One of the more ironic issues with Windows is that updates meant to fix bugs sometimes end up creating new ones. Of course, Microsoft isn’t doing this intentionally—but with such a massive user base, it’s inevitable that some people will run into unexpected problems.
On November 20, 2025, Microsoft released an out-of-band security update, as reported by Deskmodder.de, to resolve a glitch triggered by the November update KB5068966. Here’s what changed.
KB5072753 Fixes the Windows Update Bug Caused by KB5068966
Each month, Microsoft releases several updates as part of its Patch Tuesday initiative. These are usually not feature-heavy; instead, they focus on fixing bugs and making minor improvements. However, after installing KB5068966, some users noticed strange behaviour in Windows Update.
Specifically, once the update was installed, Windows Update would incorrectly list KB5068966 as available again—prompting users to download and install it repeatedly. While this bug didn’t break any major functionality, it was frustrating and cluttered the update history with duplicate entries.
To address this, Microsoft has released KB5072753 for Windows 11 25H2. Its sole purpose is to fix the issue with Windows Update incorrectly re-offering KB5068966 and to clean up the update history.
This is a small, targeted patch that focuses only on this specific problem. It falls under the usual category of behind-the-scenes security and system improvements and doesn’t include any additional fixes or new features.
