Windows 11 hit by bevy of bugs to kick off 2026 - here's the roundup

ZDNET outlines a set of Windows stability and security problems tied to Microsoft's January Patch Tuesday: authentication failures when using Remote Desktop, Secure Launch systems restarting instead of shutting down, classic Outlook freezing for PSTs stored on OneDrive, cloud-backed storage causing app hangs, and app-launch/license errors; some issues were fixed via an out-of-band Jan 17 patch while several others remain unresolved and one vulnerability was reported as already exploited in the wild.