Windows 11-24H2 installations with certain update statuses can no longer install further updates. Only a manual correction will help.

Last Christmas, a problem with Windows 11 24H2 installations became known that they cannot install further updates if they were installed from an installation medium with certain update statuses. Microsoft has now given up looking for an automated solution to this problem or developing a fix-it tool – The only option available to those affected is manual correction.

Microsoft has confirmed this decision by setting the entry in the Windows Release Health announcements to “resolved”. Specifically, the problem description is that a Windows 11 installation on version 24H2, which was installed from a CD (sic) or USB drive with integrated October or November updates from 2024, can no longer install any further security updates. This also includes media created with the Windows Media Creation Tool at those times. However, installations that have downloaded the updates via Windows Update and applied them do not have this problem.

Windows update dropouts: only manual solution available

The entry on the problem from Microsoft has had the status “resolved” since the end of last week. However, it still only contains the previous workaround as a solution: The problem can be solved by overinstalling with an installation medium that contains at least the security updates from December 2024 – i.e. was created from December 10, 2024 –. Microsoft does not mention a fix-it tool, script or other options, such as registry changes.

Such an updated medium can be created with the Windows Media Creation Tool, which is available on Microsoft’s Windows 11 download website. This either downloads an ISO file that can be transferred to DVD or creates a bootable USB stick with the Windows installation; this should have at least 8 GB of space.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/55122353

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Windows-11-24H2-update-problems-Microsoft-gives-up-on-finding-a-solution-10275962.html

  • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    You are wrong. Ran is past tense of run.

    https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/run-into

    run into something

    present participle: running | past tense: ran | past participle: run

    If you run into problems, you begin to experience them:

    example: We ran into bad weather/debt/trouble.

    If you’re going to try to correct people, please make sure you’re actually right first.

    It’s ran. Because I’m talking about past events.

    • MrLLM@ani.social
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      19 hours ago

      I don’t mean to say that you’re completely wrong in your reasoning, but grammatically speaking, we use have + verb in past participle which we call present perfect no matter what verb is used.

      In this case, you’re talking about something you’ve experienced, so the correct way would be “I’ve run” (as the past participle of run is run).

      If you’d like to take a detailed look at it, here you have: Present Perfect - British Council and Using “have ran” or “have run”.

      Btw, It’s completely normal to make mistakes! We’re all human, and part of being human is learning and growing from our errors.

    • ImFineJustABitTired@lemmy.ml
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      17 hours ago

      It’s either “I ran into…” or “I have run into…”, it’s never “I have ran into…”

      So yeah, the one correcting you was right.