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.
Quick: how do we leverage this to disable forced updates?!
Disabling security updates is not such a good idea…
24h2 has tried to force install on my machine I work with 4 times now. It wastes an hour or so each attempt, then crashes and automatically rolls back.
This machine otherwise is up to date and has no other issues.
The failed attempts have forced me to plan on the machine being unusable for the first chunk of my morning, and on each attempt performance bogs down while it does the pre-game crap.
I’m not wanting to disable security updates… I want to disable the forced “feature” update.
Huh it hasn’t forced itself onto my computer yet, if its a work laptop it could be a policy set by your sysadmin.
Alas, I’m the sysadmin. It’s not domain joined.
Microsoft is forcing it, but many configurations are delayed due to the critical issues they’ve been hitting.