October 2026 Windows Update causing major issues
We have had about 50 computers in our organization giving boot failures after Windows restarts to apply the October update, KB5127648. Affected machines are Dell devices, both laptops and desktops. The most common error message is "file missing or containing errors \windows\system32\winload.efi" The only fix for now is to try booting into Safe Mode and uninstall the October update. We use a 3rd party tool to patch our devices, Automox, but manually triggering updates from Windows Settings yields similar results. But what I have noticed is that when running Windows Update from Settings, multiple drivers and firmware udpates are also being installed, so I'm wondering if there is incompatibility with outdated stuff in our machines. So we're pushing Dell updates for drivers, firmware, and BIOS, along with Windows Updates hoping that this will take care of the issue. Has anyone else experienced anything similar with this update? Or have any ideas on what may be the root cause in our case? Any feedback will be much appreciated.Win11 Forget this network option missing for saved Wi-Fi networks in Settings
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