- June -Update for Windows 11 24h2 was paused by Microsoft
- A revised update took its place for PCs that were affected by a compatibility problem
- Microsoft has now explained the nature of the error that related to certain PC games using quality protection
Microsoft has just solved a problem with the latest Windows 11 update and has now clarified exactly what the problem was and the apparent extent of the error.
The June Update for Windows 11 24H2 was deployed yesterday (June 11), but it came with a ‘compatibility problem’, which meant Microsoft paused roll -out to certain PCs. However, the company did not tell us what this mystery compatibility problem was.
This patch (KB5060842) was replaced by a new one (KB5063060), which has now been rolled out to affected devices, and Microsoft has explained what the error was, as Windows’s recent reports. It was a problem with an anti-cheat tool that meant the PC games that used this system crashed.
Microsoft said: “This update addresses an incompatibility problem where Windows may be rebooted unexpectedly when you open games using the lightweight anti-cheat service. Easy anti-cheat is automatically installed with certain games to improve security and prevent cheating in multiplayer online PC games.
“Windows users probably did not experience this problem because [initial] Update that led to the incompatibility problem (KB506842) was not offered devices with light anti-cheat installed. “
Analysis: Cutting through the confusion
This whole affair has caused some confusion. Some people have been left behind by scratching their heads and wondering if their PC got the first June -Patch, does it need the second (replacement)? And others were confused about why they got no patch at all.
To try to clean things up if you didn’t get any patch, it’s because your PC has a game installed using EASY Anti-Cheat (EAC). Microsoft blocked patched to these Windows 11 devices to avoid compatibility errors that crashed these games. At this point, however, you should have received the other (fine -tuned) update (KB5063060).
If your Windows 11 -PC received the first update (KB5060842) and you don’t have games with EAC, you probably won’t get the second patch. After all, you don’t need it as such. But if you received the first update and you got PC games with EAC aboard and this happened with some people before Microsoft paused the initial patch, even if the company insists that it was not “probable”-then you get the second update that will effectively overwrite the first.
You can see where the confusion comes in as it is a bit of a sticky situation. The long and short of it is that if you have one of these patches, you are good at all security fixes and improvements to the feature that the June update brings. They are both identical updates; It’s just that the other packs the refund for the EAC Bug on top.
So as long as you have one of these patches installed, it’s all good. If you still look crashed into games using EAC, continue to check Windows update for the second patch to override the first one (provided you haven’t already got it).
A further wonding here is that Microsoft said the compatibility problem is used for a ‘limited set’ of Windows 11 devices. But EAC is in some huge games, such as Apex LegendsAt Fortnite And a lot of other epic games. It explains why quite a few people reported that they did not receive the first June -Patch for Windows 11, which seemed strange considering that Microsoft indicated that this was a niche problem.
It may have been a limited problem with regard to the number of PCs that are actually experiencing going down, but the number that was prevented from receiving the June update was significant and Microsoft did not make this distinction.
