March 25, 2025—KB5053657 (OS Builds 22621.5126 and 22631.5126) Preview

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• [Input]​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

  • New!  The Gamepad keyboard layout is now available for the touch keyboard in Windows 11. This includes button accelerators (e.g., X button for backspace, Y button for spacebar). Additionally, the keyboard keys have been vertically aligned to improve controller navigation patterns.

  • New! A new experience to improve the discoverability of the emoji and more panels in Windows 11 with the introduction of a new system tray icon on the taskbar.

  • Fixed: ctfmon.exe might stop responding when copying data from certain apps.

• ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​[Settings]​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

  • New! “Top cards” appear under Settings > System > About. These top cards provide an easy way to view your PC’s key specifications, including processor, RAM, storage, and GPU, helping you quickly understand your PC’s capabilities at a glance.​​​​​​​

  • Fixed: For Japanese users, the name displaying at the top of Settings > Accounts shows “First Name” “Last Name” instead of “Last Name” “First Name.”

• [Voice Access] New!  Introducing Chinese support for voice access. You can now use Voice access to navigate, dictate, and interact with Windows using voice commands in Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. 

• [Search on Taskbar] ​​​​​​​

  • In the European Economic Area (EEA), Windows Search has been updated with improved support for web search providers including increased discoverability and merged results in the All scope.

  • In the EEA, the Microsoft Bing app's web search provider in Windows Search now opens search results with the default browser.

• [Deprecation]​​​​​​​ Suggested actions, which appear after you copy a phone number or future date in Windows 11, are now deprecated and being removed.

This non-security update includes quality improvements. Key changes include:

• This build includes all the improvements in Windows 11, version 22H2.

• No additional issues are documented for this release.

This non-security update includes quality improvements. The following summary outlines key issues addressed by the KB after you install it. Also, included are available new features. The bold text within the brackets indicates the item or area of the change.

Gradual rollout

A gradual rollout distributes release updates over a period of time, rather than all at once. This means that users receive the updates at different times and might not be immediately available to all users.

• [File Systems (Filters)] This update adds support for a new function in Filter Manager that enhances the systems ability to notify applications of directory changes while minimizing I/O operations.

• [Noto Fonts] This update provides Noto CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) fonts in Windows.

Normal rollout

• [File System] Fixed: An error message on a blue screen might occur when a user profile is redirected to a network Virtual Hard Disk v2 (VHD(X)).

• [Mobile Operator Portal] Updated: Country and Operator Settings Asset (COSA) profiles are updated.

• [Printers] Fixed: USB connected dual-mode printers that support both US Print and IPP Over USB protocols, might unexpectedly output incorrect or unwanted text.

• [Remote Desktop] Fixed: Certain Get-Help troubleshooters might not run in a Remote Desktop session.

Applies to: All users.

Symptoms

Devices that have certain Citrix components installed might be unable to complete installation of the January 2025 Windows security update. This issue was observed on devices with Citrix Session Recording Agent (SRA) version 2411. The 2411 version of this application was released in December 2024.
 
Affected devices might initially download and apply the January 2025 Windows security update correctly, such as via the Windows Update page in Settings. However, when restarting the device to complete the update installation, an error message with text similar to “Something didn’t go as planned. No need to worry – undoing changes” appears. The device will then revert to the Windows updates previously present on the device. 
 
This issue likely affects a limited number of organizations as version 2411 of the SRA application is a new version. Home users are not expected to be affected by this issue. 

Workaround

Citrix has documented this issue, including a workaround, which can be performed prior to installing the January 2025 Windows security update. For details, see Citrix’s documentation.

Microsoft is working with Citrix to address this issue and will update this documentation once a resolution is available. ​​​​​​​