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Microsoft released an out‑of‑band cumulative update for Windows 11, version 23H2—KB5078132 (OS Build 22631.6495)—on January 24, 2026 to address a set of post‑Patch‑Tuesday regressions and to roll together prior January fixes into a single package for affected systems. The package is explicitly...

A routine Patch Tuesday release on January 13, 2026 has left a significant portion of classic Outlook users scrambling: the Windows 11 cumulative update KB5074109 and a separate Outlook Current Channel build have each introduced regressions that render parts of the traditional Outlook experience...

Microsoft has warned that the January 13, 2026 cumulative security update for Windows — published as KB5074109 — can leave the classic (Win32) Outlook client unusable for many users, particularly those using POP profiles or storing .pst data files in cloud‑synced folders such as OneDrive; the...

Windows Weekly’s latest episode, “Second Generation Bonobos,” landed as a dense, opinionated briefing that stitched together three near-term shifts in Microsoft’s approach: rapid-fire emergency remediation for update regressions, quieter but meaningful changes to forced OneDrive folder backup...

Microsoft has confirmed an active investigation into a January 2026 Windows update that can leave Outlook unresponsive when it attempts to save or access PST files stored inside cloud‑synced folders such as OneDrive, and engineers are working on a permanent fix while offering a narrow set of...

Microsoft’s January cumulative update, KB5074109, has created a painful, real‑world problem for users of the classic (Win32) Outlook client — and Microsoft’s interim guidance is blunt: move PST files out of cloud‑synced folders (or use webmail) until a permanent fix arrives. The fallout includes...

A routine January Patch Tuesday rollup (KB5074109) accidentally left parts of Microsoft’s classic Outlook experience unstable for a measurable number of users, triggering freezes, lingering OUTLOOK.EXE processes, lost Sent Items and a rapid sequence of follow‑up fixes and mitigations from...

Windows 11 users are again facing a fresh wave of patch-related breakage: a January 13, 2026 cumulative update (KB5074109) introduced a regression that can make apps unresponsive or fail when opening or saving files on cloud‑backed storage such as OneDrive and Dropbox — and the fallout has...

Microsoft’s January 13, 2026 cumulative update for Windows 11 has left a subset of Outlook users unable to use the desktop client reliably: the classic Win32 Outlook can hang, refuse to exit, lose local Sent Items entries, and even re‑download previously delivered mail when profiles use POP or...

Microsoft has confirmed a fresh wave of regressions tied to the January Patch Day security updates: some applications may stop responding or report errors when opening or saving files stored in cloud-synced locations such as OneDrive or Dropbox, Outlook Classic profiles that store PSTs on...

Microsoft’s January servicing wave has produced a messy and consequential regression: a cumulativetive update released on January 13, 2026 (KB5074109) introduced a file-access problem that can leave apps — most notably classic Microsoft Outlook when its PST files live in OneDrive or other...

In a rare bit of good news for people who still want their Windows desktop to act like a local desktop, OneDrive’s Folder Backup (Known Folder Move) on Windows 11 has quietly gained a better undo flow — in some builds you can now stop folder backup and have OneDrive move your files back to the...

Microsoft has confirmed that its January security update can leave Outlook unstable when users open or save files that live in cloud‑backed folders such as OneDrive or Dropbox — a problem that in some configurations causes the classic Outlook desktop client (especially profiles using POP and PST...

Microsoft’s own troubleshooting guidance now lists OneDrive’s background sync as a potential throttle on Windows performance — a frank admission that the convenience of always-on cloud backup can come at the cost of responsiveness on some machines. This weekend’s coverage calling out the...

Microsoft’s OneDrive folder‑backup behavior has quietly shifted in a way that will matter to almost every Windows 11 user: when OneDrive Backup (the Known Folder Move for Documents, Pictures and Desktop) is active, those folders are relocated under your OneDrive profile and sync to the cloud —...

A new wave of user pushback has crystallized around Microsoft’s AI-first push — a viral nickname, a cheeky browser extension that renames “Microsoft” to “Microslop” on pages you visit, emergency patches for broken OneDrive sync, and an ongoing debate about whether Windows’ AI pivot is...

Microsoft’s recent Windows-era headlines form a clear pattern: Microsoft is pushing deeper into automation and cloud-first defaults while enterprise and consumer reactions expose a widening gap between convenience, control, and trust. New moves — from making Power Automate Desktop free on...

Users waking up to an apparently empty Documents or Desktop folder and believing Windows has “deleted” decades of photos, work documents, and purchased content are not imagining things — but they are often misreading the mechanics of a cloud-first system that quietly moves files out of the local...

Windows 11’s latest push to make OneDrive the default place for your documents has created a sharp divide: convenient cloud protection for many, and a surprise “where did my files go?” experience for others. Microsoft’s Known Folder Move (KFM) and OneDrive Backup flows now appear more...

Microsoft has quietly begun retiring Microsoft Lens — the simple, highly rated mobile document scanner that many people relied on for quick OCR and one‑tap exports — and is consolidating its mobile scanning functionality into OneDrive and the Microsoft 365 Copilot family of apps, with a phased...