If Windows 11’s July 2025 cumulative update (KB5062553) won’t install on your PC and you’re seeing rollback messages or error codes such as 0x800f0922, 0x80073712, or “Updates failed — your device is missing important security updates,” this guide walks through a practical, evidence-backed...
Windows 11 users are once again grappling with a wave of frustrations as the most recent 24H2 update rolls out, with a variety of installation failures and troubling bugs surfacing across the community. Although issues with Windows updates are hardly new, the volume and diversity of reports tied...
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Microsoft’s monthly release of cumulative updates is always an anxious event for Windows users, but the rollout of KB5063060 for Windows 11 has quickly emerged as one of the most problematic updates in recent memory. The June 2025 out-of-band patch, intended to quickly fix game-breaking bugs...
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Hi
I'm not able to install the newest update.
About a month ago the computer told me to update, and was going to do it on it's own.
I told it to go ahead and it started doing the process.
To make a long story short, it couldn't do it. I kept repeating the process, and I was thinking I was...
May's Patch Tuesday for Windows 11 was supposed to be a routine affair: a mandatory security update rolling out in the form of KB5058411, with the usual promise of improved protections and silent efficiency. Instead, for a subset of users, the patch has led to head-scratching installation...
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A critical update misstep by Microsoft has rippled throughout the Windows ecosystem, leaving thousands of PCs—particularly in enterprise environments—unable to upgrade to Windows 11 version 24H2. This mishap, highlighted by error code 0x80240069, is unique not only in scale but also in origin...
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Here’s a concise summary and actionable advice on the Windows 11 24H2 update issue, as currently detailed:
What’s Happening?
Issue: Windows 11 24H2 feature update fails to download on systems running 23H2 or 22H2, especially when using WSUS or SCCM for deployment.
Error: Administrators see...
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The Mysterious “inetpub” Folder: An Unexpected Windows 11 Quirk
Windows 11 users have recently encountered an unexpected twist following the cumulative update KB5055523—a seemingly innocuous yet puzzling folder named “inetpub” appearing on the C drive. This odd discovery, highlighted by multiple...
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If you’ve ever felt gaslit by your operating system, you’re not alone. Last week, select Windows 10 users received the digital equivalent of a “don’t worry about it” from Microsoft, after encountering that ever-so-comforting “0x80070643 – ERROR_INSTALL_FAILURE” message during a routine update...
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Hello,
My laptop lost power during the last update. Now when I try to turn on the laptop, it has a black screen. I see zero signs of startup, it will power on, and nothing happens. I have an Acer Aspire e 15. I tried making a windows 11 boot up usb and it has had no effect. I appreciate any...
I see in Widows fault reports numerous (hundreds of) error messages a day! The error message is :
1-1-2025 14:08 Windows Error Reporting Foutbucket , type 0
Naam van gebeurtenis: StoreAgentScanForUpdatesFailure0
Antwoord: Niet beschikbaar
Id van...
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When im trying to install the 2020-03 cumulative update it will throw me this error, i tried everything from dism to defraging the hard drive but its still giving me that error message, it will jump from 20% to 70% for 10 minutes and then 100% and it will stay there for 5 minutes before throwing...
Severity Rating: Critical
Revision Note: V1.3 (May 12, 2017): Updated FAQ to clarify the update that needs to be installed: “the current cumulative update”. This is an informational change only.
Summary: Microsoft is releasing this security advisory to provide information related to an uncommon...
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I bought a used computer that was completely emptied of the operating system. On another computer (with Win 10 Home) I created a Windows installation media on a USB flash drive. With this USB stick I installed Windows on my computer. During or after the installation, no activation code was...
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I woke up this morning, and booted up my PC, then I got an alert from Virus & Threat Protection, saying that I have
Trojan:Win32/Detplock on my Pc.
I deleted it, but it kept reappearing, regardless of how many times I got rid of it.
After some research, I decided to see if there was a system...
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Never got the anniversary update August 2 or the update to it at the end of the month,last update from windows I had was on August 16th to update version 1511 and that failed.tried downloading the update yesterday it froze again at 85%.we i rebooted this the error message that came...
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I run Windows 7 with an Nvidia GTX 780 Ti graphics card. Every time (and I do mean everytime), I shut my computer down, I get the windows update message ' installing 1 of 1 files But it doesn't install anything, but then when I turn my computer on again (everytime), my NVIDIA graphics card fails...
Hi, specs: HP/Compac SR5233 PC, Windows Vista Home Premium, 32-bit, use 3 browsers: AOL software, I.E.9, Chrome (version might be: 49.0.2623.112 m) (Need any other info?)
Suddenly, the updates are failing. The batch is from 4/12/16. There are about 14 updates. Never had problem...
I've been trying to get my laptop (HP Envy 15T CTO) to install Cumulative Update KB3140745 with no luck. The machine gets stuck on 'restarting', and I have to power off. I have tried to jump directly to 3140768 by way of a standalone file downloaded from MS, but my machine rejects it with an...
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heilo,
on 1/13/16 my windows 7 laptop tried to install 11 updates. the next time I booted up I got message "Failure configuring Windows updates. Reverting changes. Do not turn off your computer". this happened 2 more times over the next day, and then the message stopped. looking in the update...