24H2 crashing games - working on a fix?

Anonymous
2024-12-24T02:49:25+00:00

It seems to be a known issue but seeing as there are no fixes yet, maybe you need more people to bring up the problem.

Ever since the 24H2 update, games have been freezing up the entire computer, forcing a hard-reboot with no other solutions.

And yes, I've tried re-installing/updating graphics driver, and pretty much every solution offered so far with no avail (some mention turning off Auto-HDR, some mention disabling multi-threading options in-game, etc.).

The only solution on specific game, POE2, that has worked is playing it on DirectX11 instead of DirectX12.

Apparently the issue is easily resolved by rolling back to 23H2, but instead of the users having to resort to finding a way to downgrade their updates, is there a fix coming from Windows any time soon?

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-02-09T17:51:18+00:00

    Great news, everyone! I found a temporary solution to these issues, and it worked for me. Please check out the videos below, as following the steps helped resolve the problem: (Please follow the steps mentioned in the youtube videos mentioned below).
    Also In my opinion, another potential fix is to boot into Safe Mode, uninstall all NVIDIA updates, and then restart your PC. After that, avoid reinstalling any NVIDIA drivers. This method worked for me, and I've been able to play games like Valorant, PUBG PC, CS:GO, and Death Stranding with only minor fluctuations, but no BSODs or crashes. Hopefully, this works for you too!

    This is just a temporary fix, though, and I really hope Windows addresses these issues with a more permanent update soon.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-01-26T02:42:52+00:00

    i just used windows media creation tool and then manually updated windows 10 home version with security updates and a few feature updates but steer clear of 23h2 as well as 24h2 someone was talking about how Microsoft made an update on 24h2 and rolled that update back to 23h2 something to do with cpu scheduling

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-01-26T02:37:52+00:00

    I went back to windows 10 and it solved my issues and dont plan on upgrading until 11 is stable again hell i get better performance on 10 than 11 did even before the 24h2 update ill probably check some new oss' out since theyre starting to accommadate gaming

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-01-25T15:22:40+00:00

    Folks should not assume their hardware is wrong, but all windows wrong. I migrated to Windows 11 Pro as windows 10 was freezing or crashing. Corrupted the OS and files. Ironically one issue turned out for the BSOD, to be faulty GSkill ram, 3 of 4 8gb sticks were bad with minimal use, (clonzilla ripped them apart) with zero gaming use (had a 3 year family related pause). New viper sticks. 4x16, no more blue screen. But windows 10Pro was still freezing in standby, or sleep mode, office docs would save and auto recover etc. Dec 2024, enter windows 11 pro 24h2, zero os crashes, nice fluid, darn taskbar cannot be moved. Installs Steam, 32 bit games, and crashes begin- even , MSCONFIG / control alt delete would show but I could not click. All I could do is log out our restart ending the frozen game screen. I knew right away it is windows and others here said so and I started with a good clean install. Then days ago I install windows 10 Pro 23h something, and no crashes. Games or in OS. Also the previous OS stability issues (the ones that forced me to windows 11) are gone, which tells us how bad things are for windows. OS versions, layered and updating on top of each other, can corrupt the OS leading to unresolvable stability issues. windows 11 pro is more stable but not suitable for gaming esp 24h2. A clean windows 10 Pro installation is super stable. Games only freeze if I take a shortcut to go to desktop but NOT if I click “go to main menu” “exit campaign” then “exit to windows” then steam stops the game. That never fails. But clearly no one knows how long a new ps installation is stable. Why? Well, ask Microsoft. This never happens to me on any mac os version. What is strange is that for 3 years I used my fast computer as word or outlook productivity; no games nothing fancy, and the OS deteriorated with windows updates.. faulty ram aside, the windows internal freezes, where one by one gui features freeze, were OS specific.

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