Microsoft has admitted that the August patch Tuesday update might fail to install through Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), but it's ok, admins. Home users are "unlikely to experience this issue."

Microsoft, which has laid off thousands of workers while pouring money into its AI investments, seems to have a problem when it comes to quality. The most recent Windows 11 24H2 patch was already throwing up a spurious event viewer message due to code under active development sneaking into production software

This latest issue is more serious, since the failure prevents installation of the update, which includes important security fixes.

According to Microsoft, "the August 12, 2025 Windows security update for Windows 11, version 24H2, might fail to install with error code 0x80240069 when

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