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[ronvessGL76]

@ TS35: you need to do a fresh ISO install of Windows. It happens way too often, updates just fail when Windows puts/installs them on top of other updates.
24H2 latest update 12/24 has all kinds of problems. Meter your internet to help with updates. That along with "Denying Windows/System/Trusted Installer" in the Registry permissions page on changing the Registry hack works for me. I wait for the issues to surface & then make a choice on what to update. One has 21H2 the other has 22H2, the only security issues they have is, none.
Registry hack:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU]
"AUOptions"=dword:00000002
"NoAutoUpdate"=dword:00000001
"NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers"=dword:00000001
Important if you don't deny System/Trusted Installer in that Registry permissions page, Windows update will change these values, in a heart beat.
The only times they both have any problems has to do with Windows update. Windows, we are all just their beta testers.
Your only other option is if you have a System Restore point that was right before this latest update was installed.
Yes, using System Restore has worked for me in situations like this.
But if you never set up System Restore.....you have no options. Trying to uninstall a Windows update like this, especially a version update, not gonna happen.

 

[Deleted member 976596]

24H2 latest update 12/24

You mean every month. If i read all the stuff from below, you as user are beta testers in my eyes. I am not sure what morons work at Microsoft, but this is just terrible. The updates get pushed, even if they know it will break things.

Windows 11 December 2024 update issues break Start menu and more

Windows 11 December 2024 Update causes the Start menu to stop responding, and there are isolated reports of BSODs.

www.windowslatest.com

Microsoft confirms Windows 11 24H2 issue is breaking games, pauses update for more PCs

Windows 11 24H2 has a bug that could ruin your games. It could make games color appear incorrect. It's also crashing games.

www.windowslatest.com

Microsoft confirms Outlook 0x80049dd3 sign-in error, access denied on Windows bug

It's not just you: Outlook desktop app for Windows 11 and Windows 10 is broken with error 0x80049dd3, making the app useless.

www.windowslatest.com

Windows 11 KB5048667 install fails, performance, gaming issues. Windows 11 24H2 affected

Windows 11 KB5048667 is turning out to be a disaster for some people, and we can confirm that there's an issue.

www.windowslatest.com

Microsoft confirms Windows 11 24H2 now rolling out to more PCs despite major issues

Microsoft quietly confirmed that the Windows 11 2024 Update (24H2) entered the "next stage of rollout" on December 4.

www.windowslatest.com

Microsoft admits Windows 11 24H2 is causing gaming issues, breaks USB connections

Windows 11 24H2 disrupts Ubisoft games, players encounter freeze and crashes and must wait for an official bug fix.

www.windowslatest.com

Microsoft confirms Windows 11 24H2 trashes game audio, breaks date & time setting

Windows 11 24H2 update is causing issues with date and time settings, specifically the time zone feature. It also breaks audio USB.

www.windowslatest.com

Windows 11 24H2 KB5046617 is causing new issues, including installation errors

Windows 11 24H2 is supposed to get better with the new cumulative updates, but that’s not the case. Many users have flagged that Windows 11 KB5046617 (24H2) fails to install due to 0x80070003, 0x800f0922 and 0x800f0991. However, even if you manage to install the November 2024 Patch Tuesday...

www.windowslatest.com

Windows 11 23H2 bug causes "end of service", "get the newer version of Windows" alerts

Windows 11 KB5046633 (23H2) has a known issue that incorrectly warns users, "Your version of Windows has reached the end of service."

www.windowslatest.com

I can go on, windowslatest is full of stuff like this.

 

[Deleted member 976596]

Recommended/Certified New Feature Branch

550.142 565.77

* The bold marked driver names are the ones that got updated compared to my previous all-in-one post.
** Other drivers are build into linux/kernel. The nvidia drivers will be shipped by your distro supplier but most of them don't update at release. If you want to update you can do this manually. Don't ask for tutorials, do some homework!.

