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
    2025-05-08T13:30:01+00:00

    [removed] I for one have tried 30 different walk threw and trouble shooters, i have confirmed all of my game files and Drivers are all up to date i have updated to the latest GPU NVidia driver and rolled it back, i have completely reinstalled windows and received all the updates, and reinstalled all the latest drivers available, i have run multiple tests on my system from Hevan Benchmark to Furmark (arguably on of the most stressful tests you can use) and everything runs smoothly. but the moment i login too any game BSOD this has been going on for months at this point and Microsoft as of 5/08/2025 still has not offered a Professional Resolution,

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-03-19T21:22:17+00:00

    still crashing with Diablo Immortal, I have version 26100.3476

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-02-05T23:00:20+00:00

    The newest ISO from Microsoft for Windows 11 is still on 23H2.

    Install it and update until 24h2 then pause or deactivate it to dodge 24h2. This should be better than dealing with a downgrade.

    Also for me this a statement from MS that 24H2 is goofed. Why wouldn't they include the big boy update in their newest iso ?

    I don't want any advice or a reply from some mod or employee from MS. I don't give a **** anymore because i tried everything possible anyway. The first reply in this thread is ridicoulous literally giving the advice to rollback. Fix your OS.

    How i fixed the problem myself.

    I installed Linux CachyOS. My system works like a charm since then. Worked out of the box, no driver needs to be installed. Way better frames and no crashes at all. Only game not working so far is Fortnite just because of their Anti-Cheat. So i kept a single poor NTFS partition with Win11 23h2 just for this game and that is also the reason i can post on this thread.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-01-21T02:45:33+00:00

    The reason why windows is adapted as the main os comes out of playing games. Take away the gaming experience that’s taking away the reason to use win11. It should be a top priority to fix this issue it has been many weeks. At least give us a patch so you can rollback this update.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-01-18T17:11:38+00:00

    I had the same problems, and have submitted a report to microsoft.

    How will we know if it is safe to install 24h2 again?

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