Virtual Secure Mode
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Windows January 2026 Updates Cause Shutdown Restart Loop: Secure Launch & VSM Issues
Microsoft's January 2026 cumulative updates have triggered a significant regression affecting Windows shutdown behavior, causing affected systems to restart instead of powering down completely. What...
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...
Microsoft releases multiple out-of-band patches for Windows 11 23H2 shutdown hang and reboot failures
Microsoft's recent Windows shutdown bug represents far more than a minor inconvenience—it's a demonstrable, multi-stage reliability failure that has affected a surprisingly wide range of Windows...
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...
CVE-2025-48813: Critical VSM Spoofing Vulnerability Threatens Windows Credential Guard
Microsoft has disclosed a critical security vulnerability in Windows Virtual Secure Mode (VSM) that could allow attackers to bypass Credential Guard protections and potentially compromise sensitive...