Windows 11's October Update has broken USB keyboard and mouse support within the Windows Recovery Environment. Great timing, ...

ZDNET's key takeaways A new Microsoft update patches a bug affecting Windows recovery.The bug prevented the use of USB mice and keyboards in WinRE.The new patch is available through Windows Update.

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 update, version 25H2 (KB5066835), is causing a big headache for users. The October update introduced a serious glitch that makes both the keyboard and mouse stop working ...

Microsoft has released an emergency update to fix the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), which became unusable on systems with USB mice and keyboards after installing the October 2025 security ...

The October Patch Day security updates for Windows can cause Bitlocker recovery to start. The Windows security updates that ...

Microsoft confirmed an issue that could trigger BitLocker Recovery on Windows 11 25H2, 24H2 and even Windows 10.

These problems present for users who were running Windows 11 version 24H2 or 25H2 before deploying the patch. Making the matter worse, KB5066835 is a security update that is installed automatically, ...

Update October 21, 05:08 EDT: Microsoft has released the KB5070773 emergency update to fix this issue. Microsoft has confirmed that this month's security updates disable USB mice and keyboards in the ...

KB5070773 is an “out-of-band” update now available via Windows Update and the Microsoft Update Catalog. It restores USB ...

It is probably fair to say that that the week has been a very eventful one when it comes to Windows Recovery. The first Patch Tuesday WinRE (Windows Recovery Environment) updates for Windows 11 25H2 ...

In this post, we will show you how to change or increase the WinRE Partition size in Windows 11/10. Microsoft will now update the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) alongside the monthly cumulative ...

Last week, Microsoft released Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 and Windows 10 under KB5055523/ KB5055528 and KB5055518, KB5055519/ KB5055521/ KB5055547, respectively. Following that, Microsoft ...