KB5068861 update is breaking WiFi connectivity
After KB5068861 is installed, i lose wifi connectivity. Although the wifi adapter is showing in device manager and shows its working properly, Windows isnt actually seeing it. If i click the little globe (disconnected) symbol bottom right of the screen, wifi icon is missing from the popup box. Uninstalling the update returns the wifi. This happened originally on November 11th when the update was first installed, i ended up having to install a system backup from Backupper to get it back. Unfortunately this update was installed again last night and i lost wifi again, fortunately i was able to just uninstall the update and ive got wifi back. I have now had to hide the update using wushowhide.diagcab.
Question about Windows 11 24H2 to 25H2 update
Hi everyone, I'm not very good with all the computer stuff, so I was hoping someone could help me out. I'm currently running Windows 11 version 24H2 on my laptop, and I keep hearing about the next big update, 25H2. I'm just a bit confused about the whole process. At the time I am writing this post, my laptop still does not receive the update notice for Windows 11 25H2. Just because it is an unsupported hardware? In addition, I want to keep my files and apps. How can update Windows 11 24H2 to 25H2 manually?
Cannot delete the windows upgrade log files
I just downloaded the 23h2 version a couple days ago, I tried deleting the log files in the setting app and in disk cleanup but it always still stays there, when I use disk cleanup to clean it the progress bar is stuck at like 99% and will stay like that unless I interact with my pc in anyway such as moving my mouse, sometimes the cleanup will finish on its own but the log files is still there, and before you say "ohh it's just 200 mb dont worry abt it" I just want you to know that the size of the log files had been steadily increasing whenever I open my pc, on the pic it's 190mb but rn it's over 200mb and there's nothing I could do to remove it, I'm just being forward thinking
Windows 10/11 PCs Stuck on Version 23H2 — Not Upgrading to 25H2
Hi everyone, I’m having an issue in my office environment. Some laptops are still running Windows 23H2, and they should be updating to 25H2, but: Windows Update shows no feature update Update Assistant / Installation Assistant doesn’t offer 25H2 Devices are connected to the network normally No obvious update errors appear I would like help understanding why these PCs are not receiving the 25H2 feature update. Any suggestions on troubleshooting steps, policies to check, or logs to review would be appreciated. Thank you!Why my pc not receiving Windows 11 25H2 update?
My wife's laptop was successfully updated to Windows 11 25H2 two weeks ago but my PC still does not receive Windows 11 25H2 update. Currently, it runs Windows 11 23H2 and the hardware specs are quite decent, including an Intel i7 processor, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD. Does anyone know the reason why my pc not receiving Windows 11 24H2 update yet？ What can I do to do this problem? Thank youWindows update (KB5068164) throws an error WINDOWS 10!
Hello everyone! Around October this year I tried updating my PC which resulted in an error I haven't encountered before (screenshots will be uploaded), so I tried google-ing the error and try to understand more about it. Information on the internet suggested that I have a problem with my WinRE (windows recovery environment), so as someone might guess I tried fixing it. I quickly discovered that my WinRE is not even turned on which lead to an ever bigger discovery - my windows recovery partition was either too small or corrupted. It turned out to be the first one (too small). Internet pages like https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb5068164-windows-recovery-environment-update-for-windows-10-version-21h2-and-22h2-october-14-2025-8fdc399d-0ac1-4022-81bd-7127e91933ec recommended rebuilding it while making it even bigger than before so you have space for the update which is exactly what I did. There was a link with instructions of course, so https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb5028997-instructions-to-manually-resize-your-partition-to-install-the-winre-update-400faa27-9343-461c-ada9-24c8229763bf it is. Well, it did not work. After that I tried solutions from other articles which only made me lose my time on this. My last hope was to install this specific update from the Windows update catalog, however when returning to the first mentioned page (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb5068164-windows-recovery-environment-update-for-windows-10-version-21h2-and-22h2-october-14-2025-8fdc399d-0ac1-4022-81bd-7127e91933ec) I saw that the update is registered only in Windows Update service and specifically there. Which means there is no other way to install it other than to just click update in settings. If anyone has had this problem and fixed it somehow, please don't mind sharing your way of dealing with it. People who have not experienced it, but think they might help, everything is greatly appreciated!
Windows 11 24H2+ - Dismal SMB performance with 3rd Party Storage
Ever since we have upgraded our machines to 24H2 and 25H2 respectively, we've been seeing very poor SMB performance while reading, saving and copying to both of our Isilon storage clusters when over the WAN. LAN transfers are probably affected, but masked due to low latency. We've engaged Dell support, and they have done a deep dive into the storage logs and have determined that it's either a 24/25H2 thing, or something in the middle network-wise. Older versions of Windows 11 have great SMB performance. When transferring files to Windows Servers of any version, performance is great. We've also noticed that newer Server 2025 instances have the same issue when copying files to the Isilon. Seems like that particular code base of Windows is having issues with 3rd party storage. We've even downgraded SMB dialect to 2.1 and made a host of changes client-side to SMB settings... still seeing the same result. Anyone else experiencing this???
Windows 11 visual c++ 2008 update issue
So , it's been a while , I was unable to install visual c++ 2008 redistributable for some reason in 2023 on my laptop , But since it wasn't causing any issues , i just let it go , after that i recieved many windows updates where the visual cpp 2008 security update would fail to install , i did not pay attention ! Now it's been about two years , that update is still not able to complete (how can security update install when the main software isn't even installed) , whenever i press update or install , it says retry , Not an issue currently but i would like to know the reason behind this (the issue while installing vis cpp 2008 redist ) , please note that i had windows 11 clean installed few months ago , but the problem still persists , i still cannot install itSave the date: Windows Office Hours - November 20, 2025
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