Affected Windows component
Windows Update Problems Caused by Windows Updates
The archive contains 25 documented Windows update incidents affecting Windows Update. Browse the timeline below for symptoms, severity, source-backed details, and whether Microsoft shipped a fix.
24 entries with KB numbers ยท reported across 5 years
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Windows Update incident timeline
Preview update turns Dell laptops into shutdown-prone space heaters, blocks July security patches
Install failures on cramped EFI partitions and mysteriously slow internet
Failed install creates ticking time bomb for next update
Update fails and leaves PCs unbootable
Install fails, SMB search broken, Server unusable
Gaming crashes, Print to PDF vanishes
Update loops forever, network installs broken
File Explorer freezes, toolbar buttons unclickable
WSUS upgrades blocked, mystery inetpub folder created
Update pulled, re-released, still broken
Update fails on Citrix systems
Start menu dies, Wi-Fi breaks, install loops
Update gets stuck, blocks all future updates
Task Manager stops showing tasks, widespread install failures
Install fails, SSH broken, blocks future updates
OpenSSH broken on mandatory security update, network instability
Future Windows Updates permanently broken
Microsoft tells users not to install their own update
Taskbar vanishes, File Explorer crashes, install fails
Widespread install failures, audio stuttering while gaming
WinRE BitLocker patch fails to install
Install fails block zero-day fixes, Explorer won't open
BSOD 0xc000021a, update meant to fix BSODs causes BSODs
Preview update accidentally pushed to WSUS, expires security updates
Browse other frequently affected components
- Boot 26
- File Explorer 26
- Windows Update 25
- Networking 23
- BSOD 20
- Enterprise 13
- Installation 12
- Performance 11
- Taskbar 11
- Display 10
- Start Menu 9
- VPN 9
- BitLocker 8
- Gaming 8
- Remote Desktop 8
- System Stability 8
- Active Directory 7
- Applications 7
- SMB 7
- Wi-Fi 7
- OpenSSH 6
- OneDrive 5
- Printing 5
- Windows Server 5
- WSUS 5
- Bluetooth 4
- Cloud Storage 4
- Desktop 4
- Dual Boot 4
- Hibernation 4
- Hyper-V 4
- Kerberos 4
- Linux 4
- Outlook 4
- Security 4
- SSD 4
- Storage 4
- USB 4
- .NET 3
- Antivirus 3
- Audio 3
- Citrix 3
- Domain Controllers 3
- DRM 3
- File Sharing 3
- Input Devices 3
- Login 3
- Secure Boot 3
- Shutdown 3
- Sleep 3
- Task Manager 3
- Video Playback 3
- Virtual Machines 3
- Windows Recovery 3
- Windows Search 3