Windows 10 KB5131096 November 2026 Patch Tuesday Update Released [Direct Download Links]

If you are still running Windows 10 by enrolling in Microsoft’s Extended Security Update (ESU) program, you should be getting the November 2026 Patch Tuesday update for version 22H2 under KB5131096, bumping the system build to 19045.7846. Meanwhile, the same update has been rolled out for Windows 10 21H2 and applies to Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 and Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021, bumping systems to build 19044.7846. You can check the changelog for the update below:

• [Date and Time] This update adjusts daylight saving time (DST) rules for Cuba for the extended 2026-2027 DST period. Cuba remains on UTC-04:00 and doesn’t observe the November 2026 and March 2027 transitions. It returns to UTC-05:00 in November 2027 and resumes its regular seasonal schedule in 2028.
  • For the latest DST and time zone guidance, see the Daylight Saving Time & Time Zone Blog.
• [Printing] – Fixed: Adding a printer published in Active Directory through Settings > Bluetooth & devices > Printers & scanners > Add device might fail with error 87, “The parameter is incorrect.” This issue was introduced by the October 2026 update and does not generally affect existing printers or printing.
• [Remote Desktop]
  • Fixed: The “Specify thumbprints of certificates representing trusted .rdp publishers” policy could not be configured successfully through Microsoft Intune.
  • Fixed: Remote Desktop shadow connections might fail with an “Unspecified error” on Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2012 R2 after installing the October 14, 2026, update.
• [Windows PowerShell] This update strengthens security for PowerShell script signing and signature verification by introducing stricter encoding validation. As a result, scripts containing invalid UTF-8 encoding might fail signature validation, even if they were previously accepted. To resolve this issue, review the affected scripts, save them using valid UTF-8 encoding with a byte order mark (BOM), and sign them again. For further guidance, see Encoding Guidance for Signed PowerShell Scripts.

It should be noted that Microsoft has warned about the lingering issue affecting USB Audio Class 1.0 devices since September, which you might still encounter after installing the KB5131096 November 2026 Patch Tuesday update. You can manually download KB5131096 from here. In addition, Microsoft has also rolled out Windows 11 KB5132061, KB5131087 & KB5132059 as the November 2026 Patch Tuesday updates.