Now that the holiday season is over, Microsoft is finally fixing some long-standing bugs and issues. Yesterday, the company temporarily addressed a buggy SQL Server issue from November, and earlier today, the Redmond giant also announced that it fixed an issue related to package allocation (.ppkg files) that led to a buggy OOBE (out-of-the-box experience) in Windows 11 22H2. The fix was released with update KB5020044.

However, Microsoft has since discovered another issue related to provisioning, which leads to application installation failures. As a result, the company claims that increased permissions may be required. This indicates:

Using deployment packages in Windows 11, version 22H2 (also called Windows 11 2022 Update) may not install all expected apps. Affected apps require elevated privileges to install (they must be installed as an administrator) and may not have sufficient privileges during installation. Provisioning packages are PPKG files used to help configure new devices for use on business or school networks. For more information about allocating packages, see Allocating Packages for Windows. Note: Provisioning Windows devices using Windows Autopilot is not affected by this issue.

Microsoft says it’s working on a permanent fix and will release it in a future update. Meanwhile, it has Provided a workaround:

workaround: Any required apps that were not installed can be installed after the allocation is complete.

The company again reminded affected users to install update KB5020044. The update also fixed issues related to games.