"Microsoft's first update for Windows 11 in 2026 has been a buggy mess, to say the least. After reports of shutdown issues on some machines, Microsoft issued an emergency update to fix its January 2026 Windows 11 update last weekend. Now, exactly a week later the software maker has been forced to issue a second unusual out-of-band fix to address OneDrive and Dropbox crashes."
"Microsoft warned over the weekend that its January 2026 update may also be creating boot failures on some machines. In an alert to IT admins, the company said it was investigating reports of boot failures with 24H2 and 25H2 after installing the January 2026 update. Some PCs have been bluescreening with a UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME stop code, and Microsoft warns these machines need to be manually recovered."
Microsoft released an emergency out-of-band January 2026 Windows 11 security update to fix shutdown issues and later issued a second weekend patch for OneDrive and Dropbox crashes. The shutdown bug initially affected Enterprise and IoT editions of Windows 11 version 23H2. The second fix targets crashes and unresponsiveness on 24H2 and 25H2. Microsoft is investigating reports of boot failures after the update, including UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME bluescreens requiring manual recovery. Microsoft has not concluded the investigation and previous similar incidents were traced to early SSD firmware and motherboard BIOS rather than a Windows update.
Read at The Verge
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]