Microsoft has eliminated a compatibility maintain that prevented some Simple Anti-Cheat customers from putting in the Home windows 11 2024 Replace due to a identified situation that triggers restarts with blue display screen of demise (BSOD) errors.
When it acknowledged the bug final month, the corporate confirmed the problem impacted gadgets working Simple Anti-Cheat, a well-liked anti-cheating service put in with tons of of multiplayer video games, together with Apex Legends, Battle Thunder, Useless by Daylight, ELDEN RING, Rust, Squad, NBA 2K25, and lots of others.
Redmond launched an emergency replace (KB5063060) for Home windows 24H2 programs on June 11 to deal with this incompatibility situation after a wave of reviews relating to sudden reboots and BSODs tied to ntoskrnl.exe or EasyAntiCheat_EOS.exe crashing on PCs working numerous video games, resembling Fortnite.
On Thursday, a couple of month after fixing the bug, Microsoft introduced that it has now eliminated the replace block stopping Simple Anti-Cheat customers from upgrading their programs to the newest Home windows 11 model.
“The safeguard maintain has been eliminated as of July 24, 2025. Eligible gadgets with out different safeguard holds can set up Home windows 11, model 24H2 by way of Home windows Replace,” Microsoft stated.
“Some gadgets may show a warning indicating that an incompatible model of Simple Anti-Cheat is put in on the gadget and that it could be potential to replace to it by launching and updating frequently-played video games.”
It additionally famous that the identified situation won’t set off a BSOD, even when older variations of Simple Anti-Cheat are put in on the pc, except they’re launched as a part of a recreation.
Microsoft has additionally positioned a safeguard maintain in October to dam Home windows 24H2 upgrades on Intel Alder Lake+ and vPro programs as a consequence of identified points inflicting Asphalt 8 recreation crashes and Simple Anti-Cheat blue screens.
The corporate lifted this replace block in March, after resolving the identified situation and advising avid gamers to restart their PCs to obtain the Home windows 24H2 replace extra shortly.
In current months, Microsoft has eliminated different compatibility holds stopping AutoCAD and Protected Examination Browser customers from putting in the Home windows 11 2024 Replace as a consequence of launch and crash points.
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