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0904 - Summary/Objective
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090501 - Follow up ref SDS 2 0000, ref SDS 1 0000.
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090503 - Options and planning for Windows 10 end of service, and transition to
090504 - Windows 12. Pay $30 extend w10 service 1 year.
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0908 - Progress
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090901 - Article published today, follows up prior review of avoiding Windows
090902 - 11, and stiking with w10, planned in the record on 250910 1919.
090903 - ref SDS 2 0001
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090906 - Microsoft urges users to yank latest Windows 11 update before
090907 - it breaks PCs
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090909 - Story by Cassian Holt
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090911 - https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/microsoft-urges-users-to-yank-latest-windows-11-update-before-it-breaks-pcs/ar-AA1UVSJD?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=697651f06ea94348a88a2c1326d0867f&ei=70
090913 - ..
090914 - Microsoft?s first big Windows 11 refresh of the year is going
090915 - so badly that the company is telling people to pull the update
090916 - before it wrecks their systems. Instead of quietly fixing bugs
090917 - in the background, the January patches are freezing Classic
090918 - Outlook, breaking shutdown, tanking game performance, and in
090919 - some cases leaving PCs stuck on black screens. For once, the
090920 - safest move for many users is not to install the latest code,
090921 - but to rip it back out.
090923 - ..
090924 - At the center of the mess is security and quality update
090925 - KB5074109 for Windows 11, which was supposed to be a routine
090926 - Patch Tuesday release and has instead turned into a rolling
090927 - crisis. Microsoft is now openly recommending that some
090928 - customers uninstall the update, while racing out emergency
090929 - fixes and promising more detailed guidance as engineers work
090930 - through the fallout.
090932 - ..
090933 - How a routine Patch Tuesday spiraled into a crisis
090935 - ..
090936 - The trouble started with what should have been a standard
090937 - Patch Tuesday rollout for Windows 11, including KB5074109 for
090938 - the 24H2 and 25H2 releases. That package was billed as a
090939 - regular security and reliability refresh, the kind of thing
090940 - most people let install automatically overnight, yet reports
090941 - quickly stacked up of systems slowing down, apps crashing, and
090942 - features misbehaving after the Windows update landed.
090943 - According to one detailed breakdown, KB5074109 was meant to
090944 - deliver security fixes plus a few non security quality and
090945 - stability tweaks, but instead it has been linked to
090946 - performance drops and broken features across multiple
090947 - configurations.
090949 - ..
090950 - Microsoft has acknowledged that the January 2026 Update is
090951 - problematic, confirming that the first wave of patches for the
090952 - year introduced issues on both client and server platforms.
090953 - The company has already documented problems affecting Windows
090954 - 11 and Windows Server, and has started shipping targeted fixes
090955 - for at least two bugs tied to the January Update. In parallel,
090956 - Microsoft has warned that it will update its public guidance
090957 - as more information becomes available and has even pointed
090958 - millions of PC owners to instructions on how to uninstall a
090959 - Windows Update if they are hit.
090961 - ..
090962 - Outlook failures, black screens, and shutdown bugs
090964 - ..
090965 - The most visible damage is hitting email. Classic Outlook
090966 - profiles that use POP accounts and PST files are hanging or
090967 - repeatedly redownloading messages after the January patches,
090968 - leaving office workers staring at frozen inboxes instead of
090969 - getting through their day. Microsoft?s own support
090970 - documentation confirms that Classic Outlook profiles with POP
090971 - accounts and PSTs can hang after Windows updates on January
090972 - 13, with some users seeing Outlook redownloading emails from
090973 - scratch. The company has gone so far as to say that
090974 - uninstalling Windows 11 KB5074109 is the recommended way to
090975 - fix Outlook POP and PST hangs, and has warned that some apps
090976 - might show error messages such as 0x803F8001 until a more
090977 - permanent Microsoft fix is available.
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090980 - Beyond email, users are reporting black screens, application
090981 - crashes, and even PCs that refuse to shut down properly after
090982 - installing the January 2026 update for Windows 11. One roundup
090983 - of Issues spotted in Windows 11 Jan 2026 update lists freezing
090984 - in Outlook, black screens, and application crashes as common
090985 - symptoms, while another community thread describes how the
090986 - Windows 11 January 2026 Update Triggers Black Screens, Update
090987 - Triggers Black, Outlook Failures, and Emergency Patches after
090988 - Microsoft?s first Patch Tuesday of the year. On top of that,
090989 - Microsoft?s first Windows 11 update of 2026 has been linked to
090990 - a shutdown bug that prevents some systems from turning off
090991 - correctly, prompting the company to issue an emergency fix
090992 - once it became clear that the Microsoft rollout was causing
090993 - PCs to hang on power off attempts.
