Microsoft Admits Windows 11 KB5120998 Update Breaks Mouse Cursors, With Wallpapers Turning Black Until You Uninstall It - Wccftech
Microsoft has acknowledged that the optional Windows 11 KB5120998 update is causing significant bugs, including malfunctioning mouse cursors and persistent black screen wallpaper issues. Users are advised to uninstall the update to resolve these display problems.
Why it matters
Widespread OS bugs impact productivity and system stability for millions of users, highlighting the risks of optional software updates.
The issue appears to be widespread, which has caused even Microsoft to acknowledge the problem with its latest Windows update.
A few days ago, Microsoft rolled out its one of the major Windows 11 updates, which affects the Taskbar, Start Menu,l and Windows Search. This is the optional Windows 11 KB5120998 update, which brings some major changes to the operating system, but at the same time, resulted in a lot of bugs causing problems for the users.
As reported by Windows Latest , there are apparently so many reports of users that suggest a mouse cursor issue with this optional update. Users are reportedly seeing their mouse cursors broken after applying the latest update. Windows Latest seems to have confirmed it in their own testing as the issue appeared right after the update was applied. With this update, the mouse cursor either goes missing or may become very large.
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