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Taskbar elements might flicker and causes device instability Windows 10 KB5018410

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Taskbar elements might flicker and causes device instability

Status Originating update History
Investigating OS Build 19045.2130

KB5018410
2022-10-11 Last updated: 2022-12-16, 10:38 PT
Opened: 2022-12-16, 09:00 PT
After installing updates released September 20, 2022 or later, taskbar elements might flicker and cause system instability. Symptoms might include:

The Weather or News and Interests widget or icons flickers on the Windows taskbar
The Windows taskbar stops responding
Windows Explorer stops responding
Applications including Microsoft Word or Excel might stop responding if they are open when the issue occurs
Restarting the devices can alleviate the issue in some cases, but possibly not all.

Resolution: This issue is resolved using
Known Issue Rollback (KIR). KIRs are applied to most consumer (home) and non-managed devices without the need for any manual action. Please note that it might take up to 24 hours for the resolution to propagate automatically to these devices. Restarting your Windows device might help the resolution apply to your device faster.

Enterprise-managed devices which have installed an affected update and encountered this issue can be resolved by installing and configuring a special Group Policy. The special Group Policy can be found in Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> <Group Policy name listed below>.

Group Policy download with Group Policy name:

Download for Windows 10 version 22H2, 21H2, 21H1, and 20H2 - Windows 10 20H2, 21H1, 21H2 and 22H2 KB5017380 221207_23451 Feature Preview.msi

We are also working to make a resolution available in an upcoming release.

Affected platforms:

Client: Windows 10, version 22H2; Windows 10, version 21H2; Windows 10, version 21H1; Windows 10, version 20H2
Server: None


 

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I haven't noticed the issue as of yet but I guess I'll just wait out the deployment fix unless I encounter it.
 
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