DRM playback dead, legacy printing broken, MSI repairs fail

The August preview update for Windows 11 24H2 broke DRM-protected content playback — digital TV, Blu-ray, and DVD apps showed copyright protection errors, black screens, and unexpected stops. The update also switched Windows printing from MSVCRT to Universal CRT, intentionally breaking print clients running anything older than Windows 10 2004. MSI application repairs failed with Error 1730 for non-admin users, affecting Office and Autodesk products. The password icon vanished from the lock screen again, making its recurring disappearance the “Where’s Waldo?” of Windows bugs. Microsoft eventually deployed a Known Issue Rollback a month later.