Earlier this yr in July, Microsoft introduced that Home windows 11 24H2 and Home windows Server 2025 updates can be delivered utilizing a brand new methodology. Known as “Checkpoint Cumulative Updates,” these are supposed to decrease obtain sizes and thus quicker updates. Microsoft additionally says this can consequently scale back server-side load too. You possibly can examine it in full in its devoted article right here.

Following that, in September, Microsoft confirmed that the brand new strategy to push updates led to set up points for Home windows Replace Standalone Installer (MSU) information on Home windows 11 24H2 and Server 2025 and a few of these updates would fail with an “Operation just isn’t supported” error message.

In its steerage, Microsoft had defined how the difficulty was primarily associated to FoD (options on Demand) and LP (language packs), and it had additionally supplied a few strategies to repair the difficulty. Considered one of them concerned manually putting in the MSU (Home windows Replace Standalone Installer) bundle information so as and the opposite approach was through the DISM (Deployment Picture Servicing and Administration) command line software.

Microsoft has since eliminated the guide set up methodology from its assist article. Here’s what it mentioned beforehand:

Set up the .msu packages

Technique 1: Manually set up MSU packages so as

Set up every replace separately so as. To do that, go to the C:Packages folder and double-click the earliest .msu file. Then proceed as a way to the subsequent .msu file till the most recent .msu file has been put in.

Technique 2: Use a DISM command

Use the Deployment Picture Servicing and Administration (DISM) software to put in a number of checkpoint cumulative replace .MSU packages. For extra data, see DISM Working System Package deal (.cab or .msu) Servicing Command-Line Choices.

So as to add a single .msu file to a Home windows picture, use the Add-WindowsPackage command.

And here’s what the brand new steerage web page says:

Set up the .msu packages utilizing DISM

Use the Deployment Picture Servicing and Administration (DISM) software to put in a number of checkpoint cumulative replace .MSU packages. For extra data, see DISM Working System Package deal (.cab or .msu) Servicing Command-Line Choices.

So as to add a single .msu file to a Home windows picture, use the Add-WindowsPackage command.

You will discover the brand new assist web page right here on Microsoft’s official web site.