New Windows 11 Update 22000.856 (KB5016629) – Start Menu Issue Fixes, Security Improvements, and Fixes

In this article, I will talk about the latest Windows 11 Update for the Main Release, which is Build 22000.856 or KB5016629.

For those of you who are not familiar with how Windows 11 Updates for the Main Release work, I will explain it to you in the following lines.

Every month Windows 11 has a B and a C Release for Windows 11. Usually, the B Release is launched on the second Tuesday of the month and contains all the features that were tested in the previous month’s C Release.

Highlights 

• Addresses a known issue that might prevent some of you from opening the Start menu.
• Addresses security issues for your Windows operating system.      

Improvements

This security update includes improvements that were a part of update KB5015882 (released July 21, 2022) and also addresses the following issues: 

• Addresses a known issue that might prevent some of you from opening the Start menu. On the affected devices, clicking or tapping the Start button or using the Windows keyboard shortcut might have no effect.

If you installed earlier updates, only the new updates contained in this package will be downloaded and installed on your device.

For more information about security vulnerabilities, please refer to the Security Update Guide website and the August 2022 Security Updates.

Windows 11 servicing stack update – 22000.826

This update makes quality improvements to the servicing stack, which is the component that installs Windows updates. Servicing stack updates (SSU) ensure that you have a robust and reliable servicing stack so that your devices can receive and install Microsoft updates.

For more information about this Update, you check this article from the Microsoft Blog.

For a more in-depth presentation, you can watch the video below from the youtube channel.