Microsoft shares mitigation steps for latest printer issue on Windows 10

You can now follow steps from Microsoft to mitigate the latest printer issue on Windows 10.

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What you need to know

Microsoft recently issued anout-of-band updatefor a problem that prevents some printers, scanners, and multifunction devices from working. Now, the company has outlined steps to temporarily mitigate the issue.

The complication only affects a small set of devices, but for anyone with a device that runs into it, updates and mitigation steps are always welcome. Microsoft explains which devices are affected in asupport doc:

After installing updates released July 13, 2021 on domain controllers (DCs) in your environment, printers, scanners, and multifunction devices which are not compliant with section 3.2.1 of RFC 4556 spec, might fail to print when using smart-card (PIV) authentication.

Here are the steps for temporary mitigation fromMicrosoft:

To use the temporary mitigation in your environment, follow these steps on all your domain controllers:

Note that editing the registry incorrectly can cause serious issues. Here is the registry value that Microsoft mentions in its instructions:

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