On the eve of its Ignite conference, Microsoft has managed to break the first Extended Security Update (ESU) for many commercial Windows 10 customers.
The November 11 update, KB5068781, fails to install on devices activated via the Microsoft 365 admin center, throwing a 0x800f0922 (CBS_E_INSTALLERS_FAILED) error message.
"The issue is under investigation, and additional information will be shared as soon as it becomes available," said Microsoft. At the time of writing, there is no fix or workaround for the problem.
This marks the second ESU failure in a week. On Thursday Microsoft issued an out-of-band patch after consumers reported enrollment failures.
Ironically, the latest update included a fix for the October 14 release that incorrectly showed a message in the Windows Update Settings page: "Your version of Windows has reached the end of support".
Microsoft's ESU program allows commercial customers to pay for continued security updates after Windows 10's free support ended on October 14.
Ignite's announcements are still under wraps, but we suspect Microsoft will spend more time explaining how it plans to tackle its reliability and stability woes than dreaming up new parts of the portfolio to inject Copilot.
Oh, who are we kidding? Last week, Windows boss Pavan Davuluri boasted that the operating system was "evolving into an agentic OS." Many customer would no doubt prefer Microsoft fix current problems rather than chase AI-enabled futures.
The Register recently ran an article in which we pondered a new name for Microsoft's legendary approach to quality control.
For Windows 10 users, it appears that "business as usual" is more the order of the day. "Expect Sloppy Updates," anyone? ®
Source: The register