- August the update for Windows 11 and 10 Bread Recovery Features
- It includes options to reset the PC and solve problems using Windows Update
- All of these do not work after the latest patch, but fortunately Microsoft has now inserted a solution
Microsoft has rushed an emergency for a problem caused by the latest Windows 11 update (and Windows 10 Patch), which has broken reset and recovery features designed to save your PC when it runs into serious problems.
Bleeping Computer discovered Microsoft’s notice of the release of the correction delivered as an ‘Out of Band’ update, which means it is a cumulative update that has been implemented outside the usual timing.
It is the decision for a mistake that affects the reset forces for Windows 11 (versions 23h2 and 22h2) and Windows 10 (22h2), which was introduced with the August updates arriving at these operating systems last week. The curing is packed in cumulative updates that are the same as the original August patches, other than having fixed.
If you have installed Microsoft’s August patch and you are running one of the affected versions of Windows, you need to install this new update on top. It is branded KB5066189 for Windows 11 and KB5066188 for Windows 10 and you can find it by checking for updates in the Windows Update panel. Note that it appears during optional updates.
If you haven’t installed the August patch yet, simply apply it instead (from optional updates).
Analysis: Road to recovery leads to a dead end
I should make it clear that this affects all versions of Windows 10 and 11 that are in support – except the very first recording on Windows 11, 24h2. It is rare that on Windows 11 24h2 they are not hit by a mistake – these people have suffered the most since the latest takeover of Microsoft’s desktop us came out.
As for the details of what the error in question breaks down, it is the ability to reset the PC that allows you to return the system to its original state – essentially a reinstallation of Windows 11 – or reset and store your personal data (but not apps or settings). Another option to ‘solve problems using Windows Update’ is also affected, which is essentially the same as the latter reset option where you store your personal files, but this also applies to apps and settings – so it’s just re -installing the Windows system itself.
Due to failed, all these processes will fail, which will obviously leave you very much in LURCH when it comes to trying to recover from a problem. You will not be able to come anywhere even if the error itself will not cause further damage to your PC. The reset or recovery procedure simply falls over.
These are not features that you often need – hopefully – and therefore the effect of this error may not have felt so much originally (which is likely the error did not come up with it immediately). It will still be pretty annoying if you need a reset or repair to your Windows 11 or 10 PC – which obviously doesn’t go well with the operating system if you go to such goals – why Microsoft has been quick to push this solution out.
