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KB5124008 is a Microsoft security update released on September 8, 2026, for supported Windows versions, including Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2. It advances Windows 11 25H2 to build 26200.9445 and 24H2 to build 26100.9445. Classified as a cumulative Security Update in the Microsoft Update Catalog, KB5124008 includes quality improvements from the optional August preview KB5120998. Users have reported issues after installation, including a black desktop bug and extra reboots. This tag covers discussions about KB5124008, its installation, associated problems, and troubleshooting steps for Windows 11 users and administrators.
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    KB5124008 and KB5124012 Break Windows 11 Always On VPN Fallback

    Microsoft has warned IT administrators that the September 2026 Windows 11 security updates can break Always On VPN. The affected updates are KB5124008 on Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2 and KB5124012 on version 26H1. The problem hits VPN profiles that automatically fall back to a second...
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    Windows 11 KB5124008 Breaks File History Backups, No Fix Yet

    Microsoft’s September 2026 Windows security updates can stop File History from creating or updating backups on some PCs, leaving users with stale recovery copies even when their backup drive works; Microsoft explicitly documents the problem in KB5124008 for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2. The...
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    KB5124008 Doesn’t Guarantee Windows 11 Taskbar Changes

    Windows 11 users who install the September 2026 cumulative update and still cannot move the taskbar, resize Start, or remove Bing-powered web results from Search are not necessarily missing an update. They are running into Microsoft’s controlled feature rollout system: the code can be present in...
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    Windows 11 KB5120998 Adds Top, Left and Right Taskbars

    Windows 11 has regained the ability to place its taskbar at the top, left, or right edge of the display, but the return is more constrained than the Windows 10 feature users remember. Microsoft included the capability in the gradual-rollout portion of the August 27 preview update, KB5120998, and...
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    KB5124008 Risks Windows 11 Domain Trust Failures

    Windows 11 administrators should pause broad deployment of the September 8 security update KB5124008 on domain-joined Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2 devices if they use Machine Identity Isolation or have not yet audited its configuration. BleepingComputer reports that some updated systems lose their...
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    KB5124008 Fixes Windows 11 Arm Crashes, Rolls Out Start Controls

    Windows 11’s new Start menu controls are now part of the public 24H2 and 25H2 servicing line, but the sensible route is no longer to install the August preview update named in the original reports. Microsoft’s September 8 cumulative security update, KB5124008, carries forward the changes from...
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    Windows 11 Taskbar Positions in KB5124008: What Works — Megathread

    Windows 11’s movable taskbar is now part of the supported feature set for version 24H2 and 25H2, but the September cumulative update is not quite the feature’s debut. Microsoft first documented the control in the optional August 27, 2026 preview, where it was being introduced through a gradual...
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    KB5124008 Brings Windows 11 Black Desktop Bug, Extra Reboots

    Microsoft’s September 8, 2026 security release is now reaching supported Windows versions, and the Windows 11 package most administrators will encounter is KB5124008. On Windows 11 version 25H2 it advances the OS to build 26200.9445; on version 24H2 it advances it to build 26100.9445. Microsoft...