Windows 11 24H2: many bugs have been reported, which are the most annoying?
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Among them, the disappearance of the mouse cursor, blue screens of death for certain games or even a massive cache of files that cannot be deleted. We offer you a summary of all the major problems that have been reported by Windows 11 24H2 users
A broken internet connection
According to Windows ReportWindows 11 24H2 cuts the internet connection. One of the operating system users talks about this bug on the Microsoft forum explaining that the problem occurs both wired and over Wi-Fi with no access to the network and an IP address that starts with 169.
Other Internet users have reported this problem and specify that the inability to connect did not happen immediately. Private machines but also those connected to servers would be impacted.
The solution? Cancel the update to return to Windows 11 23H2. Bad news, it may not work as reported by a user, forced to reset their PC.
About 8 GB which cannot be deleted
Every major Windows update comes with a multi-gigabyte Windows Update cache that can be deleted. Except that in the case of 24H2, between 8 and 10 GB cannot be purged for certain users. In our case, it's even double with 16 GB – but it is possible that files from previous updates are included in it.
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Despite trying to delete it via storage manager or disk cleanup, nothing happened. Microsoft is currently working on a fix and the temporary solution is installing Windows 11 24H2 via USB.
Mouse may disappear in Windows 11 24H2
According to Windows Latestusers report the disappearance of the mouse cursor since Windows 11 24H2. Common solutions like reinstalling drivers or using a different device do not work. While waiting for Microsoft's patch, there is a solution.
To do this, in the Start menu, type “main.cpl” (or go through Control Panel) and click on it. From the window “Property of: Mouse”go to the tab “Pointers” then scroll to “Text selection”. In the list of icons, find “beam_r” and select it to make the cursor reappear.
Other Windows 11 24H2 bugs
Other various problems have been reported since the release of Windows 11 24H2. On some PCs, the fingerprint sensor may not work properly without Microsoft specifying which models. Intel Smart Sound Technology drivers and wallpaper customization applications are also unstable.
Video games that use the Easy Anti-Cheat system sometimes stop responding and display a blue screen of death.
