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    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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    April 2026 Windows Update Blocks psmounterex.sys—Fix Backup Restore and Mount Issues

    Microsoft’s April 14, 2026 Windows security updates intentionally block vulnerable versions of the third-party kernel driver psmounterex.sys, meaning some backup applications can still create images but may fail when mounting, browsing, or restoring those images as virtual drives. That is the...
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