After installing KB5003637, apps won’t be able to access event logs

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Published onJune 11, 2021

published onJune 11, 2021

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Even though only a couple of days have passed since Microsoft released KB5003637 for Windows 10, as a part of this month’s Patch Tuesday, and already the companyissued a warning regarding this cumulative update.

Apparently, after installing this particular update, apps that are accessing event logs on remote devices might be unable to connect.

KB5003637 causes apps to not work properly

The root of this annoying issue originates from apps that make use of legacy Event Logging APIs.

Microsoft states that the behavior is expected and that you might receive an error when attempting to connect, such as:

After installing KB5003637 or later updates, apps accessing event logs on remote devices might be unable to connect. This issue might occur if the local or remote has not yet installed updates released June 8, 2021 or later. Affected apps are using certain legacy Event Logging APIs

How do I fix this issue?

Due to security hardening changes relating to Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) for CVE-2021-31958, the tech giant expected this to happen, to a certain degree.

Thankfully there is a simple way to put all this behind us. In order to properly deal with this situation, you have to ensure that both the local and remote devices have KB5003637 installed.

Pretty simple, right?

Have you been experiencing such issues after installing this cumulative update on your PC? Let us know in the comments section below.

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After installing KB5003637, apps won’t be able to access event logs

KB5003637 causes apps to not work properly

How do I fix this issue?