Microsoft has confirmed an emergency out‑of‑band (OOB) Windows update after August’s Patch Tuesday rollup caused built‑in recovery tools — Reset this PC, the cloud reimage flow Fix problems using Windows Update, and MDM‑initiated RemoteWipe CSP — to fail on multiple client branches, and...
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...
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Microsoft has quietly issued a set of emergency, out‑of‑band patches to fix a serious regression introduced by the August 2025 security updates that broke Windows’ built‑in recovery tools — including the widely used Reset this PC workflow — and caused some upgrade attempts to fail with error...
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Microsoft’s August Patch Tuesday has gone from a routine security maintenance window to an operational headache for administrators and home users alike, as the August 12, 2025 rollups introduced a pair of serious regressions — first a storage regression that could make some SSDs disappear under...
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Microsoft released an out‑of‑band update on August 19, 2025—KB5066189—for Windows 11 devices on the 22621 and 22631 build families (OS Builds 22621.5771 and 22631.5771). The package is an optional, non‑security rollup that patches a regression introduced by the August 2025 monthly updates...
Microsoft has confirmed that the August Patch Tuesday cumulative updates introduced a regression that can break Windows’ built‑in reset and recovery flows on a wide range of supported client releases, and an out‑of‑band (OOB) emergency patch is being prepared to fix the problem before the next...
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Microsoft has confirmed a regression in the August 2025 security updates that can break built‑in reset and recovery operations on several still‑supported Windows client branches, forcing administrators and home users to pause certain recovery workflows while the company prepares an out‑of‑band...
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