Microsoft security updates fail

 Windows: October Installing security updates for Windows 10 fails

Microsoft security updates fail

Although initially showing progress, Microsoft warns that the security upgrades for Windows 10 published on Patch Tuesday this month may fail to install with 0x8007000d problems.

The KB5031356 security update won't successfully install on affected computers running client platforms (i.e., Windows 10 21H2 and Windows 10 22H2).

This corroborates customer claims that the upgrade will not deploy after manual installation after being downloaded on Tuesday, October 10.

Microsoft has been informed of reports of Windows updates (KB5031356) that were released on October 10, 2023, failing to install. Devices may at first show installation progress but then stop working, according to Redmond.

"According to our reports, some of the most frequent mistakes Error 8007000D (ERROR_INVALID_DATA) is currently present.Selecting Update History from the Windows Update pane in System settings will reveal this problem.

Microsoft urged users who were experiencing this issue to report it via the company's Feedback Hub.

Additionally, the business suggested that affected clients visit this support website for additional advice on fixing problems with updating Windows.

Microsoft has committed to issuing an update as soon as new information is made available and is now conducting an investigation to determine the origin of the problem.

Microsoft also issued a warning to customers this week about misconfigured BitLocker drive encryption in some managed Windows installations.

Only Windows settings with mandatory drive encryption for the operating system and fixed drives are affected by the known problem.

Earlier this year, the business resolved another WSUS problem Servers running Windows Server Update Services) stopped distributing Windows 11 22H2 updates to enterprise endpoints after upgrading to Windows Server 2022.