Microsoft reportedly pulls Windows Server update after it caused critical issues

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Published onJanuary 14, 2022

published onJanuary 14, 2022

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Software patches for servers are usually intended to fix critical issues, but the recent round is instead causing them. So much so that Microsoft has decided to pull the January 2022 Patch Tuesday updates for Windows Server (via Bleeping Computer.)

There are three specific updates that Microsoft pulled depending on which version of Windows Server you’re running.KB5009624is for Windows Server 2012,KB5009557is for Windows Server 2019, andKB5009555is for Windows Server 2022. According to various social media reports, on all these versions the updates in question can cause domain controllers to fail,servers to rebootevery few minutes,Hyper-V not to start, andReFS file systems to become inaccessible.

Microsoft appears to be aware of these issues, and in the changelogs for most of these Windows Server updates, indicate that “we are working on a resolution and will provide an update in an upcoming release.” Even with that so, Bleeping Computer notes that not every system administrator can verify that these problematic updates are no longer available for download. As a workaround, admins can pause updates to avoid having it automatically downloaded.

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