By BetaNews
Publication Date: 2025-12-16 08:31:00
With mainstream support for Windows 10 now over, businesses and individuals are now reliant on Microsoft’s Extended Security Update program. With many people having no choice but to stick with Windows 10 for now, it is important that updates are problem-free – but this is not proving to be the case.
Microsoft has acknowledged that the KB5071546 update released earlier this month is causing problems with the Message Queuing (MSMQ) functionality. While not an issue for most home users, for businesses it can be a serious worry.
The problem can cause any application which is based on Message Queuing (MSMQ) to fail, and for businesses this can be catastrophic. Unfortunately, Microsoft is yet to produce a fix even though the company has acknowledged the issue.
In an update to the release notes for the KB5071546 update, Microsoft has added the following to the Known issues in this update section:
Message Queuing (MSMQ)
Symptoms
After installing this update, users might face…