Security News > 2022 > December > Microsoft fixes Windows taskbar bug causing Explorer, Office freezes
Microsoft says that Windows 10 updates released in late September are causing Windows taskbar flicker issues and app instability.
"After installing updates released September 20, 2022 or later, taskbar elements might flicker and cause system instability," Microsoft said in a new issue added to the Windows health dashboard on Friday.
Microsoft has addressed the issue via Known Issue Rollback, a Windows capability that reverts faulty Windows non-security fixes pushed via Windows Update.
You can download this Rollback Group Policy from here for all impacted Windows 10 versions.
To deploy the Known Issue Rollback, you must go to the Local Computer Policy or the Domain policy on your domain controller using the Group Policy Editor to choose the Windows version you want to target.
Last month, Microsoft issued another emergency fix via Known Issue Rollback to address another issue triggering errors and causing the taskbar and desktop to disappear on Windows 10 systems.
News URL
Related news
- Microsoft 365 apps crash on Windows Server after Office update (source)
- Microsoft ends support for Office apps on Windows 10 in October (source)
- Microsoft fixes Office 365 apps crashing on Windows Server systems (source)
- Microsoft may have scrapped Windows 11's dynamic wallpapers feature (source)
- Microsoft to force install new Outlook on Windows 10 PCs in February (source)
- Microsoft fixes actively exploited Windows Hyper-V zero-day flaws (source)
- Microsoft expands testing of Windows 11 admin protection feature (source)
- Microsoft starts force upgrading Windows 11 22H2, 23H3 devices (source)
- Microsoft removes Assassin’s Creed Windows 11 upgrade blocks (source)
- Microsoft fixes Windows Server 2022 bug breaking device boot (source)