Are you a windows PC user? Don’t update your PC, at least for now

The infamous CrowdStrike fiasco which caused millions of computers worldwide to crash is still fresh on our minds, so we might be forgiven for being skeptical since we depend on our PCs for work, entertainment and other purposes as well. The latest issue was from Microsoft itself with Microsoft confirming the mistake before stating it had been fixed only to find out that the supposed update to fix the issue hadn’t. Although the latest bug is not like the CrowdStrike issue, let me just say this if you have important documents back them up now just to stay on the safe side. Microsoft apologized for any inconvenience or confusion after mistakenly claiming an awkward Windows update issue had been fixed. Well newsflash, It hadn’t been fixed and has now gotten worse.

A while ago there was a Windows 11 24H2 bug which triggered a critical Firewall error. This “false, harmless error” lconfused users and caused alarm. I noticed the error after updating my windows, the error was a notification error as per Microsoft’s claim. Microsoft then incorrectly claimed the error is patched in Windows 11 KB5062553, but in reality, the update introduced error for everyone instead of fixing it.

Windows Latest had been tracking this error since the beginning, reporting “that the Firewall issue wasn’t fixed. It kept showing up on my devices, and dozens of users told me they’re still running into the same.”

The good news is that you can safely ignore these firewall warnings. The error which is flagged as Windows Firewall With Advanced Security 2042 None is completely is simply a reporting bug and poses no harm to your PC but it would have been nice to get this clarification earlier because users had already panicked.

As Windows Latest says, “Microsoft has already admitted that the warning is caused by a code bug that crept in with recent updates for Windows 11 24H2. The glitch only affects the event log entry, not the firewall itself.”

The litany of update issues affecting Windows 11 users comes as an awkward time, as Microsoft, its OEM partners and even government security agencies urge Windows 10 users to upgrade to the new OS. This despite the u-turn that has essentially extended Windows 10’s end of life for most users for another 12 months, until October 2026.

For those still on Windows 10 who might be feeling rather smug at avoiding these Windows 11 issues, Windows Latest has just issued a new warning, given that its own recent updates are not faring any better.
It warns that July’s Windows 10 security update “has wrecked some elements of the emoji picker for users.” This comes in addition to a fault whereby parents using Family Safety’s web filtering “cannot approve anything except Edge because Microsoft has to update their block list with the latest versions of all the supported browsers.”

While Microsoft has been pushing users to get migrate to Windows 11, the new operating system is still way off from being perfect but it remains to be seen what else lies ahead.

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