Microsoft keeps causing all kinds of problems with its operating system updates. In addition to security patches, focused on correcting all kinds of vulnerabilities in the operating system, Microsoft also releases a series of “optional updates” every month, patches especially focused on correcting non-security-related bugs and improving PC performance. . The latest patch of this type has been KB4580364 , released just two weeks ago. And this patch, unfortunately, is causing all kinds of problems in the operating system.
Last week we told you about a series of problems that users who installed this update in the operating system were experiencing. These problems were, mainly, Internet connection crashes, errors when opening apps and games downloaded from the Microsoft Store and problems when connecting to VPN connections from Windows 10.
Microsoft is already aware of most of these issues, so their corresponding fixes shouldn’t take long to arrive. However, it seems that, to the previous ones, two new problems are now added.
New bugs in update KB4580364
A lot of users have started to notice that their Windows computers have started to slow down considerably. And, looking for common causes, they have realized that the responsible for this has been the optional patch KB4580364 that arrived at Windows two weeks ago.
On the one hand, many of the users have noticed how Windows has gradually started to stop responding to the point of crashing completely, not being able to do anything with it, and having to force a hard reset (restart from the PC button , in other words) of the system.
But the locks are not the only thing that brings users head. This update is also causing serious performance problems on the computers where it has been installed. These problems are caused by a failure in the operating system’s TCP / IP driver, which begins to process requests poorly until, in the end, it ends up consuming too many CPU cycles.
How to troubleshoot performance issues
Microsoft is already aware of the problems caused by this new cumulative patch. However, being an optional patch, not related to security, it does not offer much support to users either. The only option it offers, in case of problems, is to uninstall the update from the Settings menu. We remember that this patch is only available for versions 2004 and 20H2 of Windows 10, that is, the May and October 2020 Update of the OS.
The company is already working on its new security patch for Windows 10, which will reach all users next week. This patch, in addition to bringing all the fixes for vulnerabilities detected in the last month, will also bring the changes of the cumulative update KB4580364. However, thanks to the users who have tried it, and have made guinea pigs, most of the problems generated by it should already be solved.
We remember that optional Windows updates are just that, optional, not mandatory. And Microsoft uses them lately to experiment with users. Therefore, if we do not want to risk problems, it is better to avoid them and wait for the changes to arrive with the next cumulative security update.