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Microsoft has an image problem with November's Windows security update
The Register · By Richard Speed ·
The Brief
- Microsoft's November Windows security update reportedly causes some documents containing certain images to fail to print.
- The issue affects images rendered with a height or width of zero.
- The report comes from The Register, dated 2026-11-12.
Why it matters
Developers and IT teams whose Windows systems or applications generate printed output may find documents with zero-dimension images failing to print after applying the update.
Who’s affected
- Windows users and IT administrators who installed the November 2026 security update
- Developers whose applications print documents containing images
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Printing with Windows has always been something of a choose-your-own-adventure, and November's security update has added another unwelcome plot twist: documents containing certain images might not print. The issue affects images rendered with a height or width of zero at the…