Microsoft Fixes Group Policy Bug That Prevents Installation of Windows 11 24H2

According to Microsoft’s Windows Release Health Dashboard, devices that installed the April monthly security update (KB5055528) released on April 8, 2025, are encountering failures when attempting to download Windows 11 version 24H2 through WSUS. Microsoft has officially acknowledged that the April 2025 security update is preventing Windows 11 systems from upgrading to version 24H2 when using Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). “As part of this issue, the download of Windows 11 24H2 does not initiate or complete,” Microsoft explained in their support documentation. Detailed instructions for deploying and configuring these special Group Policies are available in Microsoft’s documentation on how to use Group Policy to deploy a Known Issue Rollback. The issue affects client platforms Windows 11 version 23H2 and Windows 11 version 22H2, but no server platforms are impacted. “Windows updates log can show error code 0x80240069, and further logs might include text similar to ‘Service wuauserv has unexpectedly stopped'”. IT administrators can resolve the issue by installing and configuring a special Group Policy available for download.

This Cyber News was published on cybersecuritynews.com. Publication date: Tue, 06 May 2025 11:00:09 +0000


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