out-of-band updates

Microsoft has quietly put a new tool on the 2026 roadmap that promises to change how IT teams manage quality updates for Windows on corporate PCs: Windows Quality Update management policies in Microsoft Intune will let administrators approve and roll out individual quality updates — including...

Microsoft’s August security rollup has morphed from routine maintenance into a three-headed warning for anyone who touches Windows updates: emergency fixes for broken recovery functions, emerging reports of disappearing SSDs during heavy writes, and severe streaming stutter affecting NDI...

Microsoft has quietly closed a painful upgrade gap: after days of user reports and frantic troubleshooting, the Windows Setup error that surfaced as 0x8007007F during certain in‑place upgrades has been resolved and recovery/reset regressions have been mitigated with targeted out‑of‑band updates...

Microsoft has quietly acknowledged a serious disruption in core Windows recovery flows and pushed emergency, out‑of‑band (OOB) updates after the August 2025 Patch Tuesday rollups left some systems unable to complete “Reset this PC,” cloud re‑image operations, and certain remote wipe jobs — and...

Microsoft’s August Patch Tuesday delivered the usual mix of security fixes — and an unexpected operational headache: a servicing regression in the August 12, 2025 cumulative updates that broke Windows’ built‑in reset and recovery flows on several supported client branches and, in some upgrade...

Microsoft has issued emergency out‑of‑band updates after a routine August Patch Tuesday rollup left built‑in recovery paths — including Reset this PC, the cloud‑based Fix problems using Windows Update, and management‑initiated RemoteWipe — unable to complete on a range of consumer and enterprise...

Microsoft pushed an emergency, out‑of‑band patch on August 19, 2025 to repair a serious regression introduced by its August Patch Tuesday rollups that could prevent Windows’ built‑in recovery flows — Reset this PC, the Fix problems using Windows Update cloud reimage, and certain RemoteWipe...

Microsoft pushed emergency out‑of‑band updates on August 19, 2025, to repair a critical regression that prevented Windows’ built‑in reset and recovery tools from completing — a problem introduced by the August 12, 2025 Patch Tuesday security rollup that caused attempted “Reset this PC” and cloud...

Microsoft pushed emergency, out‑of‑band updates on August 19, 2025 that restore broken Windows recovery workflows: KB5066189 for Windows 11 (build families 22621.5771 and 22631.5771) and KB5066188 for Windows 10 (OS builds 19044.6218 and 19045.6218) — fixes that directly address an August 12...

The June 2025 cumulative update KB5060842 for Windows 11 version 24H2 has introduced several significant issues affecting system administrators and end-users alike. Notably, discrepancies in update metadata timestamps have led to deployment delays, and the "Print to PDF" functionality has been...

In an incident that highlights both the power and pitfalls of automatic software updates in enterprise environments, Microsoft recently found itself racing to resolve a critical issue introduced by its own Patch Tuesday update. The problem, affecting Surface Hub v1 devices, left administrators...

Microsoft’s June 2025 Patch Tuesday is arriving under the shadow of a busy—and at times bumpy—patching cycle in May, a month marked by an uptick in out-of-band (OOB) patches and critical updates to address emerging issues and evolving threats. As security professionals, IT administrators, and...

When Microsoft released its May Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11, few could have anticipated that a routine exercise in operating system maintenance would leave a subset of enterprise PCs stranded in recovery mode, presenting only a cryptic error and a daunting choice: attempt recovery or...

In the ever-evolving landscape of Windows operating system updates, few events provoke as much anxiety among IT professionals and end-users as critical startup failures. The recent chain of events unfolding after the deployment of the KB5058405 update for Windows 11 exemplifies both the complex...

Microsoft's latest scramble to patch Windows 11 highlights the persistent challenges facing both the company and its vast user base in maintaining system stability without compromising on speed or security. Over the past several months, Windows 11 users—particularly those overseeing enterprise...

The official Microsoft Support link for the Windows 11 update "May 31, 2025—KB5062170 (OS Builds 22621.5415 and 22631.5415) Out-of-band" currently leads to a "Sorry, page not found" error. This could mean the update documentation page has been moved, temporarily taken down, or is not yet...

Unexpected, unscheduled updates by Microsoft for Windows Server 2022 and Windows 10 are drawing significant attention from system administrators and IT professionals worldwide. These out-of-band releases serve as a pivotal reminder of the complexities inherent in maintaining modern enterprise...

Microsoft’s swift release of an emergency out-of-band update aimed at fixing the notorious BitLocker recovery issue in Windows 10 marks another chapter in the operating system’s complex ongoing relationship with hardware security and enterprise reliability. For countless administrators and...

For many Windows 10 users and administrators, Patch Tuesday often brings a blend of critical security updates and, regrettably, the unintended headaches that sometimes accompany sweeping changes to enterprise and personal PCs. The rollout of KB5058379, a mandatory security update for Windows 10...

Microsoft has done it again: swooping in at the very last moment to patch up the sort of digital hole that keeps IT admins up at night, and this time the rescue mission revolves around Hyper-V container isolation in Windows Server 2025. For those who thrive on the brink of technological chaos...