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KB4343909 bugs: Install fails, VPN won’t connect and more

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Published onAugust 16, 2018

published onAugust 16, 2018

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The latestWindows 10v1803 cumulativeupdate,KB4343909, brings a series of usefulfixesand improvements that will make the OS more stable. Unfortunately, installing KB4343909 won’t be an easy ride for all users. ManyWindows 10April Update usersalready complained about various issues after installing thispatch. We’ll list the most common ones in this post.

KB4343909 reported issues

Games won’t launch

If you’re an avid gamer, you should not hurry to install the latestWindows 10updateson your computer. As a matter of fact, many users saidtheir games had become unplayableafter installing KB4343909. Uninstalling thispatchquickly solved the problem.

[…] KB4343897 forWindows 101709 and KB4343909 forWindows 101803. These installed overnight on two different computers. Prior to that every game was working on these computers. Afterwards no games worked. I have tried games like Assassin’s Creed, DDO, SWTOR, they all start to load, drop off, then you are back at the desktop with a semi-locked screen. It takes over 7 minutes for Task Manager to load at this point and ending a task is impossible. Removal of theupdateon the machine withWindows 101803 has made the games playable […]

If you can’t launch games on Windows 10, here are some guides to help you fix this problem:

VPN won’t connect

It seems that KB4343909 breaks VPN connections. Many usersreportedthat their VPN tools failed to connect.

No matter how I tried, I never got a VPN connection following the same steps and I didn’t receive any error. VPN client just said “Trying to connect” for ever, w/o anerror messageor success message. […] I realized that this morning somefixesfrom MSFT Update have been installed in my computer so I took a look. I saw twofixes, “KB4343909 and KB4343902”. […] So I decided to uninstall the first one and after some reboots, now I can connect again using VPN client.

Meanwhile, you can use the following troubleshooting guides to solve this problem:

KB4343909 install fails

There are also some users who are still struggling to install thispatch. The update process often freezes,gets stuckor ends abruptly with an error code.

KB4343909 does not complete. Yesterday 8/14 this monthlyupdatestarted at some point. 4 hours after I noticed, it was still running and did not complete. This morning 8/15 – It ran all night without completing […]Windows updatehas started again and been running now for over an hour. Seems to be cycling between downloading, initializing, then installing, then initializing ….

Bluetooth keyboard won’t connect

If your Bluetooth keyboard fails to connect, you’re not the only one. Quite a fewWindows 10April Updatecomplainedabout this issue. More specifically, Bluetooth keyboards automatically go to sleep and then fail to establish a stable connection to computers.

I use the microsoft designer bluetooth keyboard. The problem is it goes to sleep if not being used for around 10 minutes. It then takes at least 10-15 minutes of messing around with bluetooth to get it to reconnect again […] The most recent windows update that I have installed is KB4343909

We’ll end our list here. If you encountered other issues, feel free to tell us more about your experience in the comments below.

With KB5043178 to Release Preview Channel, Microsoft advises Windows 11 users to plug in when the battery is low#

Copilot in Outlook will generate personalized themes for you to customize the app#

Microsoft will raise the price of its 365 Suite to include AI capabilities#

Death Stranding Director’s Cut is now Xbox X|S at a huge discount#

Outlook will let users create custom account icons so they can tell their accounts apart easier#

KB4343909 bugs: Install fails, VPN won’t connect and more#

KB4343909 reported issues#

Games won’t launch#

VPN won’t connect#

KB4343909 install fails#

Bluetooth keyboard won’t connect#