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Microsoft Issues Windows 10 Upgrade Warning
Source: Forbes
Mar 9, 2019, 07:40pm
Microsoft Issues Windows 10 Upgrade Warning
Gordon Kelly
Senior Contributor
Consumer Tech
I write about technology's biggest companies
We all know all about Windows 10’s most controversial feature, and Microsoft MSFT +0.11% has now confirmed it has struck again…
Picked up by the ever-excellent AskWoody, the latest update for Windows 10 (patch KB4482887) has crippled gaming performance on the platform across both Nvidia and AMD GPUs. Microsoft has now confirmed the problem and issued an official warning about the update.
“After installing KB4482887, users may notice graphics and mouse performance degradation with desktop gaming when playing certain games (eg: Destiny 2),” explained Microsoft, with the company saying it is working on a fix.
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Which brings us back to Windows 10’s worst feature, as Leonhard nicely summarises: “Moral of the story: Don’t go clicking Check for updates! That’s the only way you’re gonna get this “optional non-security” cumulative update.
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Microsoft Issues Windows 10 Upgrade Warning
Gordon Kelly
Senior Contributor
Consumer Tech
I write about technology's biggest companies
We all know all about Windows 10’s most controversial feature, and Microsoft MSFT +0.11% has now confirmed it has struck again…
Picked up by the ever-excellent AskWoody, the latest update for Windows 10 (patch KB4482887) has crippled gaming performance on the platform across both Nvidia and AMD GPUs. Microsoft has now confirmed the problem and issued an official warning about the update.
“After installing KB4482887, users may notice graphics and mouse performance degradation with desktop gaming when playing certain games (eg: Destiny 2),” explained Microsoft, with the company saying it is working on a fix.
-snip-
Which brings us back to Windows 10’s worst feature, as Leonhard nicely summarises: “Moral of the story: Don’t go clicking Check for updates! That’s the only way you’re gonna get this “optional non-security” cumulative update.
-snip-
Read more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2019/03/09/microsoft-windows-10-upgrade-problem-price-cost-update/