Here’s an example of the most unfortunate timing for data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/microsoft” data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/microsoft”>Microsoft and its OS users. The latest version of the Windows Media Creation Tool (MCT), released just a fortnight ago, “might close unexpectedly, displaying no error message,” data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-health/status-windows-10-22h2#3102msgdesc” data-url=”https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-health/status-windows-10-22h2#3102msgdesc” target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>admits Microsoft in a status update (h/t data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/10/12/microsoft-accidentially-breaks-windows-10-to-windows-11-upgrade-using-mct-ahead-eol/” data-url=”https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/10/12/microsoft-accidentially-breaks-windows-10-to-windows-11-upgrade-using-mct-ahead-eol/” target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>Windows Latest). Of course, Windows 10 goes EOL on October 14, and MCT was one of the most popular methods of preparing update media for Windows 11.
If you head on over to the linked Microsoft status page, you will see Microsoft…
