Microsoft has acknowledged a compatibility regression introduced by the August 12, 2025 cumulative Windows updates that can cause unexpected User Account Control (UAC) elevation prompts and MSI Error 1730 failures for non‑administrator users when applications trigger Windows Installer (MSI)...
Microsoft’s August cumulative update chain, notably KB5063878, introduced a hardening to Windows Installer that has forced a rethink of how User Account Control (UAC) and MSI "self‑repair" flows behave — and that hardening, while closing a real security gap (tracked as CVE‑2025‑50173), has also...
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