Microsoft patches Windows and Excel – breaks audio, remote access, and paste
Microsoft's latest Windows security updates have introduced significant bugs, including issues with Remote Desktop Services, USB audio devices, and Excel functionality. The company has acknowledged these problems and is working on fixes, though no specific timeline has been provided.
Why it matters
These technical failures impact enterprise productivity and critical infrastructure, highlighting ongoing quality control challenges within Microsoft's update deployment process.
Redmond's quality drive takes another detour through the known issues list
Microsoft has confirmed that its latest security updates can disrupt Remote Desktop Services, silence some USB audio devices, and break pasting in Excel.
September's Windows patches hardly support Microsoft's insistence that it is sorting out quality . The known issues list suggests there's still work to do.
Reports of problems with Remote Desktop Services (RDS) began circulating on social media shortly after the update, and Microsoft has now acknowledged that, for some users, RDS has indeed been broken across multiple Windows versions, including Windows 11 26H1 and Windows Server 2012.
The latter is due to drop out of the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program on October 13, 2026, so perhaps administrators might consider this a going-away present from Microsoft?
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