ryans I think when using the Intel arc GPU it gives that option to disable

    ryans

    ryans Using basic display adapter disables all color management anyway, you can tell because if you try to enter color calibration the sliders will do nothing. So that's why the ACM toggle doesn't show up for you

        a month later

        Well, Windows 10 21H2 which has been working fine for me, will be EOL'd by June and corp IT will force me to Windows 10 22H2 in a few weeks. 🙁

          ryans Windows 10 21H2 which has been working fine for me

          could you specify your build number typing winver in searchbar?

            ryans Win 10 21H2 OS Build 19044.4170

            and your laptop is Intel UHD 620 graphic, iGPU only?

                Does that mean your place is on the current GAC channel expiring in 2025, as opposed to the LTSC 21H2 channel expiring in 2027?

                You can't do anything about IT, but it's puzzling because it implies they plan to move to 11 in 2025 as opposed to staying on 10 till 2027.

                  12 days later

                  autobot

                  Microsoft Engineers told me directly it is not possible to downgrade Windows 10 or 11 to DirectX 11.

                    Sunspark You can't do anything about IT, but it's puzzling because it implies they plan to move to 11 in 2025 as opposed to staying on 10 till 2027.

                    Microsoft always pushed faster adoptions then needed by charging more money for extended support for older OS's to entice orgs to move. Windows 10 will remain in support for over year and a half, but my org is moving to Windows 11 by Jan 2025 at the latest, and any new PC build is Windows 11.

                    The ACM thing does not surprise me, ad I have long thought that color was a primary culprit of our condition

                      a month later

                      Anyone having new issues recently from May Windows 10 updates? I have a trusty old Lenovo T450 that I've been able to use for years without any eye issues (with two ancient HP EliteDisplay 221's on my desktop). Sometime in the last week or two I started having really bad eyestrain, burning eyes, etc. (different feeling than I get with new monitors, OLED screens, etc. that seems almost more neurological.) This is pure eyestrain.

                      Looking at my system it looks like these two updates were installed at around that time.

                      KB5037768 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64 based Systems

                      KB5038285 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.8 and 4.8.1 for Windows 10 Version 22H2

                      Has anyone else had issues with these or have any idea what could have changed? I've followed along with these Windows update threads over the years and have dreaded this ever happening to me. I didn't have any issues with the 22H2 or 21H2 updates so had hoped I was in the clear.

                      I've uninstalled these two updates and will see if it helps at all (eyes are too exhausted to really tell immediately)

                      20 days later

                      Oshim Hello, please could you share all methods you use to disable windows udpates that work for you 100%?

                      I use these two methods but it is not enough to stop some updates:

                      Method 1:

                      Edit group policy/Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Windows Components/Windows Update:

                      - Configure Automatic Updates = Disabled

                      - Do not include drivers with Windows Updates = Enabled

                      Method 2: Task Manager/Services/Open Services/Windows Update = Manual

                      However these two methods are not enough because from time to time some Quality Updates, Other Updates, Security Update for Microsoft Windows and Servicing Stack install automatically silently in the background without me knowing. I just notice it after few days or weeks when I check my "View update history".

                      I have another question regarding your eyesight. Please can you confirm whether you have myopia (nearsightedness = doctor prescribes minus lenses) or hyperopia (farsightedness = doctor prescribes plus lenses)? I ask this because I wonder if the same type of eye strain which people suffer on this forum can only get person with hyperopia or also a person with myopia. My theory is that only people with hyperopia are those who get eye strain because their ciliary muscles (eye focusing muscles) have to work hard when looking at close objects for prolonged time (monitor, smartphone, book,...).

                      In case someone does not know difference between myopia or hyperopia, here are two explanation videos:

                      https://youtu.be/CKwIvpvhrw0

                      https://youtu.be/9AvyWDtgnv8

                          2 months later

                          RadosB

                          Hi,

                          I have farsightedness. +2.5 on each eye but I am due to see a doctor as I don't feel too well with the current "set up".

                          To stop the updates from happening (even the slightest) last thing I can recommend is changing the addresses from which Windows searches for the latest updates. It was long ago and I don't remember clearly but I just set them up to www.takeapiss.com etc etc. Just change them to non-existing site addresses.

                              16 days later

                              Oshim if you try your old samsung monitor does it still work better than your newer one? because originally you said that 21H2 + NVIDIA fixed your newer gigabyte monitor

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