The top of the 12 months just isn’t going all that effectively for Home windows 11 customers. Earlier right this moment, Microsoft confirmed a problem whereby newer updates will not obtain and set up on prime of KB5044284 and KB5046617 in case you put in them utilizing USB or CD media.

Whereas that was on Home windows 11 24H2, it appears like variations 23H2 and 22H2 are additionally problematic as the newest December 2024 Patch Tuesday (KB5048685) is inflicting all types of points for customers.

A really widespread downside appears to that associated to the Begin menu such that Citrix needed to subject a workaround steerage about it. The assist article beneath CTX quantity CTX692398 says:

Begin menu could cease responding if KB5048685 put in on Home windows 11 22H2/23H2 VDA

Signs or Error

After putting in patch KB5048685 on Home windows 11 22H2/23H2 VDA, Begin menu inside a VDI session could not reply for some customers. [TPV-6122]

Workaround

• Edit under registry

  • Key: HKLMSYSTEMCurrentControlSetservicesCtxUvi

  • Worth Identify: UviProcessExcludes

  • Kind: REG_SZ

• Append ‘StartMenuExper’ ending with semi colon (;).

• Reboot the machine

Other than the Begin menu freezing subject, customers are additionally reporting that their set up is getting caught at someplace round 60-70% sometimes. Such customers could discover some luck utilizing Microsoft’s restoration information for botched updates.

For instance, Microsoft discussion board consumer Ryan B36 writes:

Replace KB5048685 Home windows 11 Model 23H2 for x64 will not set up on my pc.

I’ve tried the Home windows Replace Troubleshooter and “sfc /scannow” suggestions – each appeared to determine issues however did not repair them. I’ve tried the oft-cited “/RestoreHealth” command immediate repair, nevertheless it simply retains getting caught at 62.3%, which seems to be one other downside in and of itself solely.

On the time of writing, 49 individuals have upvoted this thread.

One other consumer there mondwme says that Home windows retains telling them to restart after the replace nevertheless it doesn’t appear to proceed past that. They say:

I’ve already restarted 4 occasions. Twice yesterday and twice this morning nevertheless it nonetheless says that I have to replace it.

I’ve tried working the Home windows troubleshooter nevertheless it says every little thing is ok and there’s no error message. I utterly shut my laptop computer down, waited about 5 minutes, then turned it again on as effectively. When it was accomplished restarting, I went again to my settings simply to examine and it is saying it must restart as if it by no means occurred.

This one has been upvoted by 24 customers on the time of writing. Fortunately, this one appears to have a working answer.

Nighter, one other consumer on the Microsoft group, says their set up fails with 0x80070002 error after almost finishing the replace and set up course of. This is the record of issues they are saying they tried earlier than giving up:

I’ve tried all issues attainable that I discovered, apart from a reload, over the previous a number of weeks. Installs to 100% and fails, prompting to retry.

> Utilizing Replace Troubleshooter (ineffective, since they not fixing that).

> Resetting providers (that are accomplished throughout a reboot anyway).

> Stopping providers and deleting/shifting C:WindowsSoftwareDistribution and C:WindowsSystem32catroot2 (which oddly is a folder I cannot see [am set to see all including protected OS files] nor can I entry C:WindowsSystem32catroot2.previous if it even will get made. Even in Protected Mode. The one means I’m able to take away catroot2 is booting into Advance Choices and opening the Command Immediate from there. Deleted all of it. No assist although after reboot.

> CHKDSK, DISM *HEALTH choices, SFC.

> Booted with all non-M$ stuff disabled.

> Protected mode with networking won’t let me load replace providers.

> Downloading the offline installer from additionally failed. Similar error.

> Pulled all exterior {hardware} however keyboard, which is USB.

This question has been upvoted by 27 others on the time of writing.

Lastly, the replace additionally seems to be affecting the Wi-Fi as one consumer by the title SKICA factors out:

Since this morning, I am unable to get my Wifi to work. I believed it was a modem downside however each different gadget works tremendous – one other laptop computer (Linux), my cellular, Google Residence. I restarted the modem anyway.

The laptop computer connects to the modem however cannot hook up with the web. I attempted resetting the community, flushing DNS, disabling the driving force and enabling it once more, even manually coming into IP deal with and DNS servers. However nothing works.

The troubleshooter provides completely different recommendations every time – “DNS server not reachable”, “Restart modem” and many others. However every little thing has been accomplished.

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Particularly, it’s this replace that appears to have brought on the difficulty:

2024-12 Cumulative Replace for Home windows 11 Model 23H2 for x64-based Methods (KB5048685)

I attempted to do a rollback, however no use.

This thread has been upvoted by 14 individuals on the time of writing indicating that it too is a minimum of considerably widespread.