provisioning regression

Microsoft has confirmed a provisioning‑time regression in Windows 11 that can leave core desktop surfaces — Start menu, Taskbar, File Explorer, Settings and other XAML‑dependent UI — failing to initialize after monthly cumulative updates released on or after the July 2025 rollup, and it has...

Microsoft’s own support bulletin admitted what users and IT administrators have been reporting for months: a servicing regression introduced in mid‑2025 can leave core Windows 11 shell features — the Start menu, Taskbar, File Explorer and Settings — failing to initialize after certain cumulative...

Microsoft’s own support bulletin now acknowledges what thousands of users and dozens of community threads have been documenting for months: a servicing change that began with the July 2025 cumulative updates can leave the Windows 11 shell in a non‑functional state at first sign‑in or in...

Microsoft has officially acknowledged a serious provisioning regression in Windows 11 that can leave the desktop crippled — Start Menu failing with “critical error,” Taskbar missing, File Explorer crashing or refusing to launch, and Settings silently failing — and the vendor’s short-term remedy...

Microsoft has confirmed that a provisioning‑time regression in Windows 11, version 24H2 is breaking multiple core shell features after certain cumulative updates — most notably the July 2025 monthly rollup tracked as KB5062553 — and has published an advisory with temporary workarounds while a...

Microsoft’s own support bulletin has confirmed a provisioning-time regression that leaves core Windows 11 shell components — Start Menu, Taskbar, File Explorer and Settings — failing to initialize in certain upgrade or provisioning scenarios, and the ripple effects have exposed a worrying...

Microsoft’s own support bulletin has confirmed a provisioning‑time regression in Windows 11 that can leave fundamental shell components — the Start menu, Taskbar, File Explorer and Settings — failing to initialize after certain cumulative updates, creating real operational risk for consumers, IT...

Microsoft has quietly confirmed a troubling, widespread regression affecting the Windows 11 shell after a July 2025 cumulative update, acknowledging that XAML component registration failures can prevent Start Menu, Taskbar, File Explorer and Settings from initializing correctly in certain...

Microsoft has published an advisory (KB5072911) describing a provisioning-time regression in Windows 11, version 24H2: after installing monthly cumulative updates released on or after July 2025 (the advisory calls out KB5062553 as a representative package), several shell and XAML-hosted...