Microsoft’s security update blocks Lenovo’s BIOS update tool, causing errors and boot failures. Lenovo releases a new BIOS update to fix it.

As spotted by Neowin, two of the most recent Windows 11 24H2 patches (KB5050094 and KB5051987) have caused crashing and instability problems.

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 24H2 (KB5050094 and KB5051987) updates are causing some serious performance issues, especially for Intel Core Ultra 9 285K users, as Neowin reports. The updates ...

Both the builds will also include improvements that were part of the ‘KB5050094’ build that was released last month on the 28th of January 2025. Speaking more, in the ‘KB5051987’ build for Version ...

This also seems to affect gaming for windows overlapping the browser. I was playing PoE2 windowed and the cursor bugged out to incorrect states, and while PoE2 had focus over the browser, the whole ...

However, KB5050094 is also a preview update. That means it's a preview of the following month's Patch Tuesday rollout, designed to give Windows administrators time to test it.

Windows 11's January 28 optional update has fixed a long-standing issue in Windows 11 24H2 that prevents non-admin users from changing their time zone in Date & Time Settings.

The optional KB5050094 patch for Windows 11 was supposed to fix stuff, but introduced problems of its own with the mouse cursor, File Explorer, and more.

Windows 11 KB5050094 has its own share of issues, including a bug where the cursor behaves weirdly. Explorer is also slow.

TL;DR: Windows 11 users whose PCs would have been affected by the Auto HDR bug can now install the 24H2 update, as Microsoft has released a fix in the January 2025 preview update (KB5050094). This ...