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Update for Windows Embedded 8 Industry (KB2996822)

  • Published:
  • Version: 8
  • Category: Update
  • Language: English

Resolves an issue with the Unified Write Filter (UWF)

  • This KB resolves a handle leak issue in uwfwmi.dll, when UWF WMI APIs are called periodically (e.g. to check the UWF overlay consumption) and the following error message is shown:

    “Windows Management Instrumentation has stopped WMIPRVSE.EXE because a quota reached a warning value. Quota: HandleCount, Value: 4257, Maximum value: 4096, WMIPRVSE PID: 3716, Providers hosted in this process: %SystemRoot%\system32\wbem\uwfwmi.dll"

Files

Status: Live

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FileSize
Windows8-RT-KB2996822-x64.cab
SHA1: d92c8789ca2aff04de8ca5f4ef649d06bda413e8
327 KB
Windows8-RT-KB2996822-x64.msu
SHA1: b2febaf949bd12f1de3b7eea7f4de02e357ac77f
498 KB
Windows8-RT-KB2996822-x86.cab
SHA1: 0c625e45deae8dcc9ff4774a17ecded3574f8585
231 KB
Windows8-RT-KB2996822-x86.msu
SHA1: c2d85e25350f849b251575b4aa9b922ae6a6f8b6
403 KB

File sizes and hashes are retrieved from the Wayback Machine’s indexes. They may not match the latest versions of files hosted on Microsoft servers.

System Requirements

Operating Systems: Embedded 8 Industry

  • Windows Embedded 8 Industry

Installation Instructions

  • This update must be installed by one of the following options on a Windows Embedded 8 Industry image:

    A) Executing the appropriate msu file

    • 32bit Windows8-RT-KB2996822-x86.msu
    • 64bit Windows8-RT-KB2996822-x64.msu
    OR

    B) Installing the cab file via the command line with administrator privileges via.

    "DISM /online /add-package /packagepath:<Location>\<filename.cab>"
    • 32bit Windows8-RT-KB2996822-x86.cab
    • 64bit Windows8-RT-KB2996822-x64.cab