Category Archives: Windows 11 – Bug

How a File Download Took Down OneDrive (and Why Microsoft Allows It)

OneDrive Blue Cloud Icon

This is one of those IT problems that makes you question your sanity.

Everything looks normal except nothing works.

It started with something completely ordinary. A client downloaded email attachments from Gmail. No strange software. No warnings. No errors. Just files saved into a folder that happened to be synced with OneDrive.

A few minutes later their corporate cloud data was unreachable.

What I later found out is they had been in this position unable to access all their data for well over a week!

The typical troubleshooting, rebooting, … all did nothing to resolve OneDrive didn’t appear to be functional, data was not being synced.
 
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Problem with Windows 11 Update KB5063878

Many IT professionals are raising alarms about the latest Windows 11 update, KB5063878, which is reportedly causing serious storage problems.

Users have reported that after installing the update, hard drives and SSDs are vanishing from the system, losing their formatting, and in some cases all stored data disappears.

Multiple tech outlets and user reports highlight:

  • Drives suddenly disappearing after the update
  • File system corruption leading to inaccessible data
  • Increased risk for SSD users in particular

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Windows 11 Where Are My Shortcut Labels???

So, not only was Microsoft kind enough to cram Windows 11 down my throat forcibly without my consent last night

Microsoft - No Respect!
For quite some time now, my PC has been persistently nagging me to upgrade to Windows 11. Despite the constant reminders and prompts, I have always firmly refused the installation and deliberately delayed it whenever possible. I preferred to stick with my current setup, comfortable with how things were running and unwilling to make the switch presently. So, imagine my surprise and frustration when I woke up this morning only to find that my laptop had upgraded itself to Windows 11 overnight—without any explicit permission or confirmation from me. This was completely unexpected and frankly, quite unsettling. I had made…

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but this was my desktop this morning!
 
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Windows 10 – No, Don’t Remove My Printer?

Have you ever wondered how some people get employed? How some software gets developed? How issues get through Testing? Who thought an idea was a good one?!

Well, that was me a moment ago seriously questioning the competence at Microsoft, again!

I was in the Printers & scanners dialog and accidentally pressed the Remove device button. Oooops!

Luckily for me, Windows offers a confirmation dialog. Right!

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Windows 11 Update Breaks WiFi!

Software Bug

Microsoft has an early Christmas present for us all! 🙂

Another round of updates, another round of bugs, but this time it’s a doozy.

Just a quick heads up to block, and/or rollback, Windows 11 update KB5033375 as it is being massively reported as breaking WiFi connectivity!  Some also report KB50532288 as being equally responsible.

Some reports indicates that the issue is only hitting educational and enterprise licenses, but leaving home users’ systems intact.

If you want all the details take a look at:

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