Windows 10 May 2019 Update has gotten another cumulative update which fixes numerous bugs including an issue whereby the audio choose to go wonky in a few games.

The freshly released KB4517211 fixes that particular gremlin which was created by the prior KB4515384 cumulative update, which itself was brought in to solve a bug whereby Cortana was causing high CPU usage.

Essentially, the fix for the Cortana problem broke game audio in some cases (as well as demolishing search in the Start menu and Taskbar, we might add), and this new patch is the means to fix that.

The specific problem as described by Microsoft was that "audio in certain games is quieter or different than expected after installing this [KB4515384] update". So in-game sound effects were going badly wrong and coming out very quiet or muffled, or indeed inaudible (depending on the angle you were positioned to the character talking, with voice audio) in certain from the reports we've seen online.

The brand new KB4517211 update addresses this audio problem, and also a separate issue that "may cause audio playback and recording to fail when connecting to a remote virtual machine".

VPN and HDR woes solved

There are a variety of other fixes here, too, including solutions for app crashes in some cases, and a gremlin which caused VPN connections to drop out intermittently when getting used on the cellular network.

Other notable remedies are delivered for all those owning laptops with HDR screens who have been experiencing their display turning white, and for folks on older PCs who've been prevented from upgrading to Windows 10 by a display driver error.

Okay, so that's a great dollop of fixing, but the inevitable question on many people's lips - given the recent clattering domino-effect of fixes causing more problems than they solve - is going to be: what exactly does this update break, then? We are able to but hope that the response is nothing.

Meantime, a quick glance on Reddit is that's needed to pick up the general mood and reception to Microsoft's latest cumulative update: "Waiting this out a bit for obvious reasons."