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  1. KB5083769 Blocks psmounterex.sys: Windows 11 Backup Image Mounting Fails

    Microsoft says Windows updates released on or after April 14, 2026, for Windows 11 and supported Windows versions are intentionally blocking vulnerable psmounterex.sys kernel drivers, causing some third-party backup applications to fail when mounting or managing disk images rather than exposing...
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  2. KB5083769 Blocked psmounterex.sys: Backup Image Mounting Breaks on Windows 11

    Microsoft’s April 14, 2026 Windows security updates, including KB5083769 and the later KB5083631 preview, are blocking the psmounterex.sys kernel driver used by some backup tools to mount disk images on Windows 11 systems. The newly public registry workaround is therefore real, but it is also...
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