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Windows 11 January Update KB5074109 Fuels Fresh Failures Across Sleep, Remote Help and VMs

Guidance points to out-of-band fixes now or the February 10 cumulative update.

Overview

  • Microsoft’s January cumulative update for Windows 11 (KB5074109) is producing a growing set of regressions beyond the three issues the company has acknowledged.
  • Emergency updates have addressed Remote Desktop failures and some shutdown problems, while the Outlook Classic POP crash remains only acknowledged.
  • Users report that classic S3 sleep fails on some PCs, with cases tied to attached USB webcams and a regression noted in the 25H2 S3 sleep path.
  • Citrix confirms Director shadowing and Remote Assistance launch failures on patched systems and advises using HDX Screen Sharing as a workaround.
  • Additional reports cite desktop.ini glitches, Hyper-V and other virtualization hosts hanging on reboot, and keyboard or mouse malfunctions, with broader fixes expected via further out-of-band releases or February’s update.