KB5077181 was released about a month ago as part of the February Patch Tuesday rollout. When the update first arrived, users reported a wide range of problems, including boot loops, login errors, and installation issues.
Microsoft has now acknowledged another problem linked to the same update. Some affected users see the message “C:\ is not accessible – Access denied” when trying to open the system drive.
Microsoft Confirms Windows 11 Bug That Locks Users Out of the C: Drive
Submitted 5 hours ago by throws_lemy@reddthat.com to technology@lemmy.world
https://windowsreport.com/microsoft-confirms-windows-11-bug-that-locks-users-out-of-the-c-drive/
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JoMiran@lemmy.ml 4 hours ago
Damage@feddit.it 2 hours ago
Bonjour
stoy@lemmy.zip 3 hours ago
Let’s not pretend that Linux is without bugs.
Matty_r@programming.dev 3 hours ago
Let’s not pretend that Microslop is capable of producing good software.
Damage@feddit.it 2 hours ago
It’s a lot easier to accept bugs when you’re not paying for it, it’s not spying on you, it lets you do what you want, and it respects your freedom.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 hours ago
It is a hell of a lot less buggy
And the bugs that are there we are aware of. Microsoft may or may not fix severe security bugs, opting to hide the information instead because it’s better for their bottom line
Microsoft always had been a bug riddled mess that people paid for and then they needed to pay even more to be able to get their shit still working
Now with the AI slop apparently contributing 30% of the code, things have gone off a cliff
So no, nobody is pretending Linux is bug-less, it’s just that Microsoft is that bad
mech@feddit.org 2 hours ago
In 20 years I never had a system-breaking (or really even any noticeable) bug from an update.
flameleaf@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
It doesn’t lock you out of your C: drive
JensSpahnpasta@feddit.org 5 hours ago
There must be something really seriously wrong at Microsoft. I can understand that Windows patches are complex and that they might break some of those crazy things people are running on their machines. But how is a bug that is killing access to the C:\ drive able to get through testing? WTF are they doing?
criss_cross@lemmy.world 23 minutes ago
My company is starting to roll out having AI both put up PRs AND give code reviews.
I would not be surprised to hear Microslop is doing the same thing and having horrible results.
Amazing what happens when you try to turn your talent pool into lifeless casino monitors.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
It’s going to come out that there’s AI in the code. And the code testing was done by AI, who gave the buggy code the green light.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Or worse: AI is doing the QA as well
ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
They don’t need testing because they tell the ai to not make any errors
mybuttnolie@sopuli.xyz 3 hours ago
my boss loves AI and he uses it for everything. he made some stats graphs and summaries, and he was bragging how he got AI to make them errorless: he tells it to check for errors and makes it swear it’s accurate… while we were looking at a graph where the y column numbers were all fucked up
evol@lemmy.today 1 hour ago
No one smart is going into windows dev in 2026. It’s like working on IBM mainframes. Only people left to work are middle of the road new grads they hire and boomers who are retiring.
yucandu@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
It’s not as bad as that time they permanently deleted user documents and photos.
See they had this trick where if you didn’t have enough space on your drive to unpack an update, they’d just move your shit to OneDrive temporarily, then move it back when the update was done. Only they forgot to move it back, and lost it. Oops.
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Seriously?!?! 😲
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
It’s Microslop. This is what’s wrong.
marighost@piefed.social 2 hours ago
Microsoft believes the issue may be related to the Samsung Share application, although the exact cause has not yet been confirmed.
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NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Who are we kidding that number is outdated at this point. Probably 40% now given the increase in ridiculous bugs.
MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 2 hours ago
Microslop.
DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
Huh, my computer doesn’t seem to be affected.
I’m using Arch, btw.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 1 hour ago
I think I’m affected because I can’t access the C: Drive.
I’m using Debian, btw.
bhamlin@lemmy.world 25 minutes ago
There’s your problem. You should be using Arch.
I use slackware, btw.
LordCrom@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
I think I’m affected because I can’t locate a c: drive.
I’m using Mint, BTW.
Zomg@piefed.world 1 hour ago
Sounds like they let AI touch it
wunderbred@fedinsfw.app 5 hours ago
Never again, Windows.
pennomi@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
They need to rapidly reduce the complexity of their software if they want to get this under control. The answer is NOT to add more features, it’s to simplify things.
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 minutes ago
That was the state of windows in 2005
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 hours ago
They aren’t capable of doing that.
GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Why use their stock ticker instead of their name?
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Great idea, I’ll ask Copilot to do that
ryper@lemmy.ca 5 hours ago
We just had this month’s Patch Tuesday and they’re still dealing with problems caused by last month’s?! I really need to try harder to convince my father putting Linux on his current computer is a better idea than buying a Windows 11 computer.
Lanske@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
What a sloppy OS they produced!
melfie@lemy.lol 2 hours ago
Latest version of Windows eliminates the C drive, leaving only OneDrive for users to store their files.
🤬
mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
ffs how can at this much further into Windows cycle, and we still have shit like this? I mean the main drive is the most important one, I can understand if this happens to Win 1 or 2 but after soo many iterations? Just no.
DaddleDew@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Hopefully this doesn’t give Microslop executives the idea of turning it into a feature to force their users to save their files onto OneDrive
vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 4 hours ago
It’s a feature.
TomMasz@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Has the prediction market latched onto offering a line on Patch Tuesday yet?
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 hours ago
Can you still use the computer? Other than the home folder (or the user folder), I think it’s fine if regular users go a week without touching their C drive until Microslop fixes it (which they will, inside like a week).
I use Windows at work, and it’s fine. I do use the home/user folder just because it’s there and it’s how everything’s set up, but there is no other drive to use instead. If I were using it at home, especially if I had a laptop, I’d want the home drive to be on an SSD I could move between machines… maybe. But, I use Macs at home.
brickfrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 hours ago
from the article
The issue appears mainly on Samsung laptops and can prevent users from accessing files or launching applications.
Having a computer that cannot launch applications, let alone access files, is basically the same as not having a working computer.
Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 hours ago
I…. I can’t believe you are defending (or more accurately saying “it’s not that bad”) losing access to the root of your hard drive. It screams incompetence on Miroslop’s part.
aaa999@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
i put my computer stuff on the part of the computer where the stuff goes, losing access to the stuff on the computer would be a problem yes
Encephalotrocity@feddit.online 4 hours ago
laughs in Linux
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
I like how, once AI is invented, there is never a problem that isn’t AI related.
Microsoft made broken shit before AI, it isn’t like they suddenly lost that capability once AI was invented.
WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 58 minutes ago
It’s more like the old adage but extended: “To err is human, to really foul things up you need a computer, but to make an unbelievable mess you need an AI.”
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 52 minutes ago
That is certainly true and may very well be the case here.
It could also be the case that a human developer forgot to bounds check an array and iterated out of bounds, corrupting some important kernel variable. We won’t know unless we get a postmortem.