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Microsoft confirms latest Windows 11 update is crashing games and rebooting PCs

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Facepalm: The latest Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11 started rolling out last week, bringing multiple new features, improvements, and bug fixes. However, following several complaints from disgruntled users, Microsoft has now acknowledged that the update may be causing some games to crash on affected devices.

The KB5121003 update was released on August 11 for Windows 11 builds 26200.9168 and 26100.9168. According to some users who installed the update, it contains a bug that is causing games to crash and display the EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION error. In some cases, the PC automatically reboots after the crash.

After Redditor MyCatsNameIsKlaus reported the issue last week, several others confirmed that they were also experiencing crashes, error messages, and random reboots after installing the update. Redditor Thin_Twist7030 even postedevent logs, WER reports, and a kernel dump analysis...

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