Firemaker Does your company started moving to Windows 11? If so, that maybe something you could try it. It'll be wise to try it on a personal machine before doing so on a work machine. Whether it would have difference or not is hard to tell.
They have but I have tested Win 11 and it is no better. I strongly suspect the issue is with DirectX 12, specifically Direct Write, and both Win 10 and win 11 use DirectX 12
I'm curious, what video card do you use? If you are in a secure environment and using the latest stuff, you are most probably using a newer video card.
I was using an ANCIENT Nvidio card (GT420 I think?), yesterday I swapped out to an AMD R7260X and went from HDMI to DisplayPort
Did you really confirm KB5034763 is the culprint of your issues?
It's the only change the system underwent. I looked in the files of that update and it included updated versions of dwrite.dll and dxgi.dll, both DirectX components
an employer must accommodate the needs and requirements of any contracted employee if they have any type of disability.
I have an active and approved Americans with Disabilities Act request on file with my employer, the problem is that the law states the company must take "reasonable" measures to accommodate me. given the regulated nature of this industry, they are not allowed to just give me whatever hardware I ask, and the companies systems have to meet certain government mandated security requirements, so I can't just say "Give me a copy of Windows 7 and leave me be" because that would violate those mandates and would be considered unreasonable. And since no one knows the exact cause of our issue it's hard to accommodate. They are trying to help me within the limits of what they can do, they have been pretty good about this whole thing.
Update, I was able to manually uninstall the Windows update. However the display was still painful. I thought I had the settings I was using written down, but they were not working, I was trying other settings (namely different Refresh Rates) and the different refresh rates seems to trigger different symptoms. 144Hz cause pain in the forehead, 120Hz caused pain in the temples, 60Hz caused pain around the eyes
I then swapped over to the newer video card and went from an HDMI cable to a Display port cable, installed the latest driver, and it did seem to help. it was MUCH brighter, I had to turn the monitor brightness down from 75% to 30%, but it was tolerable. Not perfect, but tolerable. I ordered an Opple Light Meter it's on it's way and I am going to measure the flicker at different brightness's just in case that has an impact (I don't think so but for $0 seems like an easy tool to get and check with)