Windows 11 24H2 - is it safe yet?

Arterion

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Hi folks, when Win 11 24H2 was released in October 24 there were lots of issues reported across multiple editions and in basically all environments: file explorer bugs, audio and BT problems, webcam functionality, general performance including hangs, crashes, and BSODs. It was so bad I rebuilt my home PC to the previous version, and I blocked the update from applying to my work estate.

Anecdotally, things seem to have improved since then, and I was wondering if anyone is currently using it either personally or in a work environment and could report on the current experience, please?
 
What do you use the PC for?

A list of known issues with 24H2 and what's been confirmed and resolved with an update.

learn.microsoft.com

Windows 11, version 24H2 known issues and notifications

View announcements and review known issues and fixes for Windows 11, version 24H2
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If you are a gamer then this may apply to you depending on the games installed, known issue, confirmed but not resolved

Some devices using Easy Anti-Cheat stop responding and receive a blue screen
Older driver versions of the Easy Anti-Cheat application are incompatible with Windows 11, version 24H2
 
Tbh I've not heard of any of those problems and I've been using it for a while. Not sure if that helps at all!
 
ED209 said:
What do you use the PC for?

A list of known issues with 24H2 and what's been confirmed and resolved with an update.

learn.microsoft.com

Windows 11, version 24H2 known issues and notifications

View announcements and review known issues and fixes for Windows 11, version 24H2
learn.microsoft.com

If you are a gamer then this may apply to you depending on the games installed, known issue, confirmed but not resolved

Some devices using Easy Anti-Cheat stop responding and receive a blue screen
Older driver versions of the Easy Anti-Cheat application are incompatible with Windows 11, version 24H2
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That's super helpful, thank you!
 
Had to roll it back
Stopped me launching some older games

Other than that the audio issues it gave me before
They seem to be fixed
And didn't notice any other issues
 
Arterion said:
Hi folks, when Win 11 24H2 was released in October 24 there were lots of issues reported across multiple editions and in basically all environments: file explorer bugs, audio and BT problems, webcam functionality, general performance including hangs, crashes, and BSODs. It was so bad I rebuilt my home PC to the previous version, and I blocked the update from applying to my work estate.

Anecdotally, things seem to have improved since then, and I was wondering if anyone is currently using it either personally or in a work environment and could report on the current experience, please?
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None of this happened - relatively speaking. What you heard was the voice of maybe 1000 people, in a room full of 450million Windows 11 users (30% of all Windows users are using 24H2). So, in context, there were no issues to the scale or severity that you describe. Moreso that the 450million people using 24H2 without issue just weren't screaming from the roof tops, about it. Bear in mind the release cadence of Windows, since Windows 10, has been to dump the H1 release to "Home" consumers to report the annoyances and the bugs so that the H2 release typically targets business (Pro / Ent) as a more polished product. That's not to say that businesses can't update H1 releases, but that is not what MS intend.

So yes, 24H2 has been fine since release. Certainly in the 40 or so environments across varying industries, virtual, physical, et al, and personally, I've experienced not one single issue.
 
I'm surprised they released it as a mandatory update. It struggles with gsync in photo editing apps (unless you disable MPO) and Auto HDR is still completely broken. Windows Explorer is a bit temperamental too.
 
Django x2 said:
None of this happened - relatively speaking.
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Some software companies are reporting 11-20% of their users who've updated to 24H2 having issues like webcam functionality being impacted, this is not just maybe 1000 people.

Audio issues have been quite widespread with the update, the update (and update process) seems to mess with the Windows audio sub-system in several ways resulting from anything from like I had where audio settings were randomly reset after the update through to people getting BSODs unless they remove soundcards or unplug USB audio devices.

Though not exactly a MS issue some of the File Explorer bugs after the update are due to people using 3rd party patched/modified File Explorer software but that itself is a huge issue as inadequate and in some cases completely clueless development leads people to having to resort to stuff like that.

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Certainly in the 40 or so environments across varying industries, virtual, physical, et al, and personally, I've experienced not one single issue.
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That is probably because across industries like that a good percentage of it will be standardised system builds i.e. Dell where issues are more likely to have been discovered in previews, etc.
 
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Where I work we are always a few versions behind on the Windows 11 builds.

We have just recently had 23H2 installed and its all managed by IT
 
ED209 said:
Where I work we are always a few versions behind on the Windows 11 builds.

We have just recently had 23H2 installed and its all managed by IT
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I thought I was fairly safe as Assassin's Creed Odyssey and auto-HDR were blockers (until they decided screw it, we'll push it out anyway). In hindsight I probably should done something similar to block it.
 
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