Windows 11 KB5074109 (January 2026 Update) is causing major issues on some PCs, and Microsoft has more details to share.

Microsoft’s new warning was spotted by Windows Latest. “In an updated support document, the company has confirmed that the update is indeed crashing some PCs.” This primarily affects commercial PCs.

My Windows PC doesn't crash as often as it did in the Windows 7 era, and I haven't seen any of those dreaded blue screen of death (BSOD) messages, the one thing you could always count on Windows to ...

Windows 11 January 2026 updates may cause boot failures on some PCs. Microsoft is investigating issues linked to KB5074109.

Neowin also notes another dark side to this latest issue. “Interestingly, Microsoft came up with a technical solution for ...

A few unfortunate users of the Windows 11 October 2025 update (and Windows Server 2025) may have stumbled upon a critical issue where the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) failed to pick up mouse ...

Microsoft has confirmed that the August 2025 Windows security updates are breaking reset and recovery operations on systems running Windows 10 and older versions of Windows 11. "After installing the ...

Microsoft offers an easy method to recover Windows devices when encountering fatal issues that prevent them from booting up – Quick Machine Recovery. It searches the cloud server for resolutions and ...

An urgent Windows January 2026 update has been the source of performance issues, resulting in GPU slowdowns in intensive apps and gaming, particularly for NVIDIA GeForce graphics card users, but ...