Windows 11 has had many problems since its launch in October One of the most frustrating was how Microsoft's latest operating affects the performance of certain NVMe solid-state drives You are not the only one who has experienced performance degradation after upgrading to Windows 11 is not the only one

Microsoft promised to release a patch to remedy the issue and is now making good on that claim with patch KB5007262, released on November 22 through the Windows Insider program Once downloaded and installed, it should improve device performance However, this update is not provided as part of Windows' automatic updates and must be installed manually

The procedure is not very complicated (via Tech Advisor) To install patch KB5007262, open "Settings," select "Windows Update" from the left pane, and click "Check for Updates If the patch is available, wait for it to download and install automatically Then reboot the device to apply the changes If the patch KB5007262 does not appear in "Settings," you can download it from the official Microsoft Update catalog instead Be sure to select the x64 version unless your device is an ARM-based processor

What is interesting about this particular issue is that it had a significant impact on SSD write speeds: an article posted on the Microsoft forums in October showed benchmarks run on CrystalDiskMark The results showed a nearly 50% reduction in random write speeds when comparing Windows 11 to Windows 10 (via Beta News)Redditors and other users on Microsoft's forums have posted similar complaints about Windows 11 reducing SSD performance speeds SSD performance speeds

New operating systems always come with problems While this particular issue is frustrating (and it's a hell of a problem), it's not entirely surprising; it's good that Microsoft was quick to remedy this issue, as it was when machines with AMD Ryzen CPUs suffered from similar performance problems

If you are interested in what else the KB5007262 update fixes, you can read the full release notes on Microsoft's website; if Windows 11 is still running slow, be sure to check out our guide on how to make Windows 11 faster Please see