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  1. Microsoft Fixes Windows 11 Upgrade Issue with WSUS After April 2025 Security Update

    Microsoft has recently acknowledged a significant issue affecting enterprise environments attempting to upgrade to Windows 11 version 24H2 via Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). Following the installation of the April 2025 security update (KB5055528), devices running Windows 11 versions 22H2...
  2. Microsoft Fixes Critical Windows RDP Freeze Bug: What IT Pros Need to Know

    Microsoft’s recent resolution of a critical Windows bug that caused Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) sessions to freeze marks a significant but imperfect victory in ongoing patch management challenges for its flagship operating systems. The bug originated from an update error in February impacting...
  3. Windows 11 24H2 Update Failures: Blue Screen Issues and How Microsoft Responds

    Microsoft's recent patches for Windows 11 version 24H2 have once again stirred significant controversy and user frustration due to their unintended side effects, particularly causing blue screen crashes (BSODs) that have impacted a notable segment of users. The cumulative April update KB5055523...
  4. Microsoft Extends WSUS Support: Navigating Legacy and Cloud Update Management

    Microsoft’s recent decision to extend support for Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) beyond its originally planned end date in April 2025 offers a significant insight into the complex reality of enterprise IT infrastructure management. Although WSUS has long been a stalwart in Windows...
  5. Microsoft's Patch Culture Failures: Remote Desktop Freezes and User Frustration

    Microsoft Resolves Windows Remote Desktop Freezing: A Deeper Look at Patch Culture and User Frustration For many IT professionals and ordinary Windows users, the rhythm of Patch Tuesday is as regular as the sunrise. Sometimes, though, the daylight is less than reassuring—especially when updates...
  6. Windows 11 24H2 Update Blues: Blue Screen Crashes and Workarounds

    Woes and Workarounds: Microsoft’s Latest Windows 11 24H2 Update Blues When Microsoft rolls out new Windows updates, there’s always a mix of excitement and apprehension among users, IT admins, and industry watchers. Each update promises new features, security improvements, and critical bug fixes...
  7. Microsoft Windows Update Failures: How Patch Chaos Is Disrupting Remote Desktop and Trust

    Windows users and IT professionals finally have some relief after weeks of remote access headaches. A persistent flaw that left Remote Desktop sessions freezing and unresponsive—a direct result of Microsoft’s own botched February Windows 11 24H2 and Server 2025 updates—has been patched. But this...
  8. Windows Server 2025 Security Updates: Innovations, Risks, and Best Practices

    With little fanfare but seismic impact, Microsoft has charted a new course for enterprise IT security with Windows Server 2025’s latest round of security updates and architectural changes. As organizations across the globe race to secure increasingly hybrid and cloud-integrated environments...
  9. Inetpub Folder in Windows 11: Security Risks & How to Protect Your System

    Tucked away among the countless cryptic folders of a typical Windows 11 installation lies a new arrival – the now-infamous ‘inetpub’ directory, a seemingly innocuous feature rolled out with the April 2025 security update. But if Windows update history is anything to go by, “innocuous” is just a...
  10. The Hidden Security Flaw in Windows' inetpub Folder: Risks and Remedies

    It always starts innocently enough—one day, you’re minding your own business, perhaps checking whether Windows Update has kindly decided to allow you to work, when suddenly you notice a mysterious guest lurking in your C: directory: the “inetpub” folder. As it turns out, this is not the digital...
  11. Unexpected Windows 11 Upgrade Spree: How a Latent Bug Disrupted Enterprise Device Management

    It started, as these things so often do, with a little pop-up. For thousands of enterprise users—minding their own business, dutifully clicking through spreadsheets, crafting presentations, or maybe just hunting for that illusive TPS report—a sudden, unprovoked invitation lit up their screens...
  12. Windows 11 24H2 Update Fiasco: How the SECURE_KERNEL_ERROR Caused Blue Screen Chaos

    It started, as it often does in the Microsoft universe, with a cheery prompt: “Restart required to complete updates.” Most users, lulled into a false sense of security by years of routine Patch Tuesdays, dutifully clicked “Restart Now.” What came next, however, was not the gentle hum of a...
  13. How Latent Code Flaws Allowed Windows 11 to Bypass Enterprise Controls and Slip Past Admin Walls

    When Admin Walls Fail: How a Latent Code Glitch Let Windows 11 Slip Past Enterprise Defenses The Unexpected Invader: A Windows 11 Surprise Imagine the scene: an IT administrator, certain that their carefully-crafted Intune policies would shelter their organization’s army of PCs from the specter...
  14. When Updates Attack: Microsoft Windows 11’s April Patch Causing Blue Screens and System Disruptions

    For seasoned Windows users, Patch Tuesday is as rhythmic as the tides—a day to brace for updates, reboot prompts, and that vulnerable moment spent waiting for a spinning circle to reveal whether “all your files are exactly where you left them.” In April, however, this monthly ritual took a...
  15. Windows Update Woes 2023: Troubles with Windows Hello and Error Messages on Windows 10 & 11

    Windows Users Face Significant Challenges Following Recent Updates Microsoft’s routine update cycles, intended to enhance security and user experience, have recently delivered an unintended set of disruptions for both Windows 11 and Windows 10 users. The latest updates, particularly the...
  16. Windows 11 April 2025 Update KB5055523 Causes Installation Failures & Windows Hello Authentication I

    Windows 11 April Update Sparks Widespread Installation and Windows Hello Authentication Woes Microsoft’s April 2025 mandatory security update for Windows 11, designated KB5055523, has ignited significant challenges for users across the globe, disrupting both update installations and the beloved...
  17. Windows Recovery Environment Update KB5057589: The False Error 0x80070643 Explained

    Windows Recovery Environment Update: The Mysterious "Failure" That Isn't When it comes to Windows updates, users are no strangers to error codes and installation mishaps. But sometimes, updates can throw a curveball: an error message that looks serious but isn't. The latest example of this...
  18. Windows 11 August Update KB5041585 Sparks Performance Problems and Valorant Issues

    Introduction Recent reports indicate that the August update for Windows 11 has caused significant performance issues for some users, with complaints about extreme slowdowns and failure to load games, particularly affecting players of Valorant. This update, designated as KB5041585, has created a...
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    Server 2019 Cumulative Updates failing

    I received this error this month: 2022-12 Cumulative Update for Windows Server 2019 (1809) for x64-based Systems (KB5021237) - Error 0x800f0988 Any ideas on how to resolve this? It happened last month as well got a different error.
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    Windows 10 Can´t upgrade Win. 8.1 pro ti Win 10

    Hi, I have tried to upgrade Win.8.1 to Win 10 last year (before 29 july) and now with windows 10 (assitive technologies) My Win. 8.1 is Danish and 32bit version. Windows 10 seems to install correctly by using "windows 10 assistant" but fails around 29% when doing final upgrades and then PC...