Microsoft has shipped an out‑of‑band patch that restores USB keyboard and mouse support inside the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) after the October security rollup left many systems unable to navigate recovery options using USB input. The emergency fix, published as KB5070773 and delivered...
Following on from thread:
'Logitech MX Master 3 losing connectivity'
https://windowsforum.com/threads/logitech-mx-master-3-losing-connectivity.385305/
Install error - 0x800f0991
Last series of Powershell commands I tried:
PS C:\> wusa...
Microsoft’s October Patch Tuesday rollout cratered into an operational crisis for many Windows 11 users and administrators after the October 14 cumulative update (KB5066835) introduced multiple high‑impact regressions — most notably rendering USB keyboards and mice useless inside the Windows...
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The South African Department of Justice and Constitutional Development confirmed its systems were disrupted by a global Windows 11 fault tied to a recent Microsoft security update, joining a growing list of public and private organisations grappling with recovery problems after the October 2025...
Microsoft has acknowledged a serious regression in its October 14, 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11 (KB5066835) and is rolling an emergency fix after the patch broke two very different but critical areas of the platform: local HTTP/2 (localhost) connections used by developers and many...
Microsoft has rushed an out‑of‑band emergency update to Windows 11 after October’s Patch Tuesday left the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) effectively unusable on many systems — USB keyboards and mice stop responding inside WinRE, preventing basic recovery actions and forcing Microsoft to...
Microsoft pushed an emergency fix this week after an October cumulative update left many Windows 11 systems unable to accept USB keyboard or mouse input inside the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), a failure that turned the OS’s recovery UI into a non‑interactive screen — the out‑of‑band...
Microsoft has issued an emergency out‑of‑band cumulative update — KB5070773 — to fix a critical problem that left many Windows 11 PCs unable to use USB keyboards and mice inside the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), a failure that made built‑in recovery options effectively inaccessible for...
Microsoft’s October cumulative update for Windows 11 (KB5066835) created an urgent problem for many users and IT teams by rendering the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) non‑interactive: after installing the update, USB keyboards and mice stopped responding inside WinRE while continuing to...
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I saw that 25H2 was available and installed it. And now I regret it because my installation has become a lot slower.
When I look in the control panel under Windows Update the information is confusing. It says that 25H2 is installed but it also says that it is available for installation.
Microsoft has quietly shipped an out‑of‑band fix that restores USB keyboard and mouse input inside the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) after an October cumulative update left many machines with a non‑interactive recovery UI, and administrators and power users should treat this as a priority...
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