Again in December, Microsoft added a brand new identified challenge whereby customers making an attempt to put in new safety updates or Patch Tuesdays on Home windows 11 24H2 can be unable to take action had they put in utilizing media like CD or USB. The difficulty affected these making an attempt to replace on prime of the October 2024 Patch Tuesday (KB5044284) and November 2024 Patch Tuesday (KB5046617). Those that put in utilizing one thing just like the official Media Creation Device have been additionally affected.

Microsoft clarified that the issue doesn’t happen when the set up is completed by way of Home windows Replace or the Replace Catalog web site.

To forestall the difficulty, the corporate supplied a workaround which was merely to keep away from the October and November patches. On the time firm had mentioned that it was investigating the issue and would provide extra particulars later.

Nonetheless, Microsoft has now closed the difficulty as “resolved” though the foundation of the issue has seemingly not been addressed by the corporate. The workaround that was supplied has merely been reworked because the decision of the difficulty as you possibly can see beneath:

Workaround: To forestall points, don’t set up Home windows 11, model 24H2 which installs the October 2024 or November 2024 safety updates. As a substitute, be certain that media used to put in Home windows 11, model 24H2, contains the December 2024 month-to-month safety replace (launched December 10, 2024), or later.

And following is the decision:

Decision: To forestall this challenge, don’t set up Home windows 11, model 24H2 utilizing media that installs the October 2024 or November 2024 safety updates. If a tool turns into unable to obtain additional updates because of this challenge, it may be remediated by re-installing Home windows 11, variations 24H2, utilizing media which as an alternative contains the December 2024 month-to-month safety replace (launched December 10, 2024), or later.

In Microsoft’s defence, maybe the underlying downside is an excessive amount of of a trouble to dig into and resolve given the time constraint, which is why the corporate has determined to maneuver on to different open points.

In associated information, the tech big this week revealed a brand new PowerShell script for up to date Home windows 11/10/Server boot media.