The report highlights that unfortunately, patch KB5101650 is not being rolled out to some Dell PCs because it can cause unexpected crashes, poor performance, overheating, and excessive battery drain on certain Dell systems. Earlier this week, Microsoft dropped its big July patch that patched hundreds of security flaws and introduced some fresh functions and bug fixes.
As part of the ongoing story, on the support page for the patch, Microsoft explains:.
According to the latest update, this is due to an incompatibility between the patch and an Intel component. In some cases, affected devices might experience changes in performance, power consumption, or system behavior. Microsoft is preparing a fix and expects to make the patch available for affected devices within the next few days. This patch is temporarily unavailable for a limited number of Dell devices that use Intel Innovation Stack Framework (IPF) drivers.
As part of the ongoing story, since KB5095093 was only installed manually by users who sought it out, it was installed on relatively few PCs and so the issues went unnoticed. The cause of the problem is currently believed to be related to the optional June patch KB5095093.
As part of the ongoing story, many Dell computers use this Intel driver for their power management. If there are issues here, this can lead to poor performance, overheating problems, or batteries running flat. The problem is somehow linked to the Intel Innovation Stack Framework drivers.
As part of the ongoing story, neither Microsoft nor Dell have specified exactly which Dell computers are affected, so unfortunately it’s impossible to know if your particular Dell system is affected by the block. According to Windows Current, Microsoft is working with Dell to identify the problem.
In a fresh development, this article originally appeared on our sister publication PC-WELT and was translated and localized from German.
As part of the ongoing story, he has been writing on almost all IT topics for around 25 years, covering everything from news to reviews and buying guides. Hans-Christian Dirscherl began his IT life with Autoexec.bat and config.sys, Turbo-Pascal and C, Sinix and Wordperfect.