Widespread install failures, audio stuttering while gaming

January 2024’s Patch Tuesday for Windows 11 22H2/23H2 refused to install with a trio of errors: 0x800f081f, 0x80188309, and 0x8007000d. Users who managed to force it through were rewarded with audio stuttering during gaming and streaming — the sound crackling and cutting out mid-game. Wi-Fi adapter connectivity became unreliable. A security update that couldn’t install, and when it did, made your computer worse at the two things people actually enjoy doing with it.