Install fails, SMB search broken, Server unusable

November’s update brought installation failures with errors 0x800f0306 and 0x800f081f — ASUS ROG Ally users were particularly afflicted. File Explorer’s search on SMB network shares stopped returning results, making shared drives unsearchable. Windows Server 2025 became, in the words of one Microsoft community post, “not useable anymore” after the update. Bluetooth broke on handheld devices. The update that was supposed to fix October’s problems created a fresh batch of November problems, continuing the proud tradition of each month’s fix being next month’s bug.