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Some games become unresponsive when certain drivers are present

This issue is related to peripherals with RGB features Microsoft status: Resolved.

What changed

Windows Release Health published a dedicated update for Some games become unresponsive when certain drivers are present.

Why it matters

The compatibility issue can make games or visualization workloads stop responding on Windows devices with affected RGB-peripheral drivers.

Known limitations

  • Availability, prerequisites and rollout scope remain authoritative in the linked Microsoft documentation.

Now check

  • Inventory Windows devices with RGB-feature peripheral drivers in gaming or visualization use cases
  • Compare installed driver and Windows update versions with the affected scope in Microsoft Release Health
  • Retest application stability on representative devices after current Windows and driver updates

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