Security News > 2024 > May > Microsoft: Windows Server 2019 updates fail with 0x800f0982 errors

Microsoft has acknowledged a new known issue causing this month's KB5037765 security update for Windows Server 2019 to fail to install with 0x800f0982 errors.
This confirmation comes after many Windows admins reported seeing install failures when trying to deploy cumulative updates released during the May 2024 Patch Tuesday on Windows Server 2019 systems.
"In our test environment KB5037765 failed on all Windows Server 2019 machines with error 0x800f0982. 5 servers total/different sites," one admin said.
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