{"id":430893,"date":"2026-01-26T14:17:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T14:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/430893\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T14:17:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T14:17:07","slug":"microsofts-first-windows-11-update-of-2026-has-been-a-mess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/430893\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft\u2019s first Windows 11 update of 2026 has been a mess"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Microsoft\u2019s 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/864032\/microsofts-out-of-band-windows-11-update-bug\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">emergency update<\/a> 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/topic\/january-24-2026-kb5078127-os-builds-26200-7628-and-26100-7628-out-of-band-cf5777f6-bb4e-4adb-b9cd-2b64df577491\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">out-of-band fix<\/a> to address OneDrive and Dropbox crashes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Microsoft is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/forums\/topic\/reports-of-boot-failures-with-the-january-2026-security-update-and-later-updates\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">investigating<\/a> reports of boot failures that could be related to its January 2026 security update.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">While the first shutdown bug was limited to machines running Enterprise and IoT editions of Windows 11 version 23H2, the latest out-of-band update fixes crashes and unresponsiveness in OneDrive and Dropbox on the latest 24H2 and 25H2 versions of Windows 11.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Just like the first emergency patch to fix this problematic January 2026 update, the second out-of-band update was released over a weekend, leaving IT admins with a busy Monday morning. There could be further headaches ahead for IT admins, too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Microsoft warned over the weekend that its January 2026 update may also be creating boot failures on some machines. In an <a href=\"https:\/\/admin.cloud.microsoft\/Adminportal\/Home?source=applauncher#\/windowsreleasehealth\/:\/issue\/WI1221934\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">alert<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Microsoft hasn\u2019t completed its investigation into the boot failures, so it\u2019s not clear if it\u2019s definitely this update causing the problems. A similar security update last year was initially blamed for SSD issues, but the root cause was actually <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/report\/774201\/phison-windows-11-ssd-issues-early-firmware\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">early versions of firmware and motherboard BIOS<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Microsoft\u2019s first update for Windows 11 in 2026 has been a buggy mess, to say the least. 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