I've been dealing with some frustrating issues after the recent October updates. About 5% of my fleet of Windows machines are failing to apply the updates, rolling back after rebooting and returning me to the login screen without any updates installed. I've even tried using a USB stick to perform a manual update using Windows 11 25H2, but after two hours it also failed and returned to the login screen.
I've already run DISM and SFC, but that hasn't helped either. I was wondering if anyone else is facing similar problems, as I thought it might not just be me having a tough time. The usual Patch Tuesday megathread doesn't seem to show any reports on this, so I thought I'd reach out and see if anyone has advice or experiences to share.
4 Answers
I'm rolling out the updates this weekend on my machines. I’ll let you know how it goes once I try it on Monday!
How old is your OS installation? I’ve noticed that devices upgraded from 22H2 to 23H2 tend to have issues with updates.
I had major problems with updates on my 24H2 Dell machines. Even a clean install didn’t complete updates during the Out-Of-Box Experience (OOBE). Really frustrating!
I've found that this problem can happen with devices upgraded from Windows 8. You might want to check your registry key: `HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionWINEVTPublishers{53e3d721-2aa0-4743-b2db-299d872b8e3d}` and consider deleting it. You can also use a .reg file that fixes it automatically.
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