GoKawiilMicrosoft ships out-of-band patches fixing RDS crashes from September updates
Microsoft has pushed emergency out-of-band updates for Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server to resolve Remote Desktop Services instability caused by its September 2026 security patches. The bug had triggered RDP sign-in failures, unresponsive servers, and related issues in MMC, File Explorer, and the Windows Update page. Separate fixes for the update also address Hyper-V and USB audio problems reported on some Windows versions.
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Remote Desktop Services underpin remote work and IT administration for countless businesses, so an outage caused by a routine security patch creates real operational risk. The episode also shows the tradeoff admins faced between security and functionality, since uninstalling the buggy update restored RDS but stripped out its security fixes, until Microsoft delivered a proper patch.
- Five new KB updates target RDS failures across Windows 10, 11, and Server 2022/2025
- September's security updates broke RDP logins and caused unresponsive servers
- Patches are available via Windows Update, WSUS, and the Microsoft Update Catalog
Source: bleepingcomputer.com, 2026-09-14
Published there as: “Microsoft releases emergency Windows updates to fix RDS failures”
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