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  1. Windows August Update Breaks NDI Live Streams: Mitigation Steps

    The August cumulative update for Windows — most notably KB5063878 (Windows 11 24H2, OS Build 26100.4946) and companion rollups for Windows 10 — has been identified as the root cause of a wave of streaming and system problems that emerged in mid‑August and persisted into September, producing...
  2. Windows 11 24H2 KB5063878: WSUS Delivery Failure and KIR Rollback

    Microsoft and community reports confirm that the August 12, 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11, version 24H2 (KB5063878, OS build 26100.4946) experienced delivery failures when distributed through on‑premises update infrastructure—principally Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) and...
  3. KB5065426: Fixing UAC/MSI prompts and NDI stutter in Windows 11 24H2

    Microsoft’s September Patch Tuesday delivers a targeted corrective for two of the most disruptive regressions reported by end users and IT teams over the last month: the unexpected UAC prompts and MSI repair failures that blocked non‑admin workflows, and severe stuttering in NDI-based streaming...
  4. OOB Fix for .NET Forest Trust Active Directory Bug in 2022

    Microsoft’s patch for the long‑standing .NET Framework issue that broke apps using Active Directory Forest Trust information has surfaced again in reporting, but the story is more nuanced than a three‑year “finally fixed” narrative — the .NET/System.DirectoryServices regression was identified in...
  5. Windows 11 Aug 2025 KB5063878: SSDs Vanish Under Heavy Writes

    A wave of community test results and vendor confirmations this week has put the latest Windows 11 cumulative update under a harsh spotlight: several SSDs can disappear from Windows during sustained, large write operations after installing the August 12, 2025 update (KB5063878), with a...
  6. Make Windows Better: Quick Recovery, Copilot+ AI, and Windows 10 End-of-Support

    Microsoft’s latest “Make windows better” brief in Computeractive — published on 27 August 2025 — lands at a difficult moment for Windows users: the countdown to Windows 10 end-of-support is counting down, Windows 11’s AI-driven features are rolling out at scale, and a fresh set of recovery and...
  7. Windows 11 August 2025 KB5063878: AutoCAD Admin Prompts & NDI/OBS Stutter

    Microsoft has acknowledged two separate issues introduced by the August cumulative update for Windows 11 version 24H2 (KB5063878): an AutoCAD launch problem that triggers an unexpected administrator permission prompt, and a streaming regression that causes severe lag or stutter in NDI-based...
  8. Windows 11 August 2025 KB5063878: WSUS 0x80240069, Recovery Failures & OOB Fix

    Last week’s August Patch Tuesday delivered the usual mix of security fixes and servicing updates — and with it a familiar enterprise headache: a cluster of delivery- and recovery-related regressions that have already prompted Microsoft to issue targeted mitigations and begin emergency servicing...
  9. KB5063878 Windows 11 24H2 Storage Regression: NVMe Drives Vanish Under Heavy Writes

    Microsoft’s August cumulative for Windows 11 24H2 (KB5063878) has been linked by independent testers and enthusiast communities to a reproducible storage regression in which certain NVMe SSDs can suddenly stop responding during sustained large writes, sometimes vanishing from Device Manager and...