Windows 11 Suffers Recurrent Update Failures

Windows 11 shipped a problematic January 2026 update (KB5074109) that caused black screens and frozen Outlook POP accounts, continuing a year of regressions traced through 2025. The article catalogs about 20 major issues from 2025—USB DAC audio failures, undetected webcams, BitLocker setting blocks, RDP disconnects, BSOD boot loops and Copilot-related removals—highlighting persistent quality regressions across multiple monthly patches.