Microsoft fixes Windows Server 2025 blue screen, install issues

Microsoft has fixed several known issues that caused Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) and installation issues on Windows Server 2025 systems with a high core count. As Redmond said when it acknowledged this known issue in October, impacted devices may experience a wide range of symptoms, including Windows Server 2025 installation or upgrading processes failing or hanging, and server start-up taking as much as three hours or more in some cases. Affected systems might also get blue screen errors when launching, restarting, or attempting to run apps. However, these issues are not consistently triggered on impacted servers. "Servers which have a high number of logical processors might experience issues running Windows Server 2025. This is presently observed on servers which have more than 256 logical processors," the company said. IT admins who want to find out if these known issues impact their Windows Server 2025 systems are advised to check if they show as having over 256 logical process ... Read full article.