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  1. Windows 11 24H2 Network Breakage: DHCP, WPAD, and WcmSvc Mitigations

    A serious compatibility change in Windows 11’s recent updates has left many IT teams scrambling — and, according to recent reporting, a Microsoft staffer appears to have indicated the behavior may not be reverted. The issue touches DHCP, WinHTTP/WPAD behavior and a surprising dependency that can...
  2. Windows 11 Aug 2025 update not the SSD-bricking bug: what users should know

    Microsoft and a major controller vendor now say the August 2025 Windows 11 security update is not the smoking gun behind the bursts of SSD disappearances and alleged “bricking” reports that circulated through enthusiast forums — but the incident remains an important warning about fragile...
  3. 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...
  4. NDI Regression in Windows 11 Aug 2025 Update: Mitigation for Live Streaming

    Microsoft has acknowledged a new, practical regression introduced by the August cumulative update for Windows 11 (KB5063878) that can cause severe stuttering, dropped frames, and choppy audio/video in NDI‑based streaming flows — a problem that disproportionately affects multi‑PC capture and...
  5. Fix Windows Update 0x80240069 in WSUS/SCCM Deployments (KB5063878)

    Enterprise administrators are reporting that Windows Update error 0x80240069 appears when deploying the August cumulative update KB5063878 through WSUS or SCCM, while the same package installs cleanly via Windows Update and manual downloads. The pattern points to a delivery path problem in...
  6. Enable Wireless Display to Restore Connect on Windows 11 Miracast Receiver

    If the Connect app seems to have vanished on your Windows 11 PC, it hasn’t—Microsoft simply moved it behind an optional component called Wireless Display. Reinstalling it takes just a few clicks, and with the right settings and drivers, your computer can again act as a Miracast receiver for...
  7. Windows 10 End of Support 2025: Upgrading to Windows 11 for Campus Devices

    The University of Manchester is telling staff and students to arrange their Windows 11 upgrade as soon as possible because Microsoft will end support for Windows 10 on 14 October 2025, and continuing to run an unsupported OS will expose campus machines to increased cyber risk. Background /...
  8. Windows August 2025 Updates: Recovery Failures, WSUS Errors, and SSD Issues

    Microsoft has temporarily paused the roll‑out of recent Windows updates after a cascade of high‑impact problems—including broken recovery tools, WSUS installation failures, and reports of storage devices becoming inaccessible—hit a subset of users and enterprise environments nationwide...
  9. August 2025 Windows Patch: Reset Failures and SSD Issues Trigger OOB Fixes

    Microsoft’s August patch cycle went from routine to risky in under a week: an August 12 cumulative rollup introduced a servicing regression that could cause the built‑in Reset and cloud recovery flows to fail, and community reports of SSDs becoming inaccessible under heavy write workloads added...
  10. Windows 11 KB5063878 SSD Regression: Heavy Writes Cause Drives to Disappear

    Microsoft and SSD vendors have opened a coordinated investigation after multiple independent testers and users reported that the August Windows 11 cumulative update (KB5063878, OS Build 26100.4946) can, in rare but reproducible cases, cause some SSDs to stop responding or “vanish” during...
  11. Windows 11 KB5063878: SSDs Vanish Under Heavy Writes, Data Risk

    Microsoft and SSD vendors have opened an investigation after multiple independent testers and users reported that the August 12, 2025 Windows 11 cumulative update (KB5063878, OS Build 26100.4946) can cause some NVMe and SATA drives to stop responding, vanish from the operating system, and — in a...
  12. August 2025 Patch Tuesday Breaks Windows Recovery; Microsoft Issues OOB Fixes

    Microsoft's August Patch Tuesday set off a chain reaction: the security update that fixed scores of vulnerabilities also broke Windows' own recovery tools for many users, and Microsoft was forced to ship out-of-band (OOB) emergency patches to undo the damage. The recovery failure — which could...
  13. Windows 11 KB5066189: OOB Fix for Reset/Cloud Recovery & Secure Boot Expirations

    Microsoft released an out‑of‑band update on August 19, 2025 — KB5066189 for Windows 11 (OS Builds 22621.5771 and 22631.5771) — to fix a high‑impact regression introduced earlier in the August security rollup that broke Reset and cloud recovery flows, while reiterating a separate, platform‑level...
  14. KB5066189: Out-of-Band Windows 11 SSU and Reset/Recovery Fix

    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...
  15. August 2025 Patch Tuesday Breaks Windows Recovery Paths: Admin Guide

    Microsoft’s August 2025 Patch Tuesday has left a wake of confusion and real operational pain for many Windows users after Redmond acknowledged that its security rollup unintentionally disabled critical recovery paths on a swath of older client builds — a regression that can prevent “Reset this...
  16. Windows 11 KB5063878 Triggers NVMe Drive Disappearances During Large Writes

    Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 cumulative update has been linked by multiple community tests and vendor advisories to a storage regression that, under specific conditions, can make some NVMe SSDs disappear during large sustained writes — risking data corruption or loss — and has reignited a...
  17. Windows 11 KB5063878 storage regression: NVMe disks vanish; Phison investigates

    Phison has confirmed it is investigating reports that Microsoft’s August cumulative for Windows 11 (24H2) — distributed as KB5063878 — is associated with a storage regression that can make certain NVMe SSDs stop responding or disappear from Windows during large, sustained write operations...
  18. KB5063878 Windows 11: Drives Vanish Under Heavy Writes—Pause Updates

    Microsoft’s August cumulative (KB5063878) is making some SSDs and HDDs vanish mid‑write, and a patchwork of community testing, vendor responses and cautious guidance now makes a compelling case for pausing non‑urgent Windows updates and treating large, continuous file transfers as high‑risk...
  19. Windows 11 KB5063878 Storage Regression Hits NVMe SSDs During Large Writes

    Microsoft’s August cumulative for Windows 11 (KB5063878, OS Build 26100.4946) has been linked by independent testers and several tech outlets to a reproducible storage regression that can render some NVMe SSDs temporarily or permanently inaccessible during sustained large writes, prompting...
  20. Microsoft August 2025 Patch Breaks Reset & Recovery; Emergency Fix Incoming

    Microsoft has quietly confirmed that a routine August security roll‑out has broken core recovery features on multiple Windows builds, and an out‑of‑band emergency update is imminent to fix failed Reset and Recovery operations for affected platforms. Background Microsoft shipped its August 12...