Microsoft has now released the Windows 11 March update KB5023698 with Build 22000.1696 to everyone running version 21H2. The update KB5023698 (Build 22000.1696) brings advanced auto-learning feature for facial recognition. It also brings fixes for many significant issues.

Coming to details of fixes now, the update KB5023698 addresses an issue that affects the Color filters setting. It also fixes an issue affecting IE mode that makes the text on the status bar not always visible. The update also fixes a windowing issue that affects the Z-order of two maximized windows. A window that is behind another window might appear on top.

Here is the full changelog provided for the Windows 11 update KB5023698 by Microsoft.

This non-security update includes quality improvements. When you install this KB:
  • New! This update adds an advanced auto-learning feature for facial recognition.
  • This update addresses an issue that affects the Color filters setting. When you select Inverted, the system sets it to Grayscale instead.
  • This update addresses an issue that affects IE mode. The text on the status bar is not always visible.
  • This update addresses an issue that stops hyperlinks from working in Microsoft Excel.
  • This update addresses an issue that affects a certain streaming app. The issue stops video playback after an advertisement plays in the app.
  • This update implements phase three of Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) hardening. See KB5004442. After you install this update, you cannot turn off the changes using the registry key.
  • This update addresses an issue that affects a computer account and Active Directory. When you reuse an existing computer account to join an Active Directory domain, joining fails. This occurs on devices that have installed Windows updates dated October 11, 2022 or later. The error message is, “Error 0xaac (2732): NERR_AccountReuseBlockedByPolicy: ‘An account with the same name exists in Active Directory. Re-using the account was blocked by security policy.’” For more information, see KB5020276.
  • This update addresses an issue that affects the Appx State Repository. When you remove a user profile, the cleanup is incomplete. Because of this, its database grows as time passes. This growth might cause delays when users sign in to multi-user environments like FSLogix.
  • This update affects the United Mexican States. This update supports the government’s daylight saving time change order for 2023.
  • This update addresses an issue that affects the Z-order of two maximized windows. A window that is behind another window might appear on top.
  • This update addresses an issue that affects AppV. It stops file names from having the correct letter case (uppercase or lowercase).
  • This update addresses an issue that affects Microsoft Edge. The issue removes conflicting policies for Microsoft Edge. This occurs when you set the MDMWinsOverGPFlag in a Microsoft Intune tenant and Intune detects a policy conflict.
  • This update addresses an issue that affects Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). Using a provisioning package for bulk provisioning fails.
  • This update addresses an issue that affects the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS). LSASS might stop responding. This occurs after you run Sysprep on a domain-joined machine.
  • This update addresses an issue that affects parity virtual disks. Using Server Manager to create them fails.

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

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You can download and manually install Windows 11 update KB5023698 by clicking here. If you need help in understanding how to install these updates manually on your PC, you can refer to our step by step noob-friendly tutorial.