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Microsoft confirms Windows 11 KB5044284 / KB5046617 can't install new updates​

Issues might occur with media which installs the October or November update​

When using media to install Windows 11, version 24H2, the device might remain in a state where it cannot accept further Windows security updates. This occurs only when the media is created to include the October 2024, or November 2024, security updates as part of the installation (these updates were released between October 8, 2024 and November 12, 2024).

Please note, this only occurs when utilizing media - such as CD and USB flash drives - to install Windows 11, version 24H2. This issue does not occur for devices where the October 2024 security update or the November 2024 security updates are installed via Windows Update or the Microsoft Update Catalog website.

Workaround: To prevent issues, do not install Windows 11, version 24H2 which installs the October 2024 or November 2024 security updates. Instead, ensure that media used to install Windows 11, version 24H2, includes the December 2024 monthly security update (released December 10, 2024), or later.

Next steps: We are working on a resolution and will provide more information when it is available.

Affected platforms:

Client: Windows 11, version 24H2
Server: None

In a long string of broken updates, now Microsoft has managed to break Windows Update. So users can't even use Windows updates to fix this bug.
The 3 Trillion dollar company, can't spend a bit of money doing Q&A, before releasing updates to the main channel.

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

lol wtf

 

[Miles708]

At this point not receiving further updates could be a good thing

 

[Sybrix]

I only moved to Windows 11 earlier this year as MS said they are stopping support for Win 10, i haven't updated to 24H2 and won't until this shit is sorted.

Windows 10 worked great, why did MS fuck about and release this shit?

 

[MayauMiao]

I wonder if Microsoft's unqualified DEI hires has anything to do with this.

 

[Mithos]

Different places makes this sound different.

Some places makes it sound that if you;
1. Made an Installer on dvd or usb using the Microsoft Media Tool in October or November you will be affected.

Other sites makes it sound like;
2. If you manually apply the October or November patch(es) to a dvd / usb install media then install using them you will be affected.

 

[CompleteGlobalSaturation]

This is precisely why I have delayed my feature updates by 365 days.

 

[Pedro Motta]

Microsoft is so shitty it hurts.

 

[winjer]

I wonder if Microsoft's unqualified DEI hires has anything to do with this.

Microsoft fired their Windows Q&A team in 2014 and this is the result. Users are now the beta testers.
Nothing to do with DEI. It's just a bad managing decision to save costs.
This is pure incompetence.

 

[Majukun]

not sure if any updates were installed on background, but yesterday night the keyboard of my laptop stopped working.
restarts were useless, but a forced reboot fixed it somehow

 

[LordCBH]

I’m assuming Microsoft outsourced all their QA so they could use cheap, unqualified, foreign labor.

 

[SidViscous]

Reading the articles, regular joes using automatic update are not affected. I wonder if "from media" would also impact IT admins who install these patches from a network drive, if so that's pretty bad, but if it's literally just people who patch via a USB stick or DVD then it's sort of understandable how this may have made it past QA, especially if you have to combine the two updates together.

 

[GreenAlien]

Is that problem that's tanking game performance fixed already?

 

[kruis]

Microsoft confirms Windows 11 KB5044284 / KB5046617 can't install new updates​

In a long string of broken updates, now Microsoft has managed to break Windows Update. So users can't even use Windows updates to fix this bug.
The 3 Trillion dollar company, can't spend a bit of money doing Q&A, before releasing updates to the main channel.

Hmmm ... this could be a problem for the IT department where I work. When we deploy images to new PCs/laptops in our organization we always use the most recent Windows ISO as the base image.

 

[Z O N E]

So the shit update bugs Windows update, so to fix the update, people need to update, however because of the shit update, it prevents users from updating their system.

We're in update-ception people.

 

[MayauMiao]

I'm still on Windows 10 so sort of a blessing in disguise.

There ought to be a class action lawsuit for this debacle.

 

[V1LÆM]

just noticed i've not had any updates since 11th December. am i screwed?

i'm on 10.0.26100.2605 / KB5048667

 

[DenchDeckard]

This is hilarious. Microsoft what the fuck are you doing!

 

[V1LÆM]

edit nevermind i should learn to read.

no problems here it seems

 

[Astray]

I'm sitting here watching the blue update sign for both of my machines and honestly wondering how long I'm gonna have to wait until I can safely update this disastrous update.

Linux adoption is increasingly becoming a priority for me.

 

[SF Kosmo]

I only moved to Windows 11 earlier this year as MS said they are stopping support for Win 10, i haven't updated to 24H2 and won't until this shit is sorted.

Windows 10 worked great, why did MS fuck about and release this shit?

So it sounds like this only impacts people that do a fresh install from media of 24H2. Not people who already had it on their system and updated.

Please note, this only occurs when utilizing media - such as CD and USB flash drives - to install Windows 11, version 24H2. This issue does not occur for devices where the October 2024 security update or the November 2024 security updates are installed via Windows Update or the Microsoft Update Catalog website.

