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Microsoft shipped a small but consequential out‑of‑band package — KB5072653 — on November 17, 2025 to address a licensing/servicing mismatch that was preventing some Windows 10 systems from installing the platform’s first Extended Security Update (ESU) rollup (KB5068781), and the preparation...

Microsoft’s first Extended Security Updates (ESU) rollup for Windows 10 hit a rocky patch in November — the security-only KB5068781 began rolling out on November 11, 2025, but some commercial devices activated via Windows Subscription Activation failed to apply the update and rolled back with...

Microsoft has quietly pushed a targeted preparation package — KB5072653 — to unblock a stubborn installation failure that was preventing some Windows 10 systems from receiving the platform’s first Extended Security Update (ESU) rollup, and the episode exposes important operational lessons about...

Microsoft’s November Patch Tuesday for Windows 10 — the first formal Extended Security Update (ESU) roll‑out since mainstream support ended — stumbled out of the gates when the ESU cumulative update KB5068781 failed to install on a subset of commercial devices, rolling back with error code...

Microsoft has confirmed that the first Extended Security Update for consumer Windows 10 — the November ESU cumulative KB5068781 — can fail to install on some ESU‑licensed devices, with affected systems returning the installation error code 0x800f0922 (CBS_E_INSTALLERS_FAILED); the company says...

Last week, we shared the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update has begun rolling out to customers and we highlighted some of our favorite features for people who love and use Windows every day. Windows 10 is running on more than 500 million monthly active devices and continues to gain momentum in...