Microsoft Blames Windows Gaming Issues On RGB Lighting Devices (bleepingcomputer.com)
(Saturday August 22, 2026 @10:29PM (EditorDavid)
from the game-over dept.)
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- News link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/23/0046217/microsoft-blames-windows-gaming-issues-on-rgb-lighting-devices
- Source link: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-blames-windows-gaming-issues-on-rgb-lighting-devices/
[1] BleepingComputer reports :
> Microsoft says ongoing issues causing games to crash or fail to launch after installing the August 2026 Windows updates may be caused by peripherals with RGB lighting.
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> As [2]Microsoft explained when it confirmed it's investigating on Wednesday, this known issue affects games like ARC Raiders, MARVEL Tokon: Fighting Souls, and The Finals on systems running Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2... "[Peripherals or internal device components with RGB lighting features] may install drivers or code components with file names similar to inpoutx64. In systems where these drivers are found, the issue is then triggered by launching certain games," [3]it noted .
Thanks to Slashdot reader [4]joshuark for sharing the article.
[1] https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-blames-windows-gaming-issues-on-rgb-lighting-devices/
[2] https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-august-windows-updates-may-cause-gaming-issues-reboots/
[3] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-health/status-windows-11-24h2
[4] https://www.slashdot.org/~joshuark
> Microsoft says ongoing issues causing games to crash or fail to launch after installing the August 2026 Windows updates may be caused by peripherals with RGB lighting.
>
> As [2]Microsoft explained when it confirmed it's investigating on Wednesday, this known issue affects games like ARC Raiders, MARVEL Tokon: Fighting Souls, and The Finals on systems running Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2... "[Peripherals or internal device components with RGB lighting features] may install drivers or code components with file names similar to inpoutx64. In systems where these drivers are found, the issue is then triggered by launching certain games," [3]it noted .
Thanks to Slashdot reader [4]joshuark for sharing the article.
[1] https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-blames-windows-gaming-issues-on-rgb-lighting-devices/
[2] https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-august-windows-updates-may-cause-gaming-issues-reboots/
[3] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-health/status-windows-11-24h2
[4] https://www.slashdot.org/~joshuark
a path-traversal attack (Score:3)
by usedtobestine ( 7476084 )
Poorly written applications by both game developers and poorly written operating systems by Microsoft.
Re: (Score:2)
by phantomfive ( 622387 )
Not many good programmers these days.
No point in it, managers don't care if you do a good job, as long as you close the ticket. For some managers, if you included bugs, that's a good thing. It's more tickets that can be opened.
My Desktop build in 2028 (Score:2)
by williamyf ( 227051 )
Will be a sleeper build, I already have a case from 2015 at the ready. And of course, no RGB
WHQL? (Score:2)
by CommunityMember ( 6662188 )
Were these 3rd party drivers certified as WHQL compliant? Or did the users just click install when the warning message popped up about the drivers not being certified?
Running Windows? (Score:2)
by PPH ( 736903 )
Stick to Edison lamps. Or carbon arc lights.
Meanwhile on Linux... (Score:2)
There are no officially-supported drivers for RGB lighting controls on peripherals, and a tiny amount of 3rd party ones, mostly for now-discontinued devices. Ha-ha! Linux wins again, you colluding fuckwits!