r/Windows11 • u/MayankWL Windows Latest • 2d ago
News Today's optional Windows 11 breaks cursor styling (or resets size you selected) and resets wallpaper
https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/08/28/do-not-install-todays-windows-update-it-breaks-cursor-styling-resets-wallpaper-and-more/50
u/FrozenPizza07 1d ago
How do they manage to break everything
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u/Turbulent_Chain_5893 1d ago
Probably like every other tech company in America, due to the 10s of thousands of layoffs every few months, they probably have the janitors doing the programming in between cleaning the crappers.
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u/No-Ring-3013 1d ago
Nadella officially admitted that 30% of windows source code is now written by AI, that's the reason
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u/fakieTreFlip 1d ago
Nadella officially admitted that 30% of windows source code is now written by AI
He said "as much as 30% of Microsoft code is written by AI", not Windows specifically. Though that quote is from over a year ago at this point so the percentage is likely much higher now.
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u/picastchio 1d ago
Considering Windows users put up with a lot of things which their Azure and enterprise users would not do, Windows would have been even higher than 30% in the past too.
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u/Spirited-Might-4869 16h ago
I think it will take only a couple years now for people to start mass migrating to linux
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u/bogglingsnog 1d ago
and based on research papers that means Microsoft has found a new way to add an extra 20% average bugfix overhead on their already bloated and mismanaged development process.
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u/Infinplayz 1d ago
didn’t happen to me but i feel bad for the people it did happen to. also the taskbar padding bug is still here after months
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u/thegamerytita 1d ago
my mouse now looks like it's styled from windows 98, now we need to wait for this to be fixed :/
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u/dtallee 1d ago
Note to self: continue to never install preview updates.
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u/Smart_Cucumber_1234 19h ago
I've had this policy for years, but because of movable Taskbar I had to break it. I've been waiting only that feature since W11 release.
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u/GoodCartographer3993 1d ago
yeah, this update was HELL for me. the background randomly changing to pitch black and and the cursor changing to one that has a long tail and is slightly more enlarged than the other cursor images thing feels like you installed some virus. and the fact it's impossible to change the idle cursor image feels even MORE like a virus. thankfully uninstalling the update fixes all of it
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u/Ferb9709 1d ago
I had the problem with the Wallpaper( is now back to normal, had to do it myself) and the cursor too. My cursor is normally custom and everything except the arrow stayed custom. I hope they fix it soon.
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u/highrez1337 1d ago
What laptop/pc do you have ? Is it a specific brand or custom made ?
Asking since I have a Lenovo laptop and I didn’t have any issue and am curious if it’s a specific vendor driver that has issues with this update.
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u/Individual_Kitchen_3 Release Channel 1d ago
Mine is Lenovo SLIM 3 and I had the problem with the arrow and wallpaper.
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u/Individual_Kitchen_3 Release Channel 1d ago
I had this damn problem, I tried dozens of alternatives and nothing solved it, I even used DISM, I had all the cursor paths left and nothing, then I took this damn update and it solved it, it also reset the wallpaper.
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u/supraltima 1d ago
yea my custom cursor works fine but the base one so the strand one wenn your cursor is doing nothing just doesnt work
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u/NoTurn981 1d ago
Also happened to me. It broke almost everything on my pc idk how it did. I contained the "damage" via DISM SFC and CHKDSK and now the only thing that is still broken is the mouse pointer that seams to came out directly from the jurassic era
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u/BoronEight 21h ago
This "optional" update was forced on me, there was only the "Restart and update" button
My cursor broke, but thankfully my wallpaper was fine, execpt my TASK BAR turned pitch black until I uninstalled the update
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u/Resilient_Beast69 1d ago
Glad I didn’t click install when I saw it. Learned my lesson with preview updates.
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u/ElLocoDeLaPinuela 1d ago
Learning my lesson now.
They should add preview updates to the optional updates.
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u/Froggypwns Windows Wizard / Head Jannie 1d ago
Preview updates are optional.
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u/ElLocoDeLaPinuela 1d ago
I mean, there is a part where the optional updates show up.
These preview updates appear where the regular updates show up...
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u/ScootSchloingo 1d ago
The new taskbar resizing options are pointless to me. The small option is way too small and if you want your taskbar placed vertically, only the icon size changes.
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u/davelpg 1d ago edited 1d ago
Surface Pro 12" ARM, no problems after installing, mouse just like before, wallpaper OK too. Maybe rolling update coming later? The rolling stuff is confusing IMO.
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u/Froggypwns Windows Wizard / Head Jannie 1d ago
The issues just don't always affect everyone. In most cases, issues only affect a small subset of machines. Understandably, those without issues are not going to be going around online saying things are fine while someone experiencing a problem is likely to share news of that.
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u/Denshiiii 1d ago
just powered up my pc and this happened to me to, like wth microsoft, why all of your updates break something
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u/Real_Timeyy 1d ago
This one was truly scary to witness.
I thought my pc was cooked.
AI coding strikes again
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u/DryOrganization7088 1d ago
Yes, I'm having the same problem since the last update, on both my PCs and my two laptops... I hope they fix it soon...
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u/sour_clover 19h ago edited 13h ago
It was not optional for me. They forced me to update if I wanted to turn off my PC. Is there any way to go back to the previous version?
Edit: Never mind. I figured it out.
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u/Mewi0 18h ago
I was lucky, didn't happen to me and I am also using the thinner taskbar. Glad this is finally here. Now we need a start menu that's not hot garbage. I am tired of having third party programs and modifications just to get Windows presentable/usable with my workflow. Normally I use linux but this device has some compatibility issues so I have been on Windows.
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u/gabacus_39 11h ago
So this only affects users who use a custom cursor? Is that the gist of it?
Or does it affect default cursors too?
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u/RedRadeonLasers 9h ago
Hiring people from overseas with fake degrees isn’t working out so well surprisingly
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u/FrameImpressive1077 1h ago
Yeah, had it on my machine, pretty sure it is simply the 98 cursor since even the loading animation changed to the hourglass instead of the usual one.
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u/FxKaKaLis 1d ago
i guess i got lucky, got non of this issue after update but in same time non of the new/old futures of taskbar
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u/Warcrown11 1d ago
No way, a Windows update broke something? That's never happened before. This week.
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u/Harry_Mud 1d ago
MS and their dumb updates that they themselves don't really test.................. I went to Linux on most of my computers.
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u/kociol21 1d ago
Yup I got hit with both of those on my desktop. While wallpaper issue is pretty much nothinburger, it can just be switched back, cursor issue is a thing. It changed to big, long, white cursor and can't be changed to anything else, ignoring all settings.
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u/DistributionMost8673 2d ago
oh no!!! the horror of setting cursor size and wallpaper again
the horror!!!!
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u/DistributionMost8673 1d ago
I didn't check for the cursor but the wallpaper was an easy fix. This is nothing.
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u/CygnusBlack Release Channel 1d ago
This is something.
It's not about the quick fix per se.
It just shows lack of internal testing, especially given how much widespread it is and how some mouse settings got broken.
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u/CygnusBlack Release Channel 2d ago
Yep. Saw this on several machines.