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Microsoft has finally confirmed a serious update mistake affecting Windows 10 and Windows 11 users. It has now issued a fix. This comes after multiple emergency updates<\/a> and issues were confirmed<\/a> through October. A month that also saw Microsoft bring Windows 10 to an end, stopping security updates for millions of users.<\/p>\n ForbesNSA Warns Microsoft Users\u2014Change Your Account Settings NowBy Zak Doffman<\/a><\/p>\n This latest fix resolves a long-standing issue where selecting \u201cupdate and shut down\u201d on a Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC would \u201cupdate and restart\u201d instead. Per Windows Latest<\/a>, \u201cstarting with Windows 11 25H2 Build 26200.7019, and newer, your PC will finally shut down when you explicitly choose \u2018update and shut down\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n The Windows specialists describe this as a \u201cdecades-old bug,\u201d albeit it\u2019s unclear when it first began to affect users. What is clear is that \u201cit affects Windows 11 and 10, and is one of the most reported issues. Microsoft shipped a broken \u2018update and shut down\u2019 toggle with Windows 10, and it never acknowledged it until now.\u201d<\/p>\n Update and Shut Down \u2014 Windows update mistake resolved.<\/p>\n Windows Latest<\/p>\n While this might be little more than an inconvenience for desktop users, it\u2019s a very different matter if it happens to your laptop. \u201cWhen it\u2019s 11 PM and there\u2019s a pending Windows Update. I\u2019d select update and shut down, and go to bed, but the next morning, Windows would be on the login screen if its battery didn\u2019t drain out.\u201d<\/p>\n The two different options appear side-by-side, so it\u2019s easy for users to assume they have selected the restart option instead of the shut down option by mistake. Now Microsoft has confirmed \u201cthe October 2025 optional update (KB5067036) finally fixes it.\u201d<\/p>\n This isn\u2019t the only update change that Microsoft has just confirmed for Windows users. As spotted by Neowin<\/a>, \u201cMicrosoft is making Windows updates simpler and ‘more intuitive\u2019.\u201d This means updates will have more “user-friendly” names rather than then jumble of numbers and codes that users have waded through until now.<\/p>\n Microsoft explains<\/a> \u201cto further enrich the user experience, we\u2019re introducing a simplified and standardized titling system for a range of updates. This new format is designed primarily with the user in mind. Titles are more intuitive, consistent, and informative to help users quickly understand what updates they\u2019re receiving.\u201d<\/p>\n New update names confirmed.<\/p>\n Microsodt<\/p>\n Microsoft provides examples of the new, updates titles here<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019ve removed unnecessary technical elements such as platform architecture or date prefixes, while keeping identifiers like the KB number and build or version.\u201d<\/p>\n Unfortunately, not all Windows update mistakes have been fixed. Windows Latest<\/a> also warns that \u201cMicrosoft admits a long-standing Windows 11 driver 0x80070103 error, and says it can\u2019t fully fix the issue.\u201d An October 2025 patch does make this less acute.<\/p>\n