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 challenge that triggers restarts with blue display screen of loss of life (BSOD) errors.
When it acknowledged the bug final month, the corporate confirmed the difficulty impacted units operating Simple Anti-Cheat, a well-liked anti-cheating service put in with a whole bunch of multiplayer video games, together with Apex Legends, Struggle Thunder, Lifeless by Daylight, ELDEN RING, Rust, Squad, NBA 2K25, and plenty of others.
Redmond launched an emergency replace (KB5063060) for Home windows 24H2 methods on June 11 to handle this incompatibility challenge after a wave of studies concerning sudden reboots and BSODs tied to ntoskrnl.exe or EasyAntiCheat_EOS.exe crashing on PCs operating varied video games, akin to 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 methods to the most recent Home windows 11 model.
“The safeguard maintain has been eliminated as of July 24, 2025. Eligible units with out different safeguard holds can set up Home windows 11, model 24H2 through Home windows Replace,” Microsoft stated.
“Some units would possibly show a warning indicating that an incompatible model of Simple Anti-Cheat is put in on the system and that it might be potential to replace to it by launching and updating frequently-played video games.”
It additionally famous that the identified challenge won’t set off a BSOD, even when older variations of Simple Anti-Cheat are put in on the pc, until they’re launched as a part of a sport.
Microsoft has additionally positioned a safeguard maintain in October to dam Home windows 24H2 upgrades on Intel Alder Lake+ and vPro methods on account of identified points inflicting Asphalt 8 sport crashes and Simple Anti-Cheat blue screens.
The corporate lifted this replace block in March, after resolving the identified challenge and advising players to restart their PCs to obtain the Home windows 24H2 replace extra rapidly.
In latest months, Microsoft has eliminated different compatibility holds stopping AutoCAD and Secure Examination Browser customers from putting in the Home windows 11 2024 Replace on account of launch and crash points.
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