NX Tech Tips #44 — The Patch Ate Itself: Windows' Update Can't Install, Nvidia's GPU Never Existed & ChatGPT's Voices Get Voted Off

Stories:

1. Windows 11 KB5132061 — fixes 1,000+ holes (63 critical), the best right-click menu in years (20 items → 8, instant), Edge up to 33% faster, 8GB laptops drop to 3.3GB RAM after restart. But Microsoft confirmed some PCs loop on install with errors 0x80070306 / 0x800f0989 / 0x800f0993 — one user's update failed 10 times.
2. RTX 5080 Super canned — the rumored 24GB VRAM Super (Jan 2027) reportedly scrapped because 3GB GDDR7 modules cost too much. Plain RTX 5090 street price: $6,919 vs $1,999 MSRP.
3. ChatGPT voice retirement — Advanced + Standard Voice retire Dec 11, 2026 → all users to GPT Live (voice usage nearly doubled since July). Set your voice before then.

Segment: Fix It Already (Windows) · Absurd Pricing of the Week (RTX).

I'm Max — this week Microsoft's biggest update can't install itself, Nvidia cancelled a GPU that never existed, and ChatGPT's voices get voted off the island. The last story is a deadline.

Fix It Already: Windows 11's November update fixes over a thousand holes, including sixty-three critical ones. It also fixes the right-click menu, which took two seconds and showed twenty items. Now it's eight items, instant. On eight-gig laptops, RAM usage after restart dropped from five gigs to three point three. Beautiful. One problem: Microsoft confirmed some PCs now loop on this install, failing with error 0x80070306. One user's update failed a full ten times. The fix is allergic to your PC. And the menu you wanted most is the one you can't install. Microsoft calls it a known issue — rude name for a broken screen.

Absurd Pricing of the Week: Nvidia's RTX 5080 Super — a 24-gig card rumored for January 2027 — has been cancelled, per reports out of China. Reason: 24 gigs means 3-gig memory modules, and those cost far more than 2-gig ones, so the whole card stops making sense. Meanwhile the plain 5090 lists at $6,919. Same money buys a house deposit in some provinces. The company chose AI data centers. Your graphics card chose unemployment. A very expensive ghost — the 5090 became the luxury edition of vapor.

The gift: OpenAI retires Advanced and Standard voice from ChatGPT on December 11, 2026. Everyone moves to GPT Live, introduced back in July. Since July, voice usage nearly doubled. Live video and screen sharing stay. The other two just got voted off the island. If you talk to ChatGPT, set your voice before then. Grab the new roommate now — yesterday's voice is leaving.

That's the show. Use the right-click menu. Then update Windows. Then check your GPU's price. Three useful things before coffee. See you Thursday.