{"id":116568,"date":"2025-05-20T08:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T08:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/116568\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T08:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T08:15:09","slug":"microsoft-confirms-emergency-update-for-windows-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/116568\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Confirms Emergency Update For Windows Users"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emergency update confirmed for Windows users.<\/p>\n

Getty Images<\/p>\n

Microsoft has just confirmed an emergency update for Windows 10, after an increasing number of users reported May\u2019s mandatory security update breaking Windows<\/a>. Affected users have been hit with BitLocker Recovery screens and even dreaded Blue Screens of Death after downloading and trying to install the latest critical update.<\/p>\n

\u201cWindows 10 might repeatedly display the BitLocker recovery screen at startup,\u201d the company warned, confirming an out of bounds update<\/a> via Microsoft\u2019s Update Catalog.<\/p>\n

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The issue affects users \u201con devices with Intel Trusted Execution Technology (TXT) enabled on 10th generation or later Intel vPro processors.\u201d Those who have not yet deployed May\u2019s update should install the out of bounds update instead.<\/p>\n

For those who have tried to install the update and are now stuck, Microsoft says:<\/p>\n

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  1. \u201c\u200bTo start Windows, temporarily disable Intel VT for Direct I\/O (also known as VTD or VTX) and Intel Trusted Execution Technology (TXT) in your BIOS \/ UEFI settings. This step will require entering your BitLocker recovery key.<\/li>\n
  2. \u200bInstall update KB5061768 via the Microsoft Update Catalog.<\/li>\n
  3. \u200bAfter restarting Windows, return to your BIOS \/ UEFI settings and re-enable Intel VT for Direct I\/O (also known as VTD or VTX) and TXT. (This step will require entering your BitLocker recovery key.)\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Windows Latest<\/a> was first to flag the issue, reporting that \u201cthe KB5058379 install starts, but ends up at \u2018Enter the recovery key to get going again (Keyboard layout: US)\u2019 screen, and there\u2019s a text field to add the recovery key. In some cases, there\u2019s a BSOD as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

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    Microsoft has again warned Windows users that its support team \u201cdoesn\u2019t have the ability to retrieve, provide, or recreate a lost BitLocker recovery key,\u201d but can use this link to find your BitLocker recovery key<\/a>.\u201d This issue and fix primarily applies to enterprise users, as \u201cconsumer devices typically do not use Intel vPro processors and are less likely to be impacted by this issue.\u201d<\/p>\n

    May is proving an interesting month for the Windows-maker, with the wider release of its controversial Recall photographic memory<\/a> for Copilot+ owners and the continuing drive to push 700 million Windows 10 users to upgrade<\/a> ahead of October\u2019s deadline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emergency update confirmed for Windows users. Getty Images Microsoft has just confirmed an emergency update for Windows 10,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[52397,1963,53,16,15,52396,9024,52395,31585,1962],"class_list":{"0":"post-116568","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-microsoft-emergency-update","9":"tag-microsoft-warning","10":"tag-technology","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-windows-10-attack","14":"tag-windows-10-end-support","15":"tag-windows-11-attack","16":"tag-windows-recall","17":"tag-windows-warning"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114539169535128676","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}