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PC Reset or Recovery Fails After KB5063875

Settings > System > Recovery > Reset this PC fails

Windows 11 23H2/22H2 (Targeted by KB5066189 in this record. The same symptoms were also reported in other Windows 10 and LTSC editions, but the corrective update to be applied differs depending on the OS)KB5063875
Checked 2026.09.05Read guide
Windows 11 / .NET Framework 3.5Troubleshooting guide

Enabling .NET Framework 3.5 fails with 0x800F081F

.NET Framework 3.5 cannot be enabled in Windows Features

Windows 11 25H2 and earlier. Windows 11 26H1 (build 28000) and later use a standalone installation method and are outside this scope0x800F081F
Checked 2026.09.05Read guide
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