Security News > 2021 > October > New Windows 10 KB5006670 update breaks network printing

Windows 10 users and administrators report widescale network printing issues after installing the KB5006670 cumulative update and other updates released this week.

Since installing the KB5006670 update, users are reporting that they cannot print to network print servers, with some users receiving 0x00000709 or 'Element not found' errors when attempting to print.

This week, Microsoft released further security updates for Windows printing vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2021-41332 and CVE-2021-36970, likely causing the new network printing issues.

The BleepingComputer forum topic includes numerous suggestions from Windows admins on how to resolve the networking printing issues caused by the Windows 10 KB5006670 update.

What makes these printing issues so frustrating is Microsoft's lack of clear guidance and the numerous changes that happen each month to the Windows printing feature.

As these changes all resolve different vulnerable aspects of the Windows Print Spooler, they create a mess of individual fixes that Windows admins need to figure out whether they will fix their printing problems.

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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/new-windows-10-kb5006670-update-breaks-network-printing/