{"id":183754,"date":"2025-11-16T14:25:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T14:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/183754\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T14:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T14:25:10","slug":"bad-news-for-microsoft-windows-10-users-another-security-update-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/183754\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad News For Microsoft Windows 10 Users \u2014 Another Security Update Fail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" top-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763303110_302_0x0.jpg\" alt=\"Windows 10 logo on a smartphone, with a wordcloud of security terms in the background.\" data-height=\"3388\" data-width=\"4907\" fetchpriority=\"high\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Bad news for Windows 10 users as security update failure confirmed. <\/p>\n<p>SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>It hasn\u2019t been the best few days for users of the Windows 10 operating system, what with the <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/daveywinder\/2025\/11\/14\/all-microsoft-windows-users-warned-as-new-bot-attacks-confirmed\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/daveywinder\/2025\/11\/14\/all-microsoft-windows-users-warned-as-new-bot-attacks-confirmed\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"newly-reported emergence\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">newly-reported emergence<\/a> of an old bot attack threat, and Patch Tuesday confirmation of a <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/daveywinder\/2025\/11\/14\/new-microsoft-alert---update-windows-10-and-11-now-attacks-underway\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/daveywinder\/2025\/11\/14\/new-microsoft-alert---update-windows-10-and-11-now-attacks-underway\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Windows kernel zero-day\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Windows kernel zero-day<\/a> vulnerability that requires all Windows 10, 11 and Server users to update as soon as possible. Now, you might not think that\u2019s too problematic, despite Windows 10 now being out of support, thanks to the availability of Microsoft\u2019s <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/daveywinder\/2025\/11\/03\/microsoft-confirms-free-windows-10-security-updates---how-to-get-them\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/daveywinder\/2025\/11\/03\/microsoft-confirms-free-windows-10-security-updates---how-to-get-them\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Extended Security Updates programme\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Extended Security Updates programme<\/a>. Think again. Microsoft has now admitted that some Windows 10 ESU users are unable to install the latest security update rolled out as part of Patch Tuesday. Here\u2019s what you need to know.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/daveywinder\/2025\/11\/15\/logitech-data-breach---what-we-know-as-0-day-hack-attack-confirmed\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Logitech Data Breach \u2014 What We Know As 0-Day Hack Attack Confirmed\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/daveywinder\/2025\/11\/15\/logitech-data-breach---what-we-know-as-0-day-hack-attack-confirmed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ForbesLogitech Data Breach \u2014 What We Know As 0-Day Hack Attack ConfirmedBy Davey Winder<\/a>Microsoft Confirms Windows 10 KB5068781 Extended Security Update Failure<\/p>\n<p>Along with the likes of the <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/daveywinder\/2025\/11\/02\/nsa-issues-microsoft-exchange-server-high-risk-of-compromise-alert\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/daveywinder\/2025\/11\/02\/nsa-issues-microsoft-exchange-server-high-risk-of-compromise-alert\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"National Security Agency\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">National Security Agency<\/a> and America\u2019s Cyber Defense Agency, more formally known as the <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/daveywinder\/2025\/10\/18\/update-microsoft-windows-now---new-2-week-security-deadline-confirmed\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/daveywinder\/2025\/10\/18\/update-microsoft-windows-now---new-2-week-security-deadline-confirmed\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency<\/a>, I have been banging the update Windows as a matter of some urgency when security issues are confirmed drum for the longest time. Unfortunately, sometimes Microsoft makes this harder than it ought to be. Issues with Windows security updates failing should never occur, <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/daveywinder\/2025\/10\/18\/update-microsoft-windows-now---new-2-week-security-deadline-confirmed\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/daveywinder\/2025\/10\/18\/update-microsoft-windows-now---new-2-week-security-deadline-confirmed\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"but they do\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">but they do<\/a>. The latest <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/topic\/november-11-2025-kb5068781-os-builds-19044-6575-and-19045-6575-7fe13257-9079-49af-9369-e0e6242701dd#id0ebbj=windows\\_10%2C\\_version\\_22h2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/topic\/november-11-2025-kb5068781-os-builds-19044-6575-and-19045-6575-7fe13257-9079-49af-9369-e0e6242701dd#id0ebbj=windows\\_10%2C\\_version\\_22h2\" aria-label=\"confirmation\">confirmation<\/a> comes from Microsoft itself, \u201cSome Windows 10 devices enrolled in Extended Security Updates (ESU) might fail to install the November 2025 security update,\u201d Microsoft said, adding that this can lead to \u201cerror 0x800f0922 (CBS\\_E\\_INSTALLERS\\_FAILED).\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/daveywinder\/2025\/11\/14\/800-million-compromised-passwords---what-you-need-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"800 Million Compromised Passwords \u2014 What You Need To Know\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/daveywinder\/2025\/11\/14\/800-million-compromised-passwords---what-you-need-to-know\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Forbes800 Million Compromised Passwords \u2014 What You Need To KnowBy Davey Winder<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have reached out to Microsoft for a statement and further advice for users, but in the meantime, it would appear that this issue is only impacting business users with Windows 10 devices that have corporate licenses. \u201cThis issue is isolated to devices activated via Windows subscription activation through the Microsoft 365 Admin Center,\u201d Microsoft said. There are, to the best of my knowledge, no workarounds for this ESU security update failure currently, with Microsoft omnly stating that \u201cThe issue is under investigation, and additional information will be shared as soon as it becomes available.\u201d Likewise, please return to this article as I will update it when this situation changes or an official fix is available. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bad news for Windows 10 users as security update failure confirmed. SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images It hasn\u2019t&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183755,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[103571,18,19,17,82,6950,67726,103570,103572,103565,103568,103567,103566,103569],"class_list":{"0":"post-183754","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-0x800f0922","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-windows","14":"tag-windows-10","15":"tag-windows-10-kb5068781","16":"tag-windows-10-license","17":"tag-windows-10-security","18":"tag-windows-10-security-update-fail","19":"tag-windows-10-security-warning","20":"tag-windows-10-update","21":"tag-windows-extended-security-update"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115559840181253955","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}