diff --git a/build/build-windows.ps1 b/build/build-windows.ps1
index d2cdda589..b9d7280f5 100644
--- a/build/build-windows.ps1
+++ b/build/build-windows.ps1
@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
 param([string]$configuration = "Release")
 
+dotnet workload install macos
+dotnet workload install ios
+dotnet workload install maccatalyst 
+dotnet workload install android
+
 dotnet build ./src/skiasharp/LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharp.Avalonia/LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.Avalonia.csproj -c $configuration
 dotnet build ./src/skiasharp/LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharp.WinForms/LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.WinForms.csproj -c $configuration
 dotnet build ./src/skiasharp/LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharp.Wpf/LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.Wpf.csproj -c $configuration
 dotnet build ./src/skiasharp/LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharp.Xamarin.Forms/LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.Xamarin.Forms.csproj -c $configuration
 dotnet build ./src/skiasharp/LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.Blazor/LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.Blazor.csproj -c $configuration
 dotnet build ./src/skiasharp/LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.Eto/LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.Eto.csproj -c $configuration
+dotnet build ./src/skiasharp/LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.Maui/LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.Maui.csproj -c $configuration
 
+# DISABLE DOTNET BUILD FOR NOW
 # LiveCharts requires VisualStudio 17.8
-# but it seems that the current image installed is 17.6
-# for now we are skiping msbuilds
-
-# dotnet build ./src/skiasharp/LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.Maui/LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.Maui.csproj -c $configuration
+# but it seems that the current image installed is 17.6 (UPDATE NOT SURE WHICH VERSION IS INSTALLED AS TODAY)
+# FOR NOW... DISABLE MSBUILD
 
 # $msbuild = &"${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe" -latest -prerelease -products * -requires Microsoft.Component.MSBuild -find MSBuild\**\Bin\MSBuild.exe
 
@@ -23,4 +28,4 @@ dotnet build ./src/skiasharp/LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.Eto/LiveChartsCore.Ski
 # & $msbuild `
 #     ./src/skiasharp/LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.Uno.WinUI/LiveChartsCore.SkiaSharpView.Uno.WinUI.csproj `
 #     /p:configuration=$configuration `
-#     /restore
+#     /restore
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/LiveChartsCore/CoreAxis.cs b/src/LiveChartsCore/CoreAxis.cs
index 10a14170e..5d37b7ed5 100644
--- a/src/LiveChartsCore/CoreAxis.cs
+++ b/src/LiveChartsCore/CoreAxis.cs
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ public abstract class CoreAxis<TDrawingContext, TTextGeometry, TLineGeometry>
     private Align? _labelsAlignment;
     private bool _inLineNamePlacement;
     private IEnumerable<double>? _customSeparators;
-    private int _stepCount;
     internal double? _logBase;
 
     #endregion
@@ -307,8 +306,6 @@ public LvcColor? CrosshairLabelsBackground
     /// <inheritdoc cref="ChartElement{TDrawingContext}.Invalidate(Chart{TDrawingContext})"/>
     public override void Invalidate(Chart<TDrawingContext> chart)
     {
-        _stepCount = 0;
-
         var cartesianChart = (CartesianChart<TDrawingContext>)chart;
 
         var controlSize = cartesianChart.ControlSize;
@@ -607,8 +604,6 @@ NamePadding is not null || SeparatorsPaint is not null || LabelsPaint is not nul
                 UpdateLabel(visualSeparator.Label, x, y + tyco, labelContent, hasRotation, r, UpdateMode.Update);
 
             if (hasActivePaint) _ = measured.Add(visualSeparator);
-
-            if (_stepCount++ > 10000) ThrowInfiniteSeparators();
         }
 
         foreach (var separatorValueKey in separators.ToArray())
@@ -810,6 +805,10 @@ private IEnumerable<double> EnumerateSeparators(double start, double end, double
         }
 
         var relativeEnd = end - start;
+        if (relativeEnd / step > 10000)
+        {
+            ThrowInfiniteSeparators();
+        }
         for (var i = 0d; i <= relativeEnd; i += step) yield return start + i;
     }
 
@@ -891,8 +890,6 @@ public virtual LvcSize GetPossibleSize(Chart<TDrawingContext> chart)
             var m = textGeometry.Measure(LabelsPaint);
             if (m.Width > w) w = m.Width;
             if (m.Height > h) h = m.Height;
-
-            if (_stepCount++ > 10000) ThrowInfiniteSeparators();
         }
 
         return new LvcSize(w, h);
@@ -1046,8 +1043,6 @@ private LvcSize GetPossibleMaxLabelSize()
             maxLabelSize = new LvcSize(
                 maxLabelSize.Width > m.Width ? maxLabelSize.Width : m.Width,
                 maxLabelSize.Height > m.Height ? maxLabelSize.Height : m.Height);
-
-            if (_stepCount++ > 10000) ThrowInfiniteSeparators();
         }
 
         return maxLabelSize;
@@ -1456,8 +1451,9 @@ private string TryGetLabelOrLogError(Func<double, string> labeler, double value)
 
     private void ThrowInfiniteSeparators()
     {
+        var axisName = string.IsNullOrEmpty(Name) ? "" : $"named \"{Name}\" ";
         throw new Exception(
-            $"The {_orientation} axis has an excessive number of separators. " +
+            $"The {_orientation} axis {axisName}has an excessive number of separators. " +
             $"If you set the step manually, ensure the number of separators is less than 10,000. " +
             $"This could also be caused because you are zooming too deep, " +
             $"try to set a limit to the current chart zoom using the Axis.{nameof(MinZoomDelta)} property. " +