System Guard Secure Launch
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Windows 11 23H2 and Windows 10 now reboot on shutdown due to Secure Launch and VSM conflict
Microsoft's persistent shutdown bug, which transforms a simple \"Shut down\" command into an unexpected system reboot, has expanded its reach beyond Windows 11 23H2 to now affect Windows 10 systems...
Windows 10 Shutdown Bug: January 2026 Patch Causes Restart Issues on ESU PCs
Microsoft has confirmed a significant bug in its January 2026 security update for Windows 10 Extended Security Update (ESU) systems, where affected PCs restart instead of shutting down properly. This...
Windows 11 Shutdown Bug Persists in VSM Systems: Microsoft's Patch Tuesday Fallout
Microsoft's January 2024 Patch Tuesday update introduced a significant regression affecting Windows 11 systems with Virtualization-Based Security (VBS) enabled, creating shutdown and hibernate...
Windows Shutdown Bug Widens: KB5077797 Impacts More Enterprise Systems Than Initially Reported
Microsoft has significantly expanded the scope of a critical shutdown and hibernation regression affecting Windows enterprise systems, revealing that the January 2025 Patch Tuesday issues impact far...
KB5077797 Breaks Windows 11 Shutdown on Secure Launch PCs, Forcing Hard Resets
Windows 11 users and administrators woke up in mid-January to a puzzling and disruptive problem: after applying Microsoft's January cumulative update, some PCs refused to power off cleanly. Instead...
OneDrive Known Folder Move Undo Feature: Windows 11 Users Gain Control
Microsoft has quietly rolled out a significant quality-of-life improvement for Windows 11 users who rely on OneDrive's Folder Backup feature, commonly known as Known Folder Move. The update...
KB5077797: Microsoft's Emergency Patch Fixes Windows 11 23H2 Shutdown & RDP Problems
Microsoft has taken swift action to address a critical reliability regression in Windows 11 23H2, releasing an urgent out-of-band update, KB5077797, on January 17, 2026. This emergency patch...
Microsoft issues emergency fix for Windows 11 23H2 shutdown bug triggered by KB5034441 security update.
Microsoft's first Windows 11 update of 2026, released as part of the January Patch Tuesday cycle, introduced a disruptive shutdown regression affecting a specific subset of devices, prompting the...
Windows 11 OOB Patch KB5040001 Fixes Shutdown Failure After Remote Desktop Sessions
Microsoft's January 2026 update cycle took an unexpected turn when a Patch Tuesday release introduced a narrowly scoped but disruptive regression that left some Windows 11 systems unable to shut down...
January 2026 Windows OOB Updates: KB5077744 and KB5077797 Fix Critical Login Issues
Microsoft has released emergency out-of-band (OOB) updates for Windows 10 and Windows 11 to address critical sign-in failures that emerged after the January 2026 Patch Tuesday cycle. The updates,...
Windows Emergency Updates: January Shutdown Bug & System Guard Secure Launch Fix
Microsoft's Windows update cadence shifted into emergency mode this winter, with the company pushing urgent out-of-band security patches while simultaneously grappling with a disruptive shutdown...
Windows 11 Shutdown Bug: KB5073455 & KB5077797 Update Issues Explained
Microsoft's January 2025 Patch Tuesday updates have introduced a significant shutdown bug affecting Windows 11 systems with specific hardware configurations, creating frustration for users who...