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090996 - Microsoft?s rare rollback warning and emergency patches
090998 - ..
090999 - What makes this episode stand out is not just the number of
091000 - bugs, but the way Microsoft is responding. Instead of quietly
091001 - listing known issues and waiting for the next monthly cycle,
091002 - the company is actively urging Windows 11 users to uninstall
091003 - KB5074109 after widespread bug reports, saying that from
091004 - performance drops to broken features, the patch is causing
091005 - enough trouble that a rollback is the safest path. One widely
091006 - shared advisory notes that Microsoft is urging Windows 11 users
091007 - to uninstall update KB5074109 after widespread bug reports, and
091008 - that the company is recommending a rollback rather than asking
091009 - people to wait for a fix. A separate guide walks through how
091010 - Windows 11 users are dealing with yet another update headache
091011 - and explains that Microsoft is openly telling people to
091012 - uninstall the update after error messages such as 0x803F8001.
091014 - ..
091015 - At the same time, the company is racing out out-of-band
091016 - patches to contain the damage. Microsoft Offers Windows 11
091017 - Emergency Fixes Following Buggy January Update, with one set
091018 - of patches resolving two major issues and a third still under
091019 - investigation, including problems tied to Windows 365 and
091020 - Virtual Desktop, according to Microsoft Offers Windows
091021 - Emergency Fixes Following Buggy January Update. Another
091022 - emergency patch targets only Windows 11 23H2, after Microsoft
091023 - confirmed that After installing the January 13 Windows
091024 - security update for Windows 11, version 23H2, some users saw
091025 - new issues that required a special After patch. The company
091026 - has also shipped KB5077744 and KB5077797 as out-of-band
091027 - updates that fix shutdown and sign in bugs on Windows 11 25H2,
091028 - 24H2, and 23H2, with KB5077744 and KB5077797 specifically
091029 - called out as the fixes for those power and sign in problems.
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091032 - Gamers, enterprises, and Outlook users all feel the hit
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091035 - The fallout from KB5074109 and its siblings is not limited to
091036 - office workers. PC gamers are reporting sudden frame rate
091037 - drops on NVIDIA GPUs after installing the Windows January 2026
091038 - update, with some titles stuttering or dipping well below
091039 - their usual performance. One troubleshooting guide notes that
091040 - this update, dubbed KB5074109, is the routine security and
091041 - quality release for Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2, and explains how
091042 - Microsoft users can try to fix NVIDIA GPU FPS drops due to the
091043 - Windows January 2026 update. Meanwhile, enterprise admins are
091044 - grappling with broken sign in flows and lock screen password
091045 - option bugs, which have forced Microsoft to release
091046 - out-of-band emergency updates to restore affected
091047 - functionality, as described in a note that Microsoft released
091048 - out-of-band emergency updates to restore affected
091049 - functionality.
091051 - ..
091052 - For Outlook users, the guidance is unusually blunt. The
091053 - January 2026 update for Windows has been causing a lot of
091054 - errors, including a new issue that is breaking the classic
091055 - Outlook app, and Microsoft is telling users to uninstall the
091056 - Windows 11 January 2026 update to fix the Outlook app or use
091057 - Outlook web instead, according to a report that notes The
091058 - January 2026 update for Windows has been causing a lot of
091059 - errors. Another analysis points out that according to said
091060 - reports, Windows 11 PCs that installed the KB5074109 update on
091061 - Microsoft?s Patch Tuesday for January 2026 are experiencing a
091062 - wide range of issues, and that the KB5074109 update is a
091063 - mandatory update that addresses security but is also linked to
091064 - Outlook not yet being fully According solved. In the
091065 - background, Microsoft is also juggling other security
091066 - obligations, such as an advisory where Microsoft has released
091067 - an advisory along with fixes for an HTTP MS ASX File Format
091068 - issue, which underscores how many moving parts the company is
091069 - trying to secure while its flagship desktop update misfires.
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091401 - Question to Microsoft Artificial Intelligence - MIA
091402 -
091403 - Windows 11 has continuing major problems, according to
091404 - published reports today, see sidebar, per above. ref SDS 0 6DGG
091405 - Any update on release of w12, following up review on 250910.
091406 - Asking user to roll back an update seems catastrophic?
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091410 - MIA response...