 

[Fake]

I wonder if Microsoft's unqualified DEI hires has anything to do with this.

Maybe. But forced update was a bad ideia from the start.

Make the consumers the beta testers was one of stupids ideias I ever see.

 

[Neon Xenon]

Even Windows 11 knows that Windows 11 is a pain in the ass, so much so that it doesn't want to update itself.

 

[Celcius]

The 24H2 update has been such a disaster. And I don’t look forward to all the A.I. stuff MS is going to shove into windows 12.

 

[YCoCg]

24H2 has just been one broken thing to the next just so they could shove AI into the core.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

I was wondering why I had zero updates last night after not using my pc for 1-2 weeks

 

[ShirAhava]

This summer I had twenty different issues with my PC. Went back to Windows 10 19 of them were fixed automatically
including my back fan not working for no real reason. fuck that OS only had it for the android app support and they are dropping that.

 

[xrnzaaas]

So I guess people who don't want to be bothered with constant OS updates will be happy?

 

[GHG]

Just waiting for nemiroff to pop up and say "works for me".

 

[Celcius]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows11/s/1kzk47nXKE

“The ISO you get from the official public dl site at Microsoft (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11) is serving 24H2 based on the September security update and is unaffected, so this doesn't apply to regular people btw.”

Found this which helps explain why I haven’t been affected by this^^

 

[Sanepar]

I'm building a new PC this week. It is better to install windows 10 and wait?

 

[Xdrive05]

And I JUST installed it in October from usb flash drive.

FML

 

[poppabk]

I'm building a new PC this week. It is better to install windows 10 and wait?

I would say just go with Windows 11. This issue is not going to affect you at all.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

I'm currently having an issue with my laptop battery (W10). It could be the battery's fault, but it was working perfectly fine the day before it decided to nope out. Now I have to keep it plugged in just to use it.

A few days prior, I did a Windows Update. Coincidence? I think not ...

 

[GHG]

I'm building a new PC this week. It is better to install windows 10 and wait?

Stick with windows 10 until they end security updates for it. Then you can get a free upgrade to Windows 11 (or you can upgrade to Windows 11 beforehand if you fancy it). Also if you upgrade to 11 you can also go back to 10.Windows 10 gives you the flexibility of having both options.

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[winjer]

I'm building a new PC this week. It is better to install windows 10 and wait?

With Windows 11 24H2 having so many bugs, I would say stick to Win 11 23H3 or Windows 10.

 

[rm082e]

As someone who manages a group of devs at a small software company: Shit's hard yo.

They'll get it fixed like they always do.

 

[Fake]

Just waiting for nemiroff to pop up and say "works for me".

You need to wait him to make another clean install before posting again.

 

[HogIsland]

And YOU want to be my gaming os...

 

[simpatico]

Took 11 iterations but microsoft finally gave us the feature we've all been wanting: an end to windows updates. Kudos lads.

Stick with windows 10 until they end security updates for it. Then you can get a free upgrade to Windows 11 (or you can upgrade to Windows 11 beforehand if you fancy it). Also if you upgrade to 11 you can also go back to 10.Windows 10 gives you the flexibility of having both options.

Windows 10 Professional OEM

Buy Windows 10 Professional OEM key ✔️ Instant Download ✔️ Software Software Key ✔️ Hot Deal ✔️ Limited Time Offer

www.hrkgame.com

Might not hurt to stash a couple of these...

 

[Celcius]

And I JUST installed it in October from usb flash drive.

FML

Same here (new system with my 9800X3D) but I'm not affected and you shouldn't be either, see my above post

 

[diablos991]

interesting... my PC has not offered up the 24H2 update yet for me for some reason. Perhaps this bug has been around since 23H2?

 

[ManaByte]

lol wtf

Clickbait title.

Please note, this only occurs when utilizing media - such as CD and USB flash drives - to install Windows 11, version 24H2.

 

[DirtyBast8rd]

interesting... my PC has not offered up the 24H2 update yet for me for some reason. Perhaps this bug has been around since 23H2?

The same for me. Gonna keep it on 23 for as long as possible.

 

[nemiroff]

Just waiting for nemiroff to pop up and say "works for me".

Do you also wait for those who say it doesn't?

 

[GHG]

Do you also wait for those who say it doesn't?

No, that's boring because that's much easier.

 

[Magic Carpet]

I had 24h2 running earlier this year. But I did a clean install a few months ago after upgrading storage. Now 24h2 isn't even an upgrade option.
I don't remember having any issues with it during the time I was using it, but then I only use this PC for gaming.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Day 5766: Windows 11 updates are still not good. We carry on.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Considering the quality of updates, this could be a blessing in disguise.

 

[nemiroff]

You need to wait him to make another clean install before posting again.

Funnily enough, this PC originally came with W10 in 2021, then I upgraded it with W11 the year after, and this year it was upgraded to "24H2/W12". So it's basically been the same install since 2021. So yes it sure as fuck seems to works well for me