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Just applied the 2025-03 Cumulative Update for Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5053602) on Alienware Aurora R13 with Windows 11 Pro Version 23H2 OS build 22631.4890. Apparently it did not like the fact that I use Stardock Start11.

At first the taskbar was not responding, then after a slow reboot, the taskbar was completely blank. Several slow and agonizing reboots later and still no joy. Moving the mouse pointer to the far end of the blank taskbar would bring up the Start11 menu. Went into Start11 and there was a message that it could no longer control the taskbar because something else was controlling it.

I was not about to spend the time and try and figure out why. Fortunately I ran a Macrium backup prior to the windows update, so I had my system back to functioning correctly in 30 seconds. I don’t have a lot of faith in Microsoft anymore, they seem to always be breaking something!

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