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CoreyOli
Copper Contributor
Jul 15, 2026

2026-07 Windows 11 Updates, hanging on "do not power off computer..."

Good afternoon,   So we patch our fleet with Intune (hotpatching, obviously not a thing in July) our test devices all patched late yesterday into today and so far every one of them has installed wh...
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DeBertrand
Iron Contributor
Jul 16, 2026

Sometimes, Windows may appear to hang but is still processing updates in the background. Allow additional time (up to 1 hour) to see if the system resumes.

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    cverrall
    Copper Contributor
    Aug 01, 2026

    I’m sorry no update should take 1 hour with zero user feedback.

     

    ive tried to apply this patch twice now and it results in a black screen with a white cursor and it seems to be doing nothing. No bios boot screen no windows 11.

     

    Doing nothing but powering down and restarting eventually got me back into windows without the patch applied. 

    Microsoft, this is unacceptable way to update the OS. If it takes time it should have a progress bar and user feedback. Then any reboot process should be fast and responsive. Be better.

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    johnkwz
    Copper Contributor
    Jul 16, 2026

    My update said it would take 3 minutes, but was still going after 6 hours.