Microsoft has blocked Windows 11 24H2 on PCs that are having issues with USB printers, scanners, and network devices like modems. The company has explained what’s going on.
Back in June 2024, when Windows 11 version 24H2 was released for Arm-only Copilot+ PCs, Microsoft had assured that printer support on Windows on Arm was going to be fine and dandy, especially for Mopria standard.
However, recently, Neowin noticed that the tech giant had acknowledged issues with printers on Windows on Arm, though there was no word about AMD or Intel PCs, even though various online user reports suggested that it was happening on x86 (AMD64) systems as well.
The problems may have had to do with eSCL, as Microsoft has finally confirmed today that the protocol is broken on Windows 11 24H2. As such, the feature update has been blocked on such systems.
