[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-windows-11-preview-update-breaks-games-with-audio-bug":10,"sections":35},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":24,"tags":25,"sources":30,"feedback":34,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":34,"total_tokens":34},10184,"windows-11-preview-update-breaks-games-with-audio-bug","Windows 11 preview update breaks games with audio bug","Microsoft confirms KB5124010 crashes games and apps that decode Dolby Digital audio, with some users reporting boot failures and no fix yet.","A Windows 11 patch meant to fix one bug just created a worse one.\n\nMicrosoft has confirmed that KB5124010, the September preview update for Windows 11 24H2, 25H2, and 26H2, breaks apps and games that decode AC-3 (Dolby Digital) audio. Affected titles either fail to launch or crash mid-session, and Reddit threads name Fallout: New Vegas, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and Wardogs among the casualties. Some users report worse symptoms: boot failures, sluggish shutdowns, and a desktop that grinds to a halt. Microsoft says a fix is coming in a future update but has given no timeline, and the only current workaround is uninstalling the patch entirely.\n\nThe timing makes this more than a minor annoyance. KB5124010 is set to become part of October's mandatory update in about a week, and it's also the same patch that fixes a separate bug that broke Windows 11's backup feature back in September. Anyone who grabbed it to repair that backup problem may have walked straight into a new one.\n\nIf you've enabled \"get the latest updates as soon as they're available,\" this is a good week to turn that off and let someone else find the bugs first.","[\"windows-11\",\"microsoft\",\"software-bugs\",\"pc-gaming\"]","2026-10-05T13:09:04.000Z","2026-10-06T05:43:17.774Z","2026-10-06T05:43:23.956Z","published",null,[],"software",[26,27,28,29],"windows-11","microsoft","software-bugs","pc-gaming",[31],{"name":32,"url":33},"TechRadar","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.techradar.com\u002Fcomputing\u002Fwindows\u002Fwindows-11s-latest-update-has-a-game-breaking-bug-and-theres-no-fix-yet",0,{"sections":36},[37,42,47,52,57,62,67,72,76,81,86,91,96,101],{"name":38,"slug":39,"count":40,"latest_published_at":41},"AI","ai",6335,"2026-10-05T18:29:00.000Z",{"name":43,"slug":44,"count":45,"latest_published_at":46},"Security","security",875,"2026-10-05T17:21:11.000Z",{"name":48,"slug":49,"count":50,"latest_published_at":51},"Policy","policy",455,"2026-10-05T18:15:20.000Z",{"name":53,"slug":54,"count":55,"latest_published_at":56},"Deals","deals",353,"2026-10-05T18:35:08.000Z",{"name":58,"slug":59,"count":60,"latest_published_at":61},"Hardware","hardware",209,"2026-10-05T15:55:29.000Z",{"name":63,"slug":64,"count":65,"latest_published_at":66},"Science","science",182,"2026-10-05T18:58:12.000Z",{"name":68,"slug":69,"count":70,"latest_published_at":71},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",161,"2026-10-05T18:18:56.000Z",{"name":73,"slug":24,"count":74,"latest_published_at":75},"Software",103,"2026-10-05T18:23:19.000Z",{"name":77,"slug":78,"count":79,"latest_published_at":80},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",99,"2026-10-05T10:47:06.000Z",{"name":82,"slug":83,"count":84,"latest_published_at":85},"Startups","startups",94,"2026-10-05T18:07:07.000Z",{"name":87,"slug":88,"count":89,"latest_published_at":90},"Gaming","gaming",54,"2026-10-05T19:07:04.000Z",{"name":92,"slug":93,"count":94,"latest_published_at":95},"General","general",52,"2026-10-05T17:01:27.000Z",{"name":97,"slug":98,"count":99,"latest_published_at":100},"Reviews","reviews",33,"2026-10-05T11:57:17.000Z",{"name":102,"slug":103,"count":104,"latest_published_at":105},"How-To","how-to",8,"2026-10-05T09:00:00.000Z"]