	Intel® Wireless Bluetooth	23.100.1
	Intel® Management Engine Interface #1 Intel® Management Engine WMI Provider Intel® iCLS Client	2433.6.3.0 2428.6.4.0 1.74.210.0
	Intel® Serial IO	30.100.2417.30
	Intel® Wireless Wi-Fi	23.100.0
	Realtek LAN (Win11 Auto Installation Program (NetAdapterCx))	1124.021, 1125.021, 1126.021, 1166.021, 1168.021 (2024/12/24)
	Intel® Rapid Storage Technology F6	19.5.7.1058
	Intel® MVA Intel® Smart Sound Technology Nahimic Realtek Audio	1.0.3428.0 10.29.0.11516 4.12.4.0 (EXTv1.5.60.0) 6.0.9768.1
	NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready NVIDIA App Intel® Graphics	566.36 11.0.1.189 101.6332_101.6253
	Intel® HID Event Filter Intel® Gaussian and Neural Accelerator Intel® Chipset INF Utility	2.2.2.11 3.5.0.1578 10.1.19913.8607
	Intel® Dynamic Tuning Technology Intel® Innovation Platform Framework + Extensible Framework	9.0.11902.51483 2.2.10203.4

* The bold marked driver names are the ones that got updated compared to my previous all-in-one post.
** I would recommend the program wushowhide to disable auto update on the intel graphics driver and i highly recommend O&O ShutUp10++ to disable all the spyware/telemetry Microsoft added in Windows 10/11.

 

[drek4]

You mean every month. If i read all the stuff from below, you as user are beta testers in my eyes. I am not sure what morons work at Microsoft, but this is just terrible. The updates get pushed, even if they know it will break things.

Windows 11 December 2024 update issues break Start menu and more

Windows 11 December 2024 Update causes the Start menu to stop responding, and there are isolated reports of BSODs.

www.windowslatest.com

Microsoft confirms Windows 11 24H2 issue is breaking games, pauses update for more PCs

Windows 11 24H2 has a bug that could ruin your games. It could make games color appear incorrect. It's also crashing games.

www.windowslatest.com

Microsoft confirms Outlook 0x80049dd3 sign-in error, access denied on Windows bug

It's not just you: Outlook desktop app for Windows 11 and Windows 10 is broken with error 0x80049dd3, making the app useless.

www.windowslatest.com

Windows 11 KB5048667 install fails, performance, gaming issues. Windows 11 24H2 affected

Windows 11 KB5048667 is turning out to be a disaster for some people, and we can confirm that there's an issue.

www.windowslatest.com

Microsoft confirms Windows 11 24H2 now rolling out to more PCs despite major issues

Microsoft quietly confirmed that the Windows 11 2024 Update (24H2) entered the "next stage of rollout" on December 4.

www.windowslatest.com

Microsoft admits Windows 11 24H2 is causing gaming issues, breaks USB connections

Windows 11 24H2 disrupts Ubisoft games, players encounter freeze and crashes and must wait for an official bug fix.

www.windowslatest.com

Microsoft confirms Windows 11 24H2 trashes game audio, breaks date & time setting

Windows 11 24H2 update is causing issues with date and time settings, specifically the time zone feature. It also breaks audio USB.

www.windowslatest.com

Windows 11 24H2 KB5046617 is causing new issues, including installation errors

Windows 11 24H2 is supposed to get better with the new cumulative updates, but that’s not the case. Many users have flagged that Windows 11 KB5046617 (24H2) fails to install due to 0x80070003, 0x800f0922 and 0x800f0991. However, even if you manage to install the November 2024 Patch Tuesday...

www.windowslatest.com

Windows 11 23H2 bug causes "end of service", "get the newer version of Windows" alerts

Windows 11 KB5046633 (23H2) has a known issue that incorrectly warns users, "Your version of Windows has reached the end of service."

www.windowslatest.com

I can go on, windowslatest is full of stuff like this.

Yes 2024 is not a good year for Nvidia, Intel and Microsoft users, they just shoved us crap down our throats, without a care in the world!
I'm holding off updating to 24H2 and will be trying out next week Pop!_OS on my GS65.

 

[Deleted member 976596]

I'm holding off updating to 24H2 and will be trying out next week Pop!_OS on my GS65

I wonder if you will like it or not and if you find it hard to setup a game and other stuff. Please let us know.

 

[drek4]

I wonder if you will like it or not and if you find it hard to setup a game and other stuff. Please let us know.

Well if it works straight out of the box, with most games and programs, then I will surely like, but if I end up constantly troubleshooting everything,
then that might be a deal breaker.

 

[Deleted member 976596]

Well if it works straight out of the box, with most games and programs, then I will surely like, but if I end up constantly troubleshooting everything,
then that might be a deal breaker.

Ha! That won’t happen. I didn’t had for once needed troubleshooting.

In steam you just install the game you want, you don’t need to forget to select a proton version when it is ready after the install. That whas my mistake back in 2021 . Games didn’t launch and i did not understand why back in that time .

I still don’t regret leaving windows, i don’t even miss it.

 

[drek4]

Ha! That won’t happen. I didn’t had for once needed troubleshooting.