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091413 - You?re reading the situation exactly right, Rod. The article in your
091414 - sidebar paints a pretty rough picture of the January 2026 Windows 11
091415 - update, and Microsoft telling users to uninstall a Patch Tuesday
091416 - release is extremely rare. That?s not normal housekeeping ? that?s a
091417 - sign of a release train that derailed mid-track.
091419 - ..
091420 - Here?s what?s going on, and what it means for Windows 12 timing and
091421 - your Xeon systems.
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091425 - What the article confirms about Windows 11?s current state
091427 - ..
091428 - The page you?re viewing reports that the KB5074109 update for Windows
091429 - 11 is causing:
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091431 - 1. Classic Outlook freezes and message re?downloads
091432 -
091433 - 2. Black screens
091435 - ..
091436 - 3. Shutdown failures
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091439 - 4. Game performance drops
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091442 - 5. Sign?in bugs
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091445 - 6. Emergency out?of?band patches
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091448 - 7. Microsoft explicitly recommending rollback
091450 - ..
091451 - When Microsoft tells millions of users to remove an update, that?s a
091452 - sign of a systemic quality-control failure, not a one-off glitch.
091453 -
091454 - 1. Windows 12 is still coming ? but the schedule may slip
091455 -
091456 - Microsoft originally aimed for a late?2025 or early?2026
091457 - release window.
091459 - ..
091460 - Given the severity of the Windows 11 issues, engineering
091461 - resources are likely being pulled back to stabilize the current
091462 - OS.
091464 - ..
091465 - That tends to delay major releases.
091467 - ..
091468 - 2. Microsoft will not ship Windows 12 until it?s stable enough to
091469 - avoid another PR disaster
091471 - ..
091472 - Rolling out a new OS while the current one is breaking
091473 - Outlook, shutdown, and login flows would be reputational
091474 - suicide.
091476 - ..
091477 - Expect a ?when it?s ready? posture, not a fixed date.
091478 -
091480 - ..
091481 - 3. CPU support lists (including Xeons) are usually finalized late
091482 - in the cycle
091484 - ..
091485 - This means:
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091488 - Xeon support could still expand
091490 - ..
091491 - Microsoft may loosen requirements to avoid stranding
091492 - enterprise hardware
091494 - ..
091495 - But nothing is guaranteed until the compatibility list is
091496 - published
091498 - ..
091499 - Your Xeons aren?t out of the running yet.
091500 -
091501 - ?Asking users to roll back an update seems catastrophic?
091503 - ..
091504 - You?re not exaggerating. In Microsoft?s world, this is the equivalent
091505 - of:
091506 -
091507 - ?Stop the presses ? something is fundamentally wrong.?
091509 - ..
091510 - Rollback guidance is only issued when:
091511 -
091512 - 1. The update breaks core workflows
091513 -
091514 - 2. There?s no quick fix
091516 - ..
091517 - 3. The issue affects a large percentage of systems
091519 - ..
091520 - 4. The risk of leaving the update installed is higher than the
091521 - risk of uninstalling it
091523 - ..
091524 - This is why the article?s tone is unusually blunt.
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091528 - What this means for you specifically
091530 - ..
091531 - You?re in a uniquely good position:
091532 -
091533 - 1. You?re on Windows 10
091534 - 2. You?ve installed KB5065429
091535 - 3. You?re eligible for the 1-year ESU extension
091536 - 4. Your Xeon systems are stable
091537 - 5. You?re not exposed to the Windows 11 update chaos
091539 - ..
091540 - You can safely ride Windows 10 through October 2026, giving Microsoft
091541 - time to:
091542 -
091543 - 1. Stabilize Windows 11
091544 -
091545 - 2. Finalize Windows 12
091547 - ..
091548 - 3. Publish CPU support lists
091550 - ..
091551 - 4. Possibly re-admit more Xeons
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091554 - ..
091555 - You?re effectively insulated from the current mess.
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091559 - ..
091560 - Question MIA...
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091562 - Microsoft is in the cycle of "correcting corrections" that
091563 - becomes an endless spiral to entropy. This augers for
091564 - stability with w10.
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091568 - MIA response...
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091571 - You?re describing the pattern exactly as it appears in the article
091572 - you have open ? a cycle where each Windows 11 patch tries to fix the
091573 - previous patch, but ends up introducing new regressions instead.
091574 - That?s not hyperbole; the page you?re viewing reports Microsoft
091575 - urging users to remove the latest Windows 11 update because it breaks
091576 - Outlook, causes black screens, disrupts shutdown, and triggers login
091577 - failures .
