US EditionMicrosoft Confirms Windows Is Broken—Emergency Update On Way
Microsoft's faulty August update disabled reset functions on many Windows 10 devices, prompting an urgent patch as no simple workaround exists, the company said.
- In August 2025, Microsoft acknowledged that its latest Windows security patches are causing failures in the reset and recovery features on devices running Windows 10 and earlier editions of Windows 11.
- The issue originated from the August 2025 security update affecting Windows 10, Windows 11 23H2, and other client platforms, but not Windows 11 24H2 or Windows Server editions.
- Affected users may experience failures using the 'Reset my PC' feature or recovery tools, and upgrades can fail with error code 0x8007007F starting August 12, with no simple workaround available.
- Microsoft acknowledged that the reset and recovery functions on certain devices may not work properly and promised to deliver a special update outside the regular schedule in the near future to address the issue.
- This disruption complicates system recovery especially on older devices and follows past challenges with Windows Update Service errors partially resolved by KIR fixes rolled out earlier in 2025.
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Microsoft has confirmed that the reset and recovery options have stopped working on earlier versions of Windows 11 and Windows 10 after the last update in August.
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