Microsoft has warned users that they might experience Remote Desktop and RDP connection issues after updating to the latest Windows updates released after January 2025. Affected users will face RDP disconnections after 65 seconds when making UDP connections from Windows 11 24H2 PCs to RDS hosts running Windows Server 2016 or earlier.
Redmond admitted the issue in a new entry on the Windows release health dashboard. “This issue is resolved using Known Issue Rollback (KIR). Most Home and Pro devices should automatically receive the rollback, and restarting your device may apply it sooner,” the update claims. KIR is a Windows feature designed to reverse any buggy, non-security updates that might be accidentally delivered via Windows Update.
Once installed, the Group Policy can be found under Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates. To deploy the Known Issue Rollback on affected devices, users must go to the Local Computer Policy or the Domain policy on the domain controller using the Group Policy Editor (GPE) and then choose the Windows version that needs to be targeted. Restarting the devices once the process is complete
As of January 21, 2025, the status claims that “devices running Home and Pro editions of Windows 11, versions 23H2 and 22H2 that IT departments do not manage will receive the update automatically.” For Copilot+ PCs, new features will continue rolling out in phases to select devices and markets.
A permanent fix will be included automatically with a future Windows update. Organisations will no longer have to use the Group Policy Editor to resolve the issue.
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