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Resolves an issue with the Unified Write Filter (UWF)

• This KB has been superseded by KB3107088.
  
  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

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File	Size
Windows8.1-KB2996822-x64.cab SHA1: 6b4061f92362566c8bebcf7ab1dd8ab4746290db	300 KB
Windows8.1-KB2996822-x64.msu SHA1: 4c0e501a52d0392d8b5c6c1ab3f9e9535109249e	471 KB
Windows8.1-KB2996822-x86.cab SHA1: fa6aef17c5d72e6f458a64f6e3a41bdc62130cd0	213 KB
Windows8.1-KB2996822-x86.msu SHA1: 97fe80233d8af124c867e17e29a5597876fc20a7	385 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.

• -Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry Pro
  -Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry Enterprise

• This update must be installed by one of the following options on a Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry image:
  A) Executing the appropriate msu file
  
  • 32bit Windows8.1-KB2996822-x86.msu
  • 64bit Windows8.1-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 Windows8.1-KB2996822-x86.cab
  • 64bit Windows8.1-KB2996822-x64.cab