The data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-10/windows-10-is-officially-dead” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-10/windows-10-is-officially-dead”>end of Windows 10 might not hurt so bad if Microsoft would quit breaking crucial elements of data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows/windows-11″ data-before-rewrite-redirect=”https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11″ data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows/windows-11″>Windows 11. This time, it’s the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/how-enable-windows-recovery-environment-windows-10″ data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/how-enable-windows-recovery-environment-windows-10″>Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) that’s been knocked out of commission in Windows 11’s KB5066835 build rolled out on October 14, 2025 (via data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-11s-october-update-just-broke-the-windows-recovery-environment-usb-keyboards-and-mice-unusable-in-windows-re-after-latest-bug-hits” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-11s-october-update-just-broke-the-windows-recovery-environment-usb-keyboards-and-mice-unusable-in-windows-re-after-latest-bug-hits” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>Tom’s Hardware).
Users attempting to navigate the WinRE on the latest Windows 11 25H2 update with a data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/usb” data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/usb”>USB mouse and keyboard will quickly find that neither work as intended And by that, I mean not at all. Microsoft has flagged the bug as…
