Microsoft shares temp fix for broken Windows Server 2022 VMs

November 9, 2023 at 01:11PM Microsoft has acknowledged a problem causing Windows Server 2022 VMs to experience blue screens and boot failures on VMware ESXi hosts. The issue is related to a specific update released in October 2023. VMware ESXi hosts with certain configurations are affected. Microsoft is working on a fix, but in the … Read more

20 Years Later, Is Patch Tuesday Enough?

October 31, 2023 at 08:52AM Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday, which has been a monthly ritual for IT and security professionals for the past 20 years, aims to consolidate security updates into a planned release cycle. However, the high number of vulnerabilities and the growing dependence on Microsoft tools and services pose risks. Adversaries are becoming smarter … Read more

Windows 11 KB5031455 preview update enables Moment 4 features by default

October 27, 2023 at 10:38AM Microsoft has released the optional KB5031455 Preview cumulative update for Windows 11 22H2. The update includes 72 new Moment 4 features by default and resolves 22 issues. It is part of Microsoft’s monthly non-security preview updates schedule. Users can install the update through Windows Update or manually download it from … Read more

October Windows Server updates cause Hyper-V VM boot issues

October 17, 2023 at 08:37AM Hyper-V hosts running Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2022 are experiencing issues with virtual machines (VMs) failing to boot after installing certain Patch Tuesday updates. Uninstalling the problematic updates resolves the issue, and Microsoft has yet to acknowledge it. In the past, the company released emergency updates to fix … Read more

Microsoft fixes Windows 10 security update installation issue

October 16, 2023 at 07:55AM Microsoft has resolved a known issue that caused Windows 10 security updates to fail with 0x8007000d errors. The problem affected Windows 10 21H2 and Windows 10 22H2, and the KB5031356 security update. Microsoft used Known Issue Rollback (KIR) to fix the issue, and the fix should automatically propagate to all … Read more

Microsoft: October Windows 10 security updates fail to install

October 13, 2023 at 04:02PM Microsoft has acknowledged an issue where Windows 10 security updates, specifically the KB5031356 security update, may fail to install with 0x8007000d errors. Reports of this problem have been surfacing since October 10. Microsoft is currently investigating the root cause of the issue and encourages affected users to file a report … Read more