In steam you just install the game you want, you don’t need to forget to select a proton version when it is ready after the install. That whas my mistake back in 2021 . Games didn’t launch and i did not understand why back in that time .

I still don’t regret leaving windows, i don’t even miss it.

Thanks for the heads up and the pep talk
I will keep that in mind, don't need to select a proton version.

I hope my experience will be as smooth as yours, Microsoft is getting more and more tedious.

 

[Deleted member 976596]

I will keep that in mind, I need to select a proton version.

Fixed!

I hope my experience will be as smooth as yours, Microsoft is getting more and more tedious.

I hope too

 

[Deleted member 976596]

@drek4: Here a video to show you 2 ways how to do it on steam. If you have a cd/dvd disc or gog games / epic games / ea app account, you can use lutris for that (i use the EA App within steam because lutris has alot of issues with it lately).

Reason i did not fire up the game is because this laptop is so old, it won't launch directx11 games haha.

 

[drek4]

@drek4: Here a video to show you 2 ways how to do it on steam. If you have a cd/dvd disc or gog games / epic games / ea app account, you can use lutris for that (i use the EA App within steam because lutris has alot of issues with it lately).

Not surprised that EA has issues with Lutris, not the best optimized client out there.
Again, thanks for the information and the link for the video!

Reason i did not fire up the game is because this laptop is so old, it won't launch directx11 games haha.

Now that's really old, you need the GTX 460 or above to use DirectX 11, released in 2010

 

[drek4]

Fixed!

Duly noted!

I hope too

Thank you!

 

[Deleted member 976596]

Now that's really old, you need the GTX 460 or above to use DirectX 11, released in 2010

This older notebook has a ATI Radeon 7500m / 7600m card. I know the issue, i booted up steam with the integrated videocard. For some reason it has issues booting up steam using the dGPU. Tried 2 different operating systems, Zorin OS and Pop! OS 24.04 (Alpha) and will not be able to boot from dGPU. It's booted in the taskbar but i cannot see any interface.

Edit: I installed the steam version from the steam website, according to the net your better off using the steam version from the store provided by your distro supplier. As i don't have 1 single issue with the gaming notebooks Acer Predator G9-793-71SJ and MSI Crosshair 15 B12UGSZ i will try this solution on the 12 year older notebook. I doubt it will fixed, well see.

 

[drek4]

This older notebook has a ATI Radeon 7500m / 7600m card. I know the issue, i booted up steam with the integrated videocard. For some reason it has issues booting up steam using the dGPU. Tried 2 different operating systems, Zorin OS nd so does Pop! OS will not be able to boot from dGPU. It's booted in the taskbar but i cannot see any interface. Might try something else....

Did you already tried installing this driver?

https://www.amd.com/en/support/downloads/drivers.html/graphics/radeon-hd/radeon-hd-7000m-series/amd-radeon-hd-7690m.html

 

[Deleted member 976596]

Zorin OS 17.2 and Pop! OS 24.04 uses Wayland instead of X11. The drivers from the site won’t work on Wayland because they are designed for X11 (+ designed for a older kernel version from 5 years ago). I need to rely on the driver provided by the distro/kernel which are working fine in this older unit.

Steam does boot on dGPU now so that is fixed. Installed Half-Life and it is running just fine on this older notebook.

The game that refused to launch does work fine on the MSI notebook by the way, because i reviewed it a few months ago on protondb.

 

[Deleted member 976596]

Recommended/Certified New Feature Branch

550.142 565.77

* The bold marked driver names are the ones that got updated compared to my previous all-in-one post.
** Other drivers are build into linux/kernel. The nvidia drivers will be shipped by your distro supplier but most of them don't update at release. If you want to update you can do this manually. Don't ask for tutorials, do some homework!.

	Intel® Wireless Bluetooth	23.100.1
	Intel® Management Engine Interface #1 Intel® Management Engine WMI Provider Intel® iCLS Client	2433.6.3.0 2428.6.4.0 1.74.210.0
	Intel® Serial IO	30.100.2417.30
	Intel® Wireless Wi-Fi	23.100.0
	Realtek LAN (Win11 Auto Installation Program (NetAdapterCx))	1124.021, 1125.021, 1126.021, 1166.021, 1168.021 (2024/12/24)
	Intel® Rapid Storage Technology F6	19.5.7.1058
	Intel® MVA Intel® Smart Sound Technology Nahimic Realtek Audio	1.0.3428.0 10.29.0.11516 4.12.4.0 (EXTv1.5.60.0) 6.0.9768.1
	NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready NVIDIA App Intel® Graphics	566.36 11.0.1.189 6449_101.6256
	Intel® HID Event Filter Intel® Gaussian and Neural Accelerator Intel® Chipset INF Utility	2.2.2.11 3.5.0.1578 10.1.19913.8607
	Intel® Dynamic Tuning Technology Intel® Innovation Platform Framework + Extensible Framework	9.0.11902.51483 2.2.10203.4

