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Updates from Oct 2025 to Jan 2026 causing Desktop and Taskbar to disappear
Machine is DELL Optiplex 7070, OS is Windows 11 x64: Starting in Oct 2025 and thru to Jan 2026 following updates caused the taskbar to disappear: KB5065789 KB5066835 KB5068861 KB5072033 The fir...
Your Dell Optiplex 7070 running Windows 11 x64 has experienced serious issues starting from updates released between October 2025 and January 2026. These updates, specifically KB5065789, KB5066835, KB5068861, and KB5072033, have caused the taskbar and desktop to disappear, resulting in a black screen. Initially, you managed to uninstall the problematic updates using access to God Mode, but on January 11, 2026, the latest update KB5072033 caused the desktop to vanish again, leaving only a black screen.