I installed the updates from 6th February and so far everything is looking good.

Despite uninstalling aacAmbientHAL 2.0.0.0, I am having occasional slow downs at powerup, resulting in me being unable to enter my PIN to access the computer.  After getting in eventually, I noted that AsusSoftwareManager.exe had acquired 16350 handl...

I eventually tried @DrMartin40Madri 's solution.  Looking good so far. Thanks.

I foolishly updated  the Windows Dynamic Lighting Plug In to 2.0.0.0 on my 2023 M16.  It is now exhibiting the same 2 handle per second leak on LightingService.exe  that I was seeing on my older G15 after updating just after Christmas.  The M16 was f...

Note:  On the G15: So far memory usage after the fix appears normal.  The LightingService.exe handle leak appears to be a separate problem that has been reported occasionally for years.  I estimate that it would take over 250 hours for windows to run...