Here’s a clear summary of the recent Windows 11 update regarding system crashes when launching games:
What happened?
- Microsoft discovered that the June 2025 security update (KB5060842) for Windows 11 version 24H2 caused issues with games that use Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC). When affected users attempted to launch these games, Windows could unexpectedly restart.
- Microsoft released an out-of-band update, KB5063060 (build 26100.4351), specifically to fix this issue. This update is for Windows 11 24H2 users who have games that use Easy Anti-Cheat.
- The fix allows these users to safely install the latest security updates without experiencing system restarts when opening games.
- There is also a known bug with Intel Alder Lake+ and vPro chips that can still cause crashes when launching games with EAC, but this can reportedly be mitigated by updating your games to versions with newer EAC releases.
- If you play games that use Easy Anti-Cheat on Windows 11 24H2 and haven’t been able to update Windows due to crashes, installing KB5063060 should resolve the crash issue and allow you to get the latest security updates.
- Keeping your games and anti-cheat components up to date is also important, especially if you have newer Intel hardware.
Source: Neowin Windows 11 gets important update to fix system crashes when launching games