A recent Windows Update pushed out by Microsoft has been causing big problems for some Windows 11 users, leading to heavy criticism of the company online.
Windows 11 users are advised to avoid a new system update from Microsoft after some were left with computers that refused to boot. The update in question, KB5074109, is also breaking other areas of the operating system for some. Microsoft is aware of the situation. This buggy update comes as consumer sentiment toward the company continues to decline, with users online derisively referring to the company as “Microslop.” CEO Satya Nadella has protested against the use of the word ‘slop’ to refer to AI and bragged last spring that 30% of the company’s code is AI-generated.
The problematic update was released on January 13 and has been causing a number of issues since it began deployment. Some machines with Nvidia GPUs experienced black screens, while others found that the update broke Microsoft Outlook and left parts of Microsoft File Explorer unresponsive. Worst of all, some users found their computers failed to start after the update. Those machines ended up running into a black screen of death (BSOD) on startup and required manual intervention to recover.
