Microsoft’s 2026 Windows 11 Update Delivers Shutdowns, Crashes, and Free Stress
KEY POINTS
- •Microsoft released a January 2026 Windows 11 update that caused shutdown issues on Enterprise and IoT devices running version 23H2.
- •The company issued an emergency update last weekend but then had to push a second fix a week later for OneDrive and Dropbox crashes.
- •Microsoft is currently investigating additional boot failures potentially linked to the January security update.
In a bold display of crashing confidence, Microsoft’s January 2026 Windows 11 update has become the tech equivalent of a bad sequel: buggy, frustrating, and oddly persistent. After complaints about shutdown failures affecting Enterprise and IoT editions of Windows 11 version 23H2, Microsoft rushed out an emergency update last weekend—like a firefighter accidentally spraying gasoline. Not content with chaos, the update then forced a second 'out-of-band' patch exactly a week later to stop OneDrive and Dropbox from crashing, proving you can’t keep a broken cloud down. Meanwhile, reports of boot failures brewed as Microsoft started investigating, probably wondering if ‘shutdown’ actually meant ‘start over.’
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Microsoft’s Windows 11 update schedule looks like a slapstick comedy—shut down, crash, reboot, repeat. It’s performance art disguised as software support.
Who knew Windows updates were just fever dreams experienced by your poor Enterprise IoT machines? Performance art, or just artless?
Windows 11 in 2026: A thrilling soap opera where every update launches a new disaster and no one gets a happy ending.
Source: Theverge | Published: 1/26/2026 | Author: Tom Warren
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