Struggling to print after the Windows update? Here’s what’s causing it | usagoldmines.com

Dark days for Microsoft. Alongside severe outages affecting Outlook, Teams and OneDrive, November’s KB5132061 Windows update is introducing a fresh wave of problems.

Printer issues

Microsoft has confirmed that the KB5132061 update can cause issues with printers. The company states the following in its support document:

[Printing] Fixed: Adding a printer published in Active Directory via Settings > Bluetooth & Devices > Printers & Scanners > Add a Device may fail with Error 87 (The parameter is incorrect). This issue was introduced with the October 2026 update and does not usually affect existing printers or printing.

The following statement from Microsoft can be found on Reddit:

After installing the Windows security update from November 2026 (the KB articles listed above) or later updates, printing documents containing images whose height or width is set to zero at the selected print resolution may fail. These images may be used as part of certain complex document formatting schemes, for example, when adding invisible images intended to serve as document watermarks, for layout anchoring, or through generation tools that insert image objects even when no graphic is present.

The issue has been observed when printing Microsoft Word documents using the Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI), but printing from other applications may also be affected.

Next steps: We are investigating this matter and will provide further information as soon as it becomes available.

Problems installing the update

According to BleepingComputer, Microsoft has also confirmed that some users are unable to install the latest Patch Day updates. The installation may fail with error code 0x800f0993, among other issues, leaving affected Windows computers stuck in a continuous restart loop.

BleepingComputer quotes Microsoft as follows:

When attempting to install the November 2026 Windows security update, the installation may fail to complete on some devices. Affected devices may repeatedly attempt to install the update or display the error codes 0x80070306, 0x800f0989, or 0x800f0993.

It continues: “This issue affects a limited number of devices on which the non-security preview update from October 2026 (KB5127936) has been installed. Devices on which the non-security preview update from October 2026 has not been installed are not affected.”

Microsoft has promised to automatically resolve the installation issues for all affected customers by Friday morning, meaning end users do not need to take any action. Whether the fix will actually work, given the current massive Microsoft 365 outage, remains to be seen. However, if it does, Microsoft notes: “Once the fix has been applied to your device, the November 2026 security update will be automatically downloaded and installed via Windows Update.”

By the way, the problematic KB5132061 update patches a number of security vulnerabilities and introduces new features.