GeForce users around the globe reported sudden, severe frame‑rate drops after installing Microsoft’s October 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11 (catalogued as KB5066835), prompting NVIDIA to publish an out‑of‑cycle mitigation — GeForce Hotfix Display Driver 581.94 — to restore performance for...
NVIDIA has quietly published a targeted hotfix driver to reverse a measurable drop in gaming performance that many users began seeing after Microsoft’s October 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11, and the remedy — GeForce Hotfix Display Driver version 581.94 — is available now for affected...
The October Windows 11 cumulative update shipped as KB5066835 created a rare but serious cross‑vendor performance regression in some modern games—most visibly in Assassin’s Creed: Shadows—where frame rates and frame‑pacing collapsed on a subset of NVIDIA‑powered systems, and NVIDIA’s emergency...
Microsoft’s October cumulative for Windows 11 (KB5066835) has been linked to measurable and, in some cases, dramatic drops in game frame rates—an issue now corroborated by independent testing and addressed by an out‑of‑cycle NVIDIA hotfix driver that restores performance in many affected...
Microsoft’s October cumulative update for Windows 11, catalogued as KB5066835, has been linked to pronounced gaming performance regressions on a subset of systems — an issue independent testers and community telemetry spotted soon after the patch rolled out, and that prompted NVIDIA to ship an...
NVIDIA has quietly shipped a rapid-response hotfix — GeForce Hotfix Display Driver 581.94 — to blunt a gaming performance regression that cropped up after Microsoft’s Windows 11 October 2025 Update (KB5066835), a ripple in the ecosystem that underlines the delicate interdependence of OS updates...
Nvidia’s new hotfix driver for GeForce cards restores performance lost after Microsoft’s October Windows 11 update — in some cases by a startling margin that’s left gamers and testers buzzing. NVIDIA shipped GeForce Hotfix Display Driver version 581.94 as a rapid mitigation on November 19, 2025...
NVIDIA has confirmed that Microsoft’s October 2025 cumulative for Windows 11 (published as KB5066835) is the likely trigger for measurable drops in gaming performance on a subset of systems, and the GPU vendor pushed an out‑of‑band GeForce Hotfix Display Driver — version 581.94 — on November 19...
NVIDIA has issued an out‑of‑band GeForce Hotfix — version 581.94 — to address a measurable drop in gaming performance that began appearing on some Windows 11 systems after Microsoft’s October cumulative (published as KB5066835), and the update is explicitly positioned as a rapid mitigation for...
NVIDIA has published a targeted emergency driver — GeForce Hotfix Display Driver 581.94 — to address a measurable drop in gaming performance that many users began experiencing after installing Microsoft’s Windows 11 October cumulative update, KB5066835; the hotfix, released November 19, 2025, is...
NVIDIA has issued a targeted GeForce Hotfix Display Driver—version 581.94—to mitigate a post-update gaming performance regression traced to Microsoft’s Windows 11 October 2025 cumulative update KB5066835, and the fix is available only as a manual hotfix download rather than through the regular...
NVIDIA has issued a targeted GeForce hotfix — GeForce Hotfix Display Driver version 581.94 — to mitigate reported gaming performance regressions that appeared after Microsoft’s Windows 11 October 2025 cumulative update (KB5066835).
Background
The October 14, 2025 Windows cumulative update...
Nvidia has issued an emergency GeForce hotfix to address a sudden drop in gaming performance tied to Microsoft’s Windows 11 October cumulative update (KB5066835), acknowledging that some games have been running slower or suffering worse frame pacing after that patch — and urging affected users...
NVIDIA has issued a targeted GeForce Hotfix Driver, version 581.94, to restore gaming performance that many users reported losing after installing the Windows 11 October 2025 cumulative update (KB5066835); the company published the hotfix on November 19, 2025 and explicitly states the driver...
Nvidia has confirmed that Windows 11’s October 2025 cumulative update (KB5066835) caused measurable reductions in in‑game performance on some systems and has issued a targeted hotfix driver — GeForce Hotfix Display Driver version 581.94 — to restore expected frame rates and stability for...
Microsoft confirmed that the October 14, 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11 (KB5066835) introduced a regression that in many cases left the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) unable to accept USB keyboard and mouse input — a failure that turned the platform’s on‑device safety net into an...
Hi everyone. Here is an easy solution and it worked for me perfectly.
For Widows 11 Home, Version: 24H2, OS build:26100.7019 (You may find these details under System --->About)
Just do the following step by step;
1-Settings
2-Windows Update
3-Advanced Options
4-Scrowl down to Additional...
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Just rolling out KB5066835 across our W11 24H2 estate via SCCM, and have had some W11 devices apply the patch, but then the machine resets/wipes back to factory settings?
Varying model etc - just says now rebooting after the patch has applied in Software Centre, then screen goes black, and...
Microsoft’s October cumulative update (KB5066835) has introduced a severe and practical regression: USB keyboards and mice can stop working inside the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), leaving built‑in recovery tools inaccessible on many updated machines and forcing users to rely on external...
Microsoft has acknowledged a serious regression in its October 14, 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11 (KB5066835) and is rolling an emergency fix after the patch broke two very different but critical areas of the platform: local HTTP/2 (localhost) connections used by developers and many...