How Can You Overcome Disappointing Glitches in Windows After July 2025 Updates?

What Critical Issues Should You Watch For in Windows 10/11 and Server? (July 2025)

Early July 2025 brought a set of problems to many Windows users. These issues hit Windows 10, Windows 11, and multiple Windows Server versions. Knowing what to expect helps you stay calm and take smart steps to keep your computer running well.

Key Problems You Might Notice

Changjie Input Method Editor (IME) Failure

What is Changjie IME?
It lets you type Traditional Chinese.

What’s happening?
After installing updates from July 2025, Changjie IME may not work right in Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2016, 2022, and 2025.

What goes wrong?

• Typing words does not bring up correct options.
• Spacebar may stop working.
• Words may look strange, or windows don’t show the right choices.

Who is affected?
People who type in Traditional Chinese and use Changjie IME.

Quick fix:
Revert to the old version of Changjie IME in the settings. Go to Settings > Time & Language > Language & Region, click on Chinese (Traditional), then Language Options, select Microsoft Changjie, and toggle Use previous version ON.

Update Error 0x80070643 During Windows Recovery Update

What’s the error?
Installing the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) update, KB5057588, might pop up error 0x80070643.

Who is affected?
Some Windows 10 users and Windows Server 2022 users.

Does this harm your computer?
No. The error just means the update and another update were both trying to set up without a restart between them. Your recovery tools still work.

What should you do?
Restart your machine. The update should finish. You do not need to worry, as the error has no bad effect.

Emoji Panel Search Broken in Windows 10

What happened?
After the July update KB5062554, the search tool in the Emoji Panel (press Win + .) does not work.

What do you see?
You type a word to find an emoji, but you get “We couldn’t find this one,” no matter what you search.

Who is affected?
Windows 10 version 22H2 users.

Is there a solution?
Not yet, but Microsoft is fixing it. You can still pick emojis by scrolling through the panel.

Firewall Warning Events Keep Showing Up

What went wrong?
A bug causes the Windows Firewall to log warning messages in Event Viewer. These show as “Event 2042 – Config Read Failed.”

Does it hurt security?
No. The warnings are not real problems. They only show up because the system expects less information than it gets. The firewall itself keeps working as normal.

When did it start?
First seen after the optional June 2025 update for Windows 11, supposed to be fixed by July 2025’s KB5062553, but the bug continued to appear.

Microsoft’s advice:
Ignore these events for now. A true fix is planned soon.

Microsoft Defender Flags WinRing0 Driver as a Threat

What is this about?
Some programs (like monitoring or gaming apps) come with a driver called WinRing0. Its old versions have a serious flaw known as CVE-2020-14979, which lets attackers run harmful code.

What does Defender do?
Defender may alert you with a warning and quarantine (block) files using this driver.

Examples of affected programs:
EVGA Precision X1, HWiNFO, MSI Afterburner, FanCtrl, Open Hardware Monitor, Razer Synapse, SteelSeries Engine, and more.

What should you do?

If you trust the program, you can add an exclusion for the driver so Defender ignores it.

• Go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Windows Security, tap Virus & threat protection, choose Manage settings, and under Exclusions, add the file.
• Consider updating or replacing older tools that use WinRing0 with newer, safer ones if possible.

At-a-Glance Troubleshooting Tips

1. Check for updates again soon. Microsoft is working on solutions.
2. Use workarounds. For Changjie IME, switch to the older version. For the emoji panel, pick emojis by hand.
3. Restart after every update. This clears pending installations and avoids misleading errors.
4. Ignore harmless warnings. Event Viewer firewall logs and 0x80070643 errors won’t damage your system.
5. Stay aware of Defender alerts. Only allow flagged files if you’re certain about their safety.

Extra Suggestions

• Make frequent backups, especially before installing major updates.
• Confirm that vital programs still work after each patch.
• If you rely on special tools (like Changjie IME or hardware monitors), watch for new updates from both Microsoft and the tool maker.