Did it fix any shared printing issues for you?

It should, but make a full backup first Backup and Restore with Macrium Reflect

Any help in KB5006670 - Network Printer Problems Again This Month - Windows 10 Support for this month's CU KB fiasco?

I would just leave the thread - your post is sufficient to let others know it may not get further updates from you :-)

Glad to hear that. Hope it helps someone here :-)

Another article:
Microsoft: Windows KB5006674, KB5006670 updates break printing

Connections to printers shared via print server might encounter errors

Fresh acknowledgement from Microsoft
...

KB5006670 - Network Printer Problems Again This Month - Page 13 - Windows 10 Support Starting @ post #182 seems to confirm not fixed with KB5006738 either :(

TV2 and @smartcooky,

KB5006738 Windows 10 2004 19041.1320, 20H2 19042.1320, 21H1 19043.1320

OP states "Addresses a known issue that might prevent the successful installation of printers using...

Think you meant to say "network shared printer" in the last three words of post quoted.

"Workstation hosting a network shared printer" is a mouthful and IMHO it is a "printer server" as far us the...

Wanted to share this here on printer-central for those not familiar with this terminology like me:

From Waking from Microsoft's PrintNightmare

"Point and Print explained

Point and Print is...

I like the diagram and associated write-up in your post :-) Well done. :thumbsup:

Would you consider workstation 3 to be a print server for shared printer D since workstations 1 and 2 have to go...

Well when I hear the term "networked printer" or "network printer" isn't that what I have with my home printer attached to my home network and I'm printing to it directly (no print server, no sharing...

:thumbsup:

I'm just trying to stress that the printing problem with the September and October KBs affects shared printers where there's a printer server only because I personally find the...

And the most important point is there is no printer-sharing server. Every PC sends its print request directly to the printer.

So none of them are using a printer server it seems. The are all using Network-Attached Printing where every PC talk to the printer directly through the network point-to-point.

If I understand correctly, these working printers are not part of Network-Attached Printer Sharing or
Locally Attached Printer Sharing. Any PC can print to them independent of any other PC being...

Do PCs print directly to the two printers that are Ethernet attached and the WiFi printer - i.e. no printer server involved - or is Network-Attached Printer Sharing in effect?

Do you have a link to that thread/post?

That's interesting. Thanks for the update.

I also found this to be a very good reference in understanding printing components and terminology:

Windows Printing Components – ITFreeTraining

I like the diagrams in the PDF and video.

I...

Bleepingcomputer.com article on the subject from October 15th:
New Windows 10 KB5006670 update breaks network printing

You're welcome Paul :-)

You might want to uninstall the printer and reinstall it with latest drivers from printer manufacturer website. That's what I would do in this case unless you recently...

In this case, it seem to me that you should not be affected by the "print sharing" fiasco as your PC talks directly to the printer through your home network (WiFi or Ethernet - it doesn't matter as...

Do you have a print server PC that all printing has to go through or what?

I have KB5006670 installed and print directly from PCs to network printers (no print server PC involved) and just...