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Microsoft lifts Windows 11 update block for Easy Anti-Cheat users

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Microsoft has removed a compatibility hold that prevented some Easy Anti-Cheat users from installing the Windows 11 2024 Update because of a known issue that triggers restarts with blue screen of death (BSOD) errors.

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Microsoft has removed one of the oldest upgrade locks on Windows 11 version 24H2, which affected thousands of computers that were experiencing blue screens.

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Microsoft has lifted an important and long-standing compatibility lock for Windows 11 24H2. Users with Easy Anti-Cheat can now finally install the update after months of problems with bluescreens. (Continue reading)

While it calls Microsoft its most reliable Windows version so far, Windows 11 24H2 has been causing numerous problems since its release. A long list of known bugs prevented the installation on numerous devices: Gamers with Alder Lake+ processors have been affected so far, as Bluescreens came due to an incompatibility with Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC). Microsoft subsequently activated a so-called Safeguard Hold for affected devices, so that they did not…

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BleepingComputer broke the news in on Friday, July 25, 2025.
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