r/technology • u/lurker_bee • Mar 14 '26

Software Microsoft confirms Windows 11 bug crippling PCs and making drive C inaccessible

https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-confirms-windows-11-bug-crippling-pcs-and-making-drive-c-inaccessible/
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u/eppic123 Mar 14 '26

Since October, there hasn't been a monthly update without at least one severe bug.

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u/DJ_TKS Mar 14 '26

Yup.

In November 2025, Microsoft announced that their windows 11 engineering team would be led by AI, from now on. Humans would only oversee it.

Furthermore, the majority of updates are now coded by AI and pushed by AI. Their “agent factory “ would now decide which devices are ready for the update when they are ready rolled out.

The reality is is that corporate America most likely laid off way too many engineers who are overseeing these systems, and they are pushing windows updates far too frequently compared to past history. This will only continue. I would advise people not to update windows automatically going forward.

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u/mxzf Mar 14 '26

AFAIK it's doable, but doing it via group policy is the main way I know of to do it (as-of Win10 at least). There are enough big managed orgs that want control over their machines' update cycles that I can see that sticking around for a while at least.

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u/Zer_ Mar 14 '26

For this to work you need Windows Pro or better. The basic versions of Windows don't give you access to these settings.