About this tag
The tag kb5074109 issues covers problems reported after the January 13, 2026 Windows 11 cumulative update KB5074109. Users have encountered black screens, artifacts, and FPS drops in games, particularly on NVIDIA GeForce systems, with Nvidia actively investigating. Additionally, classic Outlook users face freezes, unresponsive processes, and encrypted emails opening as unreadable attachments. Microsoft has released preview updates addressing some black-screen symptoms, but GPU artifacts and Outlook regressions remain under investigation. The tag aggregates community reports and vendor responses regarding these post-update issues.
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    NVIDIA Probes Windows 11 KB5074109 Issues: Black Screens, Artifacts, FPS Drops

    Nvidia has acknowledged it’s investigating a wave of gaming problems that began appearing in Windows 11 after Microsoft’s January 13, 2026 cumulative update (KB5074109), with community reports describing black screens, visible artifacts in games, and measurable frame‑rate regressions on some...
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    Patch Tuesday KB5074109 Breaks Classic Outlook and Encrypt Only Emails

    A routine Patch Tuesday release on January 13, 2026 has left a significant portion of classic Outlook users scrambling: the Windows 11 cumulative update KB5074109 and a separate Outlook Current Channel build have each introduced regressions that render parts of the traditional Outlook experience...
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