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Yahoo
18-07-2025
- Yahoo
A Windows 11 update failing to install is nothing new, but Microsoft has spectacularly dropped the ball with the latest patch for June
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Windows 11's June update is failing to install for some people It's complicated because Microsoft released an initial update this month – which was paused – and then a revised patch that replaced it This revised patch is also causing unfortunate bugs according to some reports Windows 11's latest update is proving problematic for some folks who can't even install it, and others are running into trouble with bugs in the patch – or the fact that it doesn't resolve the issues that it's supposed to. We need to rewind a bit here for context, and remember that Microsoft got off to a bad start with Windows 11 24H2's update for June. The initial patch (codenamed KB5060842) was paused after Microsoft discovered that it was clashing with an anti-cheat tool, meaning games using that system would crash. To resolve this, Microsoft released a second update (patch KB5063060) that replaced the first patch in Windows Update, but as Windows Latest reports, people are running into installation failures with that upgrade. Some users are encountering the usual nonsensical and unhelpful error messages (bearing meaningless error codes like '0x800f0922'), while others say that the revised update gets stuck downloading and never actually finishes. This is based on complaints from Microsoft's Feedback Hub, readers contacting Windows Latest directly, and posts on Reddit like this one, which describes a worrying boot loop (of three to four reboots) before the user got back into Windows 11 to discover the update installation hadn't worked. There are people also saying they've run into bugs with KB5063060. Those include reports of the taskbar freezing when the PC wakes up from sleep, and issues with external monitors going wrong and Bluetooth devices being forgotten (so you must rediscover them every time Windows 11 is restarted). There are some more worrying reports of PCs ending up freezing full-stop, so they need to be rebooted. And there are a few complaints (again on Reddit) that even after installing this second patch – which is supposed to work fine with games that use Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC) – some games are still problematic. 'I still get the same problem playing Star Citizen," wrote one gamer. "Game freezing randomly and the Windows event log viewer showing the EAC error.' There are further reports of Fortnite and efootball25 (which used to be PES) still crashing, so it seems that not all the wrinkles have been ironed out. Analysis: a disappointingly messy rollout for June Installation failures are a long-running problem with Windows 11 (and Windows 10 for that matter). It's therefore no surprise that, given the misfire with the initial update, more issues are now cropping up. As Windows Latest points out, because there were two updates this time round, there may be issues with PCs that already grabbed KB5060842 and are now getting the second KB5063060 update, due to having a game with EAC installed that's affected by the anti-cheat compatibility bug in the first one. In such scenarios, it's possible that Windows 11 trying to overwrite the first patch with the second is causing Windows Update to fall over. Those in this situation should be limited in numbers, though, as Microsoft pulled the first patch quite swiftly (so it didn't get through to many PCs with games that use EAC, at least in theory anyway). That's just speculation, but whichever way you slice it, this has been a messy rollout of an update (well, a pair of updates technically). What can you do if you're stuck unable to install the revised June update? One approach is to download the update manually and install it directly, which you can do by grabbing the file from Microsoft's site (the x64 version, as the Arm-based one is for Snapdragon PCs). That should install successfully, but I'd be rather wary of taking this approach if you're not a reasonably confident computer user. Alternatively, you can simply wait until Microsoft hopefully sorts out any issue(s) behind the scenes on its side, and the update might just succeed under its own steam later this week. There's no guarantee of that, though, and you're very much in a less-than-ideal situation. Those who can install the revised update, but are still experiencing crashing with games (or elsewhere) can't do much except wait and pray any issues are resolved. The only other possible route is to uninstall the patch, but that's not recommended due to it leaving your PC without the latest round of security fixes provided with every cumulative update for Windows 11. (You also won't get the newest features either, some of which are nifty additions). You might also like... Windows 11's hidden PC migration feature proves Microsoft isn't messing around when it comes to killing off Windows 10 macOS Tahoe 26 is official - here's everything you need to know about all the new features Can't upgrade to Windows 11? This Linux project wants to save your old PC from the scrapheap when Windows 10 support ends
Forbes
11-06-2025
- Forbes
Microsoft Installs Emergency Update On Windows PCs
Emergency update is now being installed. Another month, another emergency update for Windows users. After issuing several out-of-band updates to address update fails in May (1,2), here we are again in June. Only now, 'this OOB update downloads and installs automatically,' Microsoft says. Per Windows Latest which was first to report the initial problem and the response, this follows the June update failing to install on some PCs, primarily those with Easy Anti Cheat gaming software. 'As we suspected, something seemed odd with Windows 11 24H2 KB5060842 when Microsoft had paused the rollout briefly.' That interlude allowed a patch to be applied to the standard update, but this didn't work. Instead Microsoft withheld the update from affected PCs, which will now receive the emergency update instead. 'Windows users likely didn't experience this issue,' the Windows-maker says, because the standard update was not offered to at-risk PCs. According to Windows Latest, users had reported that 'the update showed up, but kept failing with the message: 'Some update files are missing or have problems. We'll try to download the update again later. Error code: (0x80073712)'.' Microsoft then confirmed 'compatibility issues' and applied a fix. But when the fix also failed, 'Microsoft made the final call to yank the buggy patch (KB5060842) because it wouldn't install, and replace it with [the new emergency update] KB5063060.' It's now clear this 'major issue' with June's Patch Tuesday 'causes PCs to reboot unexpectedly when launching games using Easy Anti-Cheat, such as Fortnite.' The emergency replacement for the Patch Tuesday update includes all cumulative fixes as well as the compatibility workaround. Microsoft says the OOB update 'downloads and installs automatically from Windows Update and Microsoft Update on devices with Easy Anti-Cheat installed and on devices that have not installed KB506842 yet.'
