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KB5077797 is an emergency out-of-band update released by Microsoft on January 17, 2026, to fix a shutdown and hibernation bug in Windows 11 version 23H2. The bug was introduced by the January 13, 2026 cumulative update KB5073455 and affected systems with System Guard Secure Launch enabled, causing them to restart instead of powering off. The fix restores normal shutdown, hibernation, and Remote Desktop sign-in behavior. IT administrators and users can download KB5077797 from the Microsoft Update Catalog or Windows Update.
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    Windows 11 Shutdown Bug With Secure Launch: KB5077797 Fix

    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 of shutting down or reliably entering hibernation, affected systems often restarted or remained...
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    Windows 11 23H2 Shutdown Bug Fixed by January 17 Out of Band Update

    A routine Windows security update should not leave machines refusing to power off. Yet in mid‑January a cumulative package for Windows 11 created a nasty, configuration‑dependent bug: on some systems the Shutdown and Hibernate commands were ignored and the PC simply restarted. That regression...
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    Windows 11 Shutdown Bug Fixed with KB5077797 Out-of-Band Patch

    Microsoft has issued an out‑of‑band fix after a January update left a small subset of Windows 11 systems unable to shut down or enter hibernation — affected machines would restart instead of powering off — and the remedial package, KB5077797, is now available from Microsoft (and the Microsoft...
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    Windows 11 23H2 January 2026 Patch Tuesday Shutdown Regression Fixed with OOB

    Microsoft’s first Windows 11 update of 2026 disrupted shutdown behavior on a narrow but important slice of devices and forced an out‑of‑band emergency fix hours later; the January 13 Patch Tuesday cumulative (notably KB5073455 for Windows 11 23H2) introduced a configuration‑dependent regression...
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    Windows 11 January 2026 Patch: OOB Fixes for Remote Desktop and Secure Launch Shutdown

    Microsoft’s January update cycle took an unexpected detour this week when a Patch Tuesday release introduced a narrowly scoped but disruptive regression that left some Windows 11 systems unable to shut down or enter hibernation, forcing Microsoft to ship emergency out‑of‑band (OOB) updates on...
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    Windows 11 23H2 Secure Launch Restart Bug Fixed by Out of Band KB5077797

    Microsoft has pushed an emergency, out‑of‑band fix after a January cumulative update for Windows 11 caused some systems configured with System Guard Secure Launch to restart instead of shutting down or entering hibernation, an issue Microsoft has acknowledged and patched with a remedial package...
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    Windows 11 Shutdown Bug with Secure Launch KB5073455 and OOB KB5077797

    Microsoft’s January Patch Tuesday brought a familiar trade‑off: a broad security rollup that closed dozens of vulnerabilities — and, for a narrowly defined set of systems, an unexpected regression that prevents shutdown and hibernation from completing as intended. The bug, tied to the Windows 11...
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    Windows 11 23H2 Shutdown Bug With Secure Launch and OOB KB5077797 Fix

    Microsoft’s January Windows 11 cumulative update left a narrow but disruptive footprint: on some devices running Windows 11, version 23H2 with System Guard Secure Launch enabled, the system may restart instead of powering off or entering hibernation — and Microsoft published an emergency...
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