- Windows 11 has a new optional update
- It solves a lot of bugs that have been annoying players
- One of the most annoying mistakes causes the screen to go black for up to a few seconds when playing games and it is now resolved
Windows 11’s latest patch makes some important improvements for PC players, including the resolution of a severely frustrating black screen glitch, and some useful changes are also delivered elsewhere.
This is the optional update for June (known as the KB5060829) and as Windows latest reports introduce the mentioned corrections for players as well as accelerate the performance of a joint task under Windows 11 – namely to designate files.
However, let’s look at these game -related solutions first, and the highlight here is that Microsoft has healed a problem where “unnecessary display reset” happened to some people.
This bug manifests itself as the screen that goes black for up to a few seconds of games, and also in daily use. As a Redditor puts it, “So this may be able to solve the problem where my screen just randomly flashes black for a few seconds while reviewing certain sites and playing games?”
It’s very hoped, and lots of other Windows 11 players sound in to say they are suffering in the hands of this error. There are a few reports from users who claim that the correction has actually worked, so it is a hopeful early sign. (Also remember that these fixes are gradually rolled out so that not everyone gets the cure right away.)
Microsoft also lets us know that there is an additional solution for a problem whereby when graphics settings change in a game (or some apps), any conflicting screen that occurs must be reduced.
Another resolution used in the ‘Graphics’ category for this optional update is the fix to some screens that go “Unexpected Green” that I guess is a reference to green screen accident, rather than a visual corruption, though it could be the latter, and Microsoft does not clarify this. Either way, it would be an annoying problem to meet and it has to be overcome now.
As already mentioned, there is also remarkable here better performance when selecting files that are compressed in 7z (7-ZIP) or RAR formats naturally supported in File Explorer with Windows 11. Speed boost is most remarkable in cases where a large number of files are compressed and they need to extract more quickly.
Other Nifty Moves with this preview update include the taskbar automatic change of size to fit into multiple apps when it gets crowded, and interestingly we also get our first glimpse of the new PC-to-PC migration experience. The latter is found in the Windows Backup app, and it has been in testing earlier that offers an easy way to switch to a new PC.
This is just the initial roll-out, remember you, and the PC-to-PC migration feature is not fully activated yet. For starters, we just get the landing page as a “first look at what’s coming” and Microsoft notes that “Support to this feature during the PC setup arrives at a future update.”
In the short term, however, this will be more of a key feature for Windows 10 PCS, and Microsoft will want to push it through to these devices with the end-to-supporting time of the operating system that is threateningly large. (Microsoft is very eager to make these people upgrade to a new Windows 11 PC, which has caused a great deal of controversy in recent times).
Finally, another useful touch for players with this patch is a solution for some apps that freeze up when you all run out of the game running in full screen. A note of caution here: Windows latest explains that a few people testing this patch have experienced others weird when all -tabbing out of play – like the mouse pointer hanging – but at this point these are just scattered reports. I wouldn’t read a lot into them yet.
Analysis: Take a chance, or wait it out?
Of course, this is a preview update, and as such, mistakes can be expected – as the potential fresh problems with all -loss – are expected. Microsoft is still testing this patch prior to release next month, which is why it is optional.
Because of this, I usually advise Windows 11 users to ignore these patches, especially since there is not long to wait until the full update is deployed and any errors at the last minute will (hopefully) be eliminated. In fact, this time, the wait is especially short, and the full update to Windows 11 in July arrives in just over a week.
Still, if a given problem really drives you bananas, you can take your chances with the optional update right now (and hope you are lucky with regard to the roll -out time frame). And after feedback on Reddit, many people really suffer in the hands of the mistake that causes the screen to go black for a moment or three. Of course, if this happens at a crucial time of a game, it can be seriously frustrating.
In fact, lots of Redditors say that this error has made them wonder what on earth is going wrong with their PC, and that suspects a mistake with the GPU driver (which, given Nvidia’s current evil during these lines, is an obvious conclusion to reach). At least we now know that the problem is with Windows 11 and the fingers crossed that this patch (and by extension of the July release) fully solves these temporary dropouts of black screen.
