Microsoft warned prospects this week that their programs would possibly crash with a blue display screen error brought on by a safe kernel deadly error after putting in Home windows updates launched since March.
In keeping with advisory updates for the KB5055523 April cumulative replace and the KB5053656 March preview replace, this recognized situation impacts units operating Home windows 11, model 24H2. These affected will see their PCs crash after putting in these updates and restarting their units.
“After putting in this replace and restarting your system, you would possibly encounter a blue display screen exception with error code 0x18B indicating a SECURE_KERNEL_ERROR,” Microsoft mentioned.
Till a repair is rolled out by Home windows Replace, Microsoft resolved this situation through Identified Problem Rollback (KIR), a function that reverses buggy non-security updates delivered through Home windows Replace.
This repair will propagate routinely to all house, non-managed enterprise units, and enterprise units not managed by IT departments over the following 24 hours. To expedite the rollout, Microsoft advises affected customers to restart their units, which ensures the repair is utilized sooner.
To handle the recognized situation on Home windows enterprise-managed units, admins should set up the Home windows 11 24H2 and Home windows Server 2025 KB5053656 250412_03103 Identified Problem Rollback Group Coverage.
After set up, yow will discover the Group Coverage below Pc Configuration > Administrative Templates. To deploy it on affected endpoints, you could go to the Native Pc Coverage or the Area coverage on the area controller utilizing the Group Coverage Editor to decide on the Home windows model you wish to goal.
“You will have to put in and configure the Group Coverage to your model of Home windows to resolve this situation. Additionally, you will must restart your system(s) to use the group coverage setting,” Microsoft added.
Home windows admins can discover extra steering on deploying KIR Group Insurance policies on the Microsoft assist web site.
Earlier this week, Microsoft launched emergency Home windows updates to handle a problem affecting native audit logon insurance policies in Lively Listing Group Coverage and warned admins that Home windows Server 2025 area controllers would possibly develop into inaccessible after restarts, inflicting companies and apps to fail.
At the moment, Redmond additionally began deploying a repair for a problem inflicting some Home windows units to be provided Home windows 11 upgrades regardless of Intune insurance policies blocking them.
