By Mayank Parmar
Publication Date: 2026-04-19 10:35:00
Windows 11 KB5083769 is not a big update, but on a few PCs, it could trigger a BitLocker recovery screen alert, and Microsoft says it’s already rolling out a fix. In addition, Windows Latest observed that the April 2026 Update takes multiple reboots to finish installation, and it’s likely because of a separate .NET Framework update that rolled out at the same time.
I usually do not run into major problems after Windows Update, but April 2026’s Patch Tuesday release scared me a bit. After I downloaded Windows 11 KB5083769 and normally rebooted my PC, I was on the black “Working on updates” sreen with a spinning circle, showing that it’s almost there, and the percentage was slowly increasing to 50%.
This is expected behaviour, and then Windows 11 rebooted, and the installation percentage increased to 72%. At that point, it was supposed to reach 100%, and the lock screen should have appeared, but to my surprise, Windows rebooted three additional…