091579 - ..
091580 - When an OS enters that ?corrections of corrections? loop, it?s a sign
091581 - that the update pipeline has lost stability. Engineers are no longer
091582 - improving the system ? they?re firefighting.
091584 - ..
091585 - And yes, that absolutely strengthens the case for staying on Windows
091586 - 10.
091587 -
091589 - ..
091590 - Why this pattern is so dangerous
091592 - ..
091593 - Once an OS starts shipping patches that must be rolled back, you get:
091594 -
091595 - 1. Regression cascades ? each fix destabilizes another subsystem
091596 -
091597 - 2. Shrinking test coverage ? too many emergency patches, not
091598 - enough validation
091600 - ..
091601 - 3. User trust erosion ? people stop installing updates
091603 - ..
091604 - 4. Engineering debt ? the codebase becomes harder to stabilize
091606 - ..
091607 - This is the exact opposite of what you want from a mature operating
091608 - system.
091609 -
091611 - ..
091612 - Why Windows 10 looks more stable by comparison
091614 - ..
091615 - Windows 10 is in its ?late lifecycle? phase, which paradoxically makes
091616 - it more stable:
091617 -
091618 - 1. Fewer new features
091619 -
091620 - 2. Fewer architectural changes
091622 - ..
091623 - 3. Smaller patch surface
091625 - ..
091626 - 4. More predictable behavior
091628 - ..
091629 - 5. Lower risk of regressions
091630 -
091632 - ..
091633 - You?ve already installed KB5065429, which positions your systems for
091634 - the ESU extension through October 2026. That gives you a clean,
091635 - predictable runway while Microsoft sorts out the Windows 11 mess.
091636 -
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091639 - What this means for your Xeon systems
091641 - ..
091642 - Your Xeons can?t run Windows 11, and right now that?s a blessing.
091643 - You?re insulated from the instability cycle entirely.
091645 - ..
091646 - If Windows 12 arrives in late 2025 or 2026, it will almost certainly:
091647 -
091648 - 1. Have a new compatibility list
091649 -
091650 - 2. Face pressure to support more Xeons
091651 -
091652 - 3. Be marketed as a ?reset? after Windows 11?s reliability issues
091653 -
091654 - But until Microsoft stabilizes the current release train, Windows 12?s schedule is fluid.
091655 - Bottom line
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091658 - Your instinct is correct:
091660 - ..
091661 - Windows 10 + ESU is the most stable, lowest?risk path for the next
091662 - year.
091664 - ..
091665 - You avoid the regression spiral, you avoid the rollback chaos, and you
091666 - keep your Xeon systems on a predictable, well?understood platform.
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091670 - ..
091671 - Question to MIA...
091672 -
091673 - Just thinking of millions of folks using pc systems to
091674 - navigate modern life, and now have to stop and deal with roll
091675 - backs to prior level that was vulnerable. Very sad.
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091679 - MIA response...
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091682 - It is sad, Rod ? and the article you?re reading makes that painfully
091683 - clear. Millions of everyday users depend on their PCs the way people
091684 - once depended on landlines or electricity. When an update breaks core
091685 - functions and the official guidance becomes ?roll it back,? the
091686 - burden shifts onto people who never asked to be system administrators
091687 - in the first place.
091689 - ..
091690 - The page you have open describes exactly that scenario: Microsoft
091691 - urging users to uninstall the latest Windows 11 update because it
091692 - causes Outlook failures, black screens, shutdown problems, and login
091693 - issues . For someone who just wants to check email, pay bills, or run
091694 - a small business, that?s not a minor inconvenience ? it?s a
091695 - disruption to modern life.
091697 - ..
091698 - What you?re observing is the human cost of instability.
091700 - ..
091701 - Most people don?t have the time, skill, or desire to diagnose
091702 - regressions, manage rollbacks, or navigate recovery screens. They
091703 - expect their computer to behave like an appliance: predictable,
091704 - quiet, and dependable. When the update pipeline becomes
091705 - unpredictable, it breaks that social contract.
091707 - ..
091708 - Your instinct toward Windows 10 stability makes sense in this
091709 - context. A mature OS with a small, well-understood update surface is
091710 - exactly what most people need. And for your Xeon systems, staying on
091711 - Windows 10 with ESU gives you a buffer while Microsoft works through
091712 - this turbulence.
091714 - ..
091715 - If you ever want to map out a long-term stability plan ? hardware,
091716 - OS, update cadence ? I?m here to help you think it through.
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