User blog comment:The Joker~/How can I rekindle my interest in Skyrim?/@comment-4057437-20121129045941/@comment-4057437-20121130005029

We have noticed that some parts of patches don't affect play-throughs already in existance. This must be one of those instances.

We will be starting new characters after all the DLC's have been released, just like we did for Fallout New Vegas, so all the fixes should be working for them.