Security News > 2022 > January > Microsoft fixes Windows 11 HDR color rendering problems
Microsoft has fixed a known issue affecting systems running Windows 11, version 21H2, where applications may have problems rendering colors correctly high dynamic range displays when using Win32 APIs.
Microsoft has addressed the HDR color rendering bug with the release of Windows 11 KB5008353 cumulative update issued part of January 2022 monthly non-security "C" preview.
As Microsoft revealed in December, Windows 11 customers were experiencing color rendering issues due to a bug impacting some color-rendering Win32 APIs.
"After installing Windows 11, some image editing programs might not render colors correctly on certain HDR displays," Microsoft explained at the time on the Windows Health Dashboard.
The company also added that not all Windows 11 profile management programs are impacted by this HDR color rendering known issue.
Microsoft advises Windows 11 customers to mitigate the bug by disabling the Windows Desktop Search engine used by default to force Outlook's built-in search engine to kick in.
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