This worked for me on 24H Windows 11 machine, it's not foolproof but it works for about 80% of my game time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGUmRkryZNs
It's removal of the security update KB5048667
24H2 crashing games - working on a fix?
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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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2025-01-05T15:53:23+00:00 Still dealing with these issues no fix has been released yet and MICROSOFT keeps reminding us that we NEED to update to win11. This wouldnt be so bad if it was an actual stable good OS.
Our "wonderful" government steps in all the time when corporations overstep ie monopolies and buy outs. Yet they are allowing Microsoft to tell the whole world you must upgrade to garbage.
Why are Win11 installs dropping and Win10 increasing again, cause of these garbage updates that no one wants or needs. I "LOVE" having to go thru and disable nonsense after every update that i don't get a choice of enabling or not.
OK rant over, MICROSOFT FIX YOUR SELF and AI is not the answer.
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Anonymous
2025-01-05T12:53:19+00:00 This video helped me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGUmRkryZNs
It was a security update that caused the issues for me:
Battlefield 2024 - crashed after a few seconds (does not anymore)
Horizon Forbidden West - crashed after a few seconds (does not anymore)
- I have not tested other games
At this point I have suspended Windows updates for 5 weeks and toggled off 'Get the latest updates as soon as they're available' and 'Get me up to date'
Hope this helps some of you.
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Anonymous
2025-01-04T16:12:24+00:00 In like 30 years we're going to learn that this was the CIA cyber attacking Russia or China or something else equally stupid.
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Anonymous
2025-01-03T03:13:39+00:00 I recently read that 25H1 should be out mid January. Hopefully that fixes the crashing and other issues 24H2 is having.