Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 preview, KB5043145, is causing significant problems for users. The update, released last week as a preview for the upcoming October Patch Tuesday, has led to numerous stability issues and complaints.

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    3 months ago

    This is so fucking annoying.

    All week we’ve had issues with users using Outlook only to discover today that it’s due to a faulty update on Microsoft’s part and they haven’t released a fix for it so we need to revert.

    I’m getting realllllllly tired of having to fix Microsoft’s mistakes and be their beta testers while we pay for that privilege. And this is all with them offering a program for users to be actual beta testers. Their stable channel is riddled with bugs too.

    People need to quit putting up with this.

    I’m personally moving away from it and wish my job would follow suit instead of rewarding them with more business.

    • 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Im not a Microsoft fan either, but this is a completely optional preview update. The reason they send these out before officially releasing it is to find these exact issues.

    • trolololol@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Mate I’m hearing this for decades now. It has improved though, open source is apparently not a cancer anymore

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    3 months ago

    Weird, I haven’t been experiencing any of this. Am I still at risk of running into this issue if I haven’t seen it so far? I don’t use this shit-ass OS, if that helps.

  • BrikoX@lemmy.zipOPM
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    3 months ago

    Can anyone remember a Microsoft update in the last few years that wasn’t causing crashes and failures?

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      3 months ago

      Only way I could get a bunch of drivers for my new laptop. Had no Webcam, no sound and only limited TouchPad functionality until I installed a preview version

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              3 months ago

              They did, but they didn’t work until I installed the preview version. I mentioned in a different comment: I got the laptop with latest Ryzen 735 and I think this hardware may be really new so Windows was still catching up.

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                  3 months ago

                  That was actually first thing I did, but resolution scaling is still pretty much broken at least on Plasma and I’m too old to switch DEs. Plus, I had very unreliable connection via my TB docking station that I’ve never experienced with my previous Dell laptop.

                  I’ll eventually switch back anyway. I’ve been daily driving OpenSuse for over a decade, but I figured I’ll give windows a chance for now. With WSL, it honestly feels like a polished DE more than a completely different OS.

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          3 months ago

          I did, they didn’t work until I installed the preview version. I think this hardware is too new. I have the Asus ProArt 16 with Ryzen 9 HX 735

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            3 months ago

            Ohhh, yeah I suppose if it’s brand spanking new it might be designed for a certain minimum version. Not common but possible.

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    3 months ago

    So all of the computers at my work, which were switched from W10 to W11 within the last month, might crash on Tuesday? Sick.