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2025-11 Security Update (KB5068861) (26200.7171) this along with all other updates are failing to install I have tried
  1. SFC /scannow
  2. DISM restore health/scan/windows update scans & repairs
  3. Increased EFI Partition to 700mb
  4. Deleted/Reset windows update store/components
  5. Windows Disk Cleanup
  6. Complete windows 25H2 repair install
  7. Download the update and try to install manual
Can't notify Microsoft by any means ( not that they are interested) I have now given up even checking for updates there is no point if there is a continual fail
 

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Have you tried an in-place upgrade?
 

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CompoSW said:
2025-11 Security Update (KB5068861) (26200.7171) this along with all other updates are failing to install I have tried
  1. SFC /scannow
  2. DISM restore health/scan/windows update scans & repairs
  3. Increased EFI Partition to 700mb
  4. Deleted/Reset windows update store/components
  5. Windows Disk Cleanup
  6. Complete windows 25H2 repair install
  7. Download the update and try to install manual
Can't notify Microsoft by any means ( not that they are interested) I have now given up even checking for updates there is no point if there is a continual fail
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I've been using 11 21h2 for a year now, the update ended a year ago and it's working perfectly, no bugs. I don't plan on updating to 25h2 or 26h1, etc.

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Installation Failure: Windows failed to install the following update with error 0x800F0983: 2025-11 Security Update (KB5068861) (26200.7171).

That is from the Reliability History.
There are logs of these failures but with 1.5 million lines of text, I'm not going to look at that lot MS.
been going on since 12.11.2025
I have taken the measures you list and still same.

Just paused update for a number of weeks, consumers should not have to take complex measures.
Feedback App, nothing to date which is par for the course.
 

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I would start by running the built-in windows update troubleshooter, that error is often due to some component store corruption.

In system settings type troubleshoot, select 'other troubleshooters'

There should be one for Windows updates, click run
 

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maur0 said:
I've been using 11 21h2 for a year now, the update ended a year ago and it's working perfectly, no bugs. I don't plan on updating to 25h2 or 26h1, etc.

LCo97S.png
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And I'm running 25H2 on 5 systems at home - also all running perfectly. If you use disc imaging (as you should), just create an image, do the in-place upgrade, and you can always restore the prior image if you want to (but you won't want to). The in-place upgrade may very well solve your problem - AND you'll be running the latest Windows release.
 

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Logitech
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Internet Speed
500 mps
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Firefox
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Bitdefender
About 2 hrs ago, UK time zone, along came "version 25H2 (repair version)" in Windows updates.
Problem appears to have been fixed.
 

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Please run an in place upgrade repair using an iso downloaded to a new desktop folder:

www.elevenforum.com

Repair Install Windows 11 with an In-place Upgrade

This tutorial will show you how to do a repair install of Windows 11 by performing an in-place upgrade without losing anything. If you need to repair or create a new recovery partition or having problems with the Windows 11 operating system on your PC, and the usual solutions will not fix it...
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Download Official Windows 11 ISO file from Microsoft

This tutorial will show you how to download an official Windows Server or Windows 11 64-bit or ARM64 ISO file from Microsoft. Microsoft provides ISO files for Windows Server and Windows 11 to download. You can use these ISO files to clean install or in-place upgrade Windows 11. The Flight Hub...
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