Final week, Microsoft launched the KB5041585 cumulative replace for Home windows that packed collectively a bunch of enhancements and safety patches together with fixing the BitLocker BSOD concern.
However in what seems to be a development this yr, this Home windows replace comes with some severe uncomfortable side effects.
Based on IT weblog Borncity (German), patch KB5041585 may cause Home windows 11 PCs to crawl to a halt as a consequence of skyrocketing CPU utilization. And in response to Home windows Newest, the patch may even fail to put in altogether on some PCs. Complaints from affected customers will be discovered throughout social media, reminiscent of on this Reddit thread.
Home windows Newest quotes a number of affected customers, together with this one:
“This downside began as quickly because the updates put in this morning. Any barely heavy purposes, reminiscent of Adobe Photoshop or Audition, or video games like Diablo and World of Warcraft maintain crashing, and that is the one change this PC has skilled since final month’s updates. Dialog field says ‘XXX program is utilizing an excessive amount of reminiscence and should shut down’ although Job Supervisor says I’m solely utilizing 18% and there’s over 900GB free house on the drive. This has by no means been an issue till right now.”
Home windows Newest continues: “KB5041585 has additionally led to excessive CPU utilization, with some customers reporting that their CPU is continually at 100%, inflicting every thing to run slowly and resulting in frequent timeouts.”
What to do in case you’re affected
As of proper now, the one assured option to resolve these points is by going to Settings > Home windows Replace > Replace historical past, then scroll all the way in which down and choose Uninstall updates, then click on Uninstall subsequent to the merchandise itemizing for the KB5041585 replace.
A phrase of warning: As a result of this cumulative replace patches a number of safety vulnerabilities, uninstalling the replace is not really helpful.
Alternatively, you may discover some reduction by disabling Management Circulate Guard. You are able to do this by launching Home windows Safety, deciding on App & browser management within the left navigation, scrolling all the way down to Exploit safety, clicking on Exploit safety settings, after which altering the Management movement guard (CFG) setting to Off by default.
One other phrase of warning: Management Circulate Guard is a crucial Home windows safety characteristic that protects you towards reminiscence corruption exploits. If you find yourself disabling this, ensure you re-enable it when a correct repair is launched. In any other case, you permit your self weak to malicious assaults.
Microsoft is rumored to concentrate on the issue and dealing on an answer. Nevertheless, the official assist web page for this patch nonetheless states “Microsoft will not be presently conscious of any points with this replace.”
Additionally on this patch: Home windows replace breaks Linux dual-boot setups
This text initially appeared on our sister publication PC-WELT and was translated and localized from German.
