Microsoft has acknowledged that an issue affecting the DHCP server service has emerged following the June 2025 update for various Windows Server versions. Specifically, the problem impacts Windows Server 2025, 2022, 2019, and 2016 updates (KB5060842, KB5060526, KB5060531, and KB5061010). Users have reported that after installation, the DHCP server experiences connectivity issues that can result in a failure within 20-50 seconds of the server booting up.
Affected users have shared their frustrations in forums, highlighting the challenges this issue poses for networked devices that rely on DHCP to obtain IP addresses for internet and system access. One server administrator noted that their DHCP clients were losing their leases, prompting them to preemptively decline the troublesome updates on their domain controllers.
Microsoft has responded, confirming that they are investigating the matter and that it may cause intermittent service interruption or client IP renewal problems. The company plans to issue a standalone fix for affected server versions through its Update Catalog in the near future. In the meantime, users facing DHCP problems may need to uninstall the recent updates to restore DHCP functionality, albeit at the cost of compromising security against potential vulnerabilities.
In addition to the DHCP problems, Microsoft is also addressing a separate issue where CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) text fails to render correctly at certain DPI settings, which appears to have been influenced by recent Chromium updates.
For those experiencing DHCP functionality issues, the resolution involves removing the specific KB update that caused the disruption. Users can do this by navigating to the Windows Update settings, locating the appropriate KB number, and uninstalling it.
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