* The bold marked driver names are the ones that got updated compared to my previous all-in-one post.
** I would recommend the program wushowhide to disable auto update on the intel graphics driver and i highly recommend O&O ShutUp10++ to disable all the spyware/telemetry Microsoft added in Windows 10/11.

 

[ronvessGL76]

The bottom just drop out here where I live. Cold & colder in the forcast. It's taking longer for me to get my new laptop to "Game On".
A new M1 tank laptop case & backpack was needed. Done.
I'm still gonna repaste my GL76 CPU/GPU to see if that will help.
After market board cooling fans would be a plus ! Stock ones run at 5000 rpms, I need more. 8/10,000 ones now we're talking. So far nothing, only stock rpms replacements. Noise, please.
Noise canceling headphones say, what fan noise.
So PC Gamer claimed the new MSI AMD 4090 I purchased sounds like a jet engine. God if that was only true. Sounds more like a heavy purring kitty. Headphones & AMD noise canceling says otherwise.
Well one thing I found out is it does run cooler than an Intel 14 Gen laptop top dog processor.
I also removed all the all the Realtek extensions, "360" extensions. Rapr.exe couldn't remove 3. Those will be the 3 I update.
I couldn't even see the whole list, just pushed the enter button & restarted. Crossed fingers, audio still worked. 1 gig of useless Realtek audio extensions gone, tanks, Rapr.exe!
Back in Oct I started purchasing SSD's. I didn't think at that time I would be purchasing a new Raider until the election happened.
Never underestimate the power of a derp in a high position, aka "Tariffs".
I didn't. I truly hope he proves me wrong. Though I doubt it.
Yes, MichelN86 I going to Pop OS on this one! Windows goodbye to your OS bloatware. Thanks for updates in the meantime!

 

[Deleted member 976596]

Yes, MichelN86 I going to Pop OS on this one! Windows goodbye to your OS bloatware.

You might also want to check Zorin OS 17.x, back in 2021 i used Zorin OS 16 and i whas very pleased with it. It has many layouts to give you a easy transition. But the choice is yours of course

 

[TS35]

The bottom just drop out here where I live. Cold & colder in the forcast. It's taking longer for me to get my new laptop to "Game On".
A new M1 tank laptop case & backpack was needed. Done.
I'm still gonna repaste my GL76 CPU/GPU to see if that will help.
After market board cooling fans would be a plus ! Stock ones run at 5000 rpms, I need more. 8/10,000 ones now we're talking. So far nothing, only stock rpms replacements. Noise, please.
Noise canceling headphones say, what fan noise.
So PC Gamer claimed the new MSI AMD 4090 I purchased sounds like a jet engine. God if that was only true. Sounds more like a heavy purring kitty. Headphones & AMD noise canceling says otherwise.
Well one thing I found out is it does run cooler than an Intel 14 Gen laptop top dog processor.
I also removed all the all the Realtek extensions, "360" extensions. Rapr.exe couldn't remove 3. Those will be the 3 I update.
I couldn't even see the whole list, just pushed the enter button & restarted. Crossed fingers, audio still worked. 1 gig of useless Realtek audio extensions gone, tanks, Rapr.exe!
Back in Oct I started purchasing SSD's. I didn't think at that time I would be purchasing a new Raider until the election happened.
Never underestimate the power of a derp in a high position, aka "Tariffs".
I didn't. I truly hope he proves me wrong. Though I doubt it.
Yes, MichelN86 I going to Pop OS on this one! Windows goodbye to your OS bloatware. Thanks for updates in the meantime!

You could try getting one of these incredible cooling pads. I bought one last year and it's been a gamechanger. I know cooling pads usually get a bad rep, but these new ones that have entered the market which work directly hooked up to AC 12V power are on another totally different level.

 

[Deleted member 976596]

You could try getting one of these incredible cooling pads. I bought one last year and it's been a gamechanger. I know cooling pads usually get a bad rep, but these new ones that have entered the market which work directly hooked up to AC 12V power are on another totally different level.

Do you enable coolerboost with this ?