The Windows 11 24H2 woes continue as Microsoft’s buggy update now breaks printers – especially on Copilot+ PCs
- Windows 11 24H2 reportedly causes many problems with printers
- This affects all major printer manufacturers, especially Copilot+ PCs
- Microsoft has admitted to the problem and provided a number of fixes
Windows 11 24H2 continues its run bug issues and this time we hear about several printer issues, mainly affecting Arm-based Copilot+ PCs, but also other computers (with x86 Intel and AMD chips).
New reports that there have been a fair number of complaints from people with printers who have upgraded to Windows 11 24H2 and are finding that their device has stopped working. This affects all best known printer manufacturers, such as Brother, Canon, HP and so on.
The problem is mainly experienced by people with diabetes Copilot+PC powered by an Arm processor, as mentioned, and it completely derails the printer, causing it to stop functioning or breaking certain functions. In other cases, Windows 11 users cannot install the printer driver.
As noted at the outset, these gremlins in the making are also affecting standard (non-Arm, Intel, and AMD CPU-based) PCs, and there are reports of various printer issues, and even printers disappearing from these systems as well.
On Reddit, an administrator observes in a after about ’24H2 problems hit us hard’ that: “Print queues [are] blockage, if the driver has not been randomly removed from the machine.”
Missing printers or uninstalling the driver seem to be common themes with 24H2, as does not being able to install (or reinstall) said printer driver.
Possible solutions to resolve printer installation issues
Microsoft has acknowledged the problem and created a support document with some possible solutions to get your printer working on an Arm PC.
The company notes: “Some Arm PCs (for example, Copilot+ PCs) may not be able to add or install a printer using the included installer or the installer from the manufacturer’s website.”
The first suggestion to bypass an installation error is to simply connect your printer via a USB port.
Otherwise, you can connect the printer by going to the Settings app Bluetooth and devices > Printers and scannerswhere you find the Add device option. This will then allow you to manually add the printer to your system (hopefully, anyway).
With any luck, one of these two options will help you get around the inability to install a printer, although there may still be other scenarios where printers don’t sound like they’re working properly with Windows 11 24H2.
All this comes along with a series of problems with Windows 11 24H2, including new ones Intel Z890 motherboards crash all the timedisk space mysteriously disappearand also Task manager is not working properly in the midst of many more problems. The good news is that Microsoft is already working on fixing some of these bugsbut there is still much to be extinguished.
