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  • New list of Windows files that may be a culprit ....

So I found the reason patching failed on my Win10 build, my work installed an update, KB5034763, that caused it. I uninstalled the update and it seems to have resolved the issue, patching is now mostly effective again. I suspect it will take some time for my body to fully adjust

I also know that on my Windows 7 machine, installing update KB2670838 will cause it to trigger my symptoms.

So I went to Microsoft site for each KB and got the list of all files included in each update. I fed that into ChatGPT and told it find me any files that appeared in both lists, and lo and behold, there are only 3

  • Dwrite.dll
  • Dxgi.dll
  • Xpsprint.dll

That's it. One of those could be the offending file. I am going to back up the current rolled back version of those three files and then when my employer inevitably forces the upgrade on me, I'm going to try and overwrite those with my backed up copies and see what happens. This also dovetails into my suspicion that our issues on Windows are ultimately due to Direct X 12+, specifically DirectWrite

I am going to try and have my workplace open a new request with Microsoft and present this to the Windows engineers.

    ensete So I went to Microsoft site for each KB and got the list of all files included in each update. I fed that into ChatGPT and told it find me any files that appeared in both lists,

    I'm not entirely sure if ChatGPT is accurate for comparing lists given it's nature to "hallucinate" elements. Just something to keep in mind.

    I'm still curious about the possibility of someone studying "audit mode" and how it allegedly changes Windows rendering internally.

        JTL oh yes I forgot about audit mode. I too was wondering that awhile back.

          JTL I'm not entirely sure if ChatGPT is accurate for comparing lists given it's nature to "hallucinate" elements. Just something to keep in mind.

          I'm confident ChatGPT can compare two lists I give it.

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