- Home windows 11’s non-compulsory replace for March has simply arrived
- This preview replace packs a repair for a printer bug that brought about units to churn out random characters
- The treatment can be examined on this non-compulsory launch, and can then change into a part of the complete patch for Home windows 11 23H2 launched in early April
Do not forget that actually unusual printer bug with Home windows 11 23H2 – the one which made it look like your printer was possessed? There’s some excellent news for these affected in that Microsoft’s newest replace has cured this drawback.
The glitch was launched in a preview replace launched on the finish of January 2025, which brought about the printer to mysteriously produce pages full of random characters. It solely affected printers that have been connected by USB, thoughts, and primarily occurred when turning on the machine – though that likely spooked fairly a couple of folks.
Nonetheless, Microsoft has simply launched the March preview replace for Home windows 11 – packing fairly a couple of goodies, because it occurs – and that additionally incorporates the repair for this bizarre printer bug.
Neowin experiences that in a Home windows 11 well being dashboard replace referring to the bug, Microsoft informs us: “This difficulty was resolved by Home windows updates launched March 25, 2025 (KB5053657), and later. We suggest you put in the newest replace in your machine because it incorporates essential enhancements and difficulty resolutions, together with this one.”
Evaluation: Not catastrophic, and type of amusing – however nonetheless wasteful
Granted, that is removed from the worst Home windows 11 bug we’ve seen, and 24H2 customers have been struggling all kinds of actually odd bugs being slung at them particularly (avid gamers have been mercilessly underneath fireplace, too). There have additionally been gremlins crawling round within the depths of Home windows 11, which have brought about printers to cease working (at the least partially) prior to now.
A minimum of this glitch didn’t do something as dangerous as that, and it even had type of a humorous facet to it, by way of the ‘possessed printer’ side. That stated, losing paper and ink isn’t going to be humorous if the bug retains on occurring, because it apparently did – with no manner of stopping it. That’s a really eco-unfriendly prospect, even on a small scale like this.
At any charge, it’s good to see that Microsoft has fastened this spanner within the works in a comparatively well timed method. Nonetheless, there’s a be aware of warning to sound right here, which is that the decision of this printer drawback is barely in a preview replace proper now. These updates, which arrive late within the month to check the bottom forward of the complete patch launch the next month, are non-compulsory for a purpose.
Preview updates are nonetheless in what’s successfully the ultimate stage of testing, so issues can nonetheless go improper with them. Meaning this repair could not work fairly as anticipated or may trigger unintended unintended effects elsewhere in Home windows 11 (that’s actually occurred earlier than).
On this case, if the printer bug is one thing you’re discovering irksome, you’ll in all probability need to seize the March preview replace and take your probabilities. The excellent news is that even when you desire to attend, you gained’t should be affected person for lengthy, because the repair can be contained inside the April cumulative replace for Home windows 11 23H2 (arriving on April 7, so it’s solely every week and a half away now).
