14 DAY TRIAL // The Windows 11 rollout is currently under way, but at the same time, Microsoft continues to keep an eye on everything related to this new operating system.
The company therefore wants to spot bugs in their early phases and prevent them from hitting a bigger number of devices by suspending the rollout to computers that could be impacted.
This time, however, Microsoft has come across a glitch that apparently doesn’t require a safeguard hold.
More specifically, the Redmond-based software giant says some image editing software may not render colors properly due to a bug in Windows 11.
Fix already in the works
“After installing Windows 11, some image editing programs might not render colors correctly on certain HDR displays. This is frequently observed with white colors, which could display in bright yellow or other colors,” the company explains in a message posted on the Windows 11 health dashboard on December 24.
“This issue occurs when certain color-rendering Win32 APIs return unexpected information or errors under specific conditions. Not all color profile management programs are affected, and color profile options available in the Windows 11 Settings page, including Microsoft Color Control Panel, are expected to function correctly.”
No workaround is available at this point, but as I said earlier, there’s no safeguard hold either. In other words, Microsoft still allows the eligible devices to upgrade to Windows 11, possibly because a fix is already on its way.
The company claims a patch is currently in the works, and if everything progresses properly, it should be released in late January. The first Patch Tuesday of the year will take place on January 11, so most likely, the fix for this bug will be part of the preview updates that Microsoft will ship towards the end of the month.
Only Windows 11 seems to be affected, as the issue isn’t happening on Windows 10.