming fixes and performance improvements on November 9, as part of next month’s Patch Tuesday.
To install KB5006746you have to go to Settings > Windows Update and click on the “Check for updates” button. Since this is an optional update, Windows will only install it after clicking the “Download Now” button.
Windows 11 users can also manually download and deploy the Cumulative Update Preview from the Microsoft Update Catalog.
Several printing issues fixed
Microsoft has confirmed that KB5006746 fixes known Windows 11 issues causing printer installation to fail and prompt for administrator credentials before each attempt to print on systems commonly seen in desktop environments. ‘business.
On systems where KB5006746 is not yet deployed, attempts to install printing may not complete over the network on devices that access printers through the print server using HTTP connections.
Installing printers on Windows devices that have not yet been updated may also fail over the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) in organizations that share an IPP printer using printer connections.
Redmond has also fixed a third known issue resulting in custom print properties not being delivered correctly to print server clients. While this would not cause print operations to fail, it would only allow clients to print with the default settings.
Affected customers running earlier versions of Windows (including Windows 10) can resolve these printing issues by installing the September Patch Tuesday and October Patch Tuesday cumulative updates.
Also fixes game performance issues
Since the release of Windows 11 in early October, customers have also been complaining about noticeable performance issues affecting systems with AMD Ryzen processors.
AMD explained in a support article that the performance impact was caused by “L3 cache latency may increase for some applications” and “UEFI CPPC2 (“preferred core”) may not preferentially schedule threads on the faster core of a processor”.
Microsoft addressed AMD performance issues in optional update KB5006746, stating that it “addresses an L3 caching issue that may affect the performance of some applications on devices with AMD Ryzen processors after the upgrade. to Windows 11 (original version)”.
With this update, Microsoft also fixed another issue that was causing Bluetooth mice and keyboards to run slower than expected, negatively affecting shooters and eSports games.
Finally, Microsoft fixed an issue that prevented Windows 11 users from using Xbox Game Bar’s recording features.
The full list of known issues acknowledged and fixed by Microsoft since the release of Windows 11 includes:
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