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Microsoft Confirms Windows 11 Bug That Locks Users Out of the C: Drive (windowsreport.com)
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KB5077181 was released about a month ago as part of the February Patch Tuesday rollout. When the update first arrived, users reported a wide range of problems, including boot loops, login errors, and installation issues.

Microsoft has now acknowledged another problem linked to the same update. Some affected users see the message “C:\ is not accessible – Access denied” when trying to open the system drive.

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[–] 95 points 7 months ago (14 children)

I like how, once AI is invented, there is never a problem that isn't AI related.

Microsoft made broken shit before AI, it isn't like they suddenly lost that capability once AI was invented.

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  • [–] 43 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    It's more like the old adage but extended: "To err is human, to really foul things up you need a computer, but to make an unbelievable mess you need an AI."

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    That is certainly true and may very well be the case here.

    It could also be the case that a human developer forgot to bounds check an array and iterated out of bounds, corrupting some important kernel variable. We won't know unless we get a postmortem.

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  • [+] 4 points 7 months ago (8 children)
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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (7 children)

    That seems like an easy statement to prove. How many bugs were there before AI vs after?

    I may be wrong, but I would guess that you haven't seen any data to back up your statement and you're basing it on your perception based on social media posts.

    You see a lot of clickbait articles where the author highlights a specific patch note or vulnerability and tries to tie that to AI. They're doing that to earn revenue because anti-AI posts get traffic... they're not trying to objectively inform you about the rate of bugs in Microsoft's products. Your perception is being skewed by selection bias.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (6 children)

    I would guess that you haven't seen any data to back up your statement and you're basing it on your perception based on social media posts.

    Well, that's certainly what you're doing at least.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (5 children)

    You think I'm basing my perception based on a social media post? That's very observant.

    You're right.

    I am responding to a social media post and so my perception of that social media post is based on a social media post (specifically the one that I'm responding to).

    The difference between my comment and their comment is that they present their statement as a fact and I indicate uncertainty.

    I don't know the person, I may be wrong and they may have the statistics to back up their fact claim. Since I didn't know for sure I wrote:

    I may be wrong, but I would guess

    This indicates that I am not confident in my answer but it is the current top hypothesis among many.

    I assume (<- see, indicating uncertainty) that they don't have this data and are simply making it up.

    As far as WHY they are making it up

    Considering that social media is the top news source for most people. (Since this is a fact claim, here is a source: https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/for-the-first-time-social-media-overtakes-tv-as-americans-top-news-source/). If you don't know about a person you have to assume an average person. An average person is more likely to receive their news from social media.

    I don't think it's uncontroversial to say that AI is a divisive topic online and so guessing that this person's perceptions are built on misinformation about AI posted on social media seems to be a pretty rational conclusion based on the facts that I have before me.

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    You sure love your weasel words.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

    I think maybe you don't know what 'weasel words' mean.

    From Wikipedia:

    In rhetoric, a weasel word, or anonymous authority, is a word or phrase aimed at creating an impression that something specific and meaningful has been said, when in fact only a vague, ambiguous, or irrelevant claim has been communicated. The terms may be considered informal. Examples include the phrases "some people say", "it is thought", and "researchers believe". Using weasel words may allow one to later deny (a.k.a., "weasel out of") any specific meaning if the statement is challenged, because the statement was never specific in the first place.

    There's none of that here.

    Summary review:

    The passage does not contain significant weasel words. It acknowledges uncertainty explicitly with phrases like "I may be wrong," "I would guess," and "I assume," which actually counteract weasel wording by qualifying claims. The author distinguishes between fact and opinion, admits lack of knowledge about the individual, and provides a source for a factual claim about social media as a news source. Overall, the language is transparent about uncertainty rather than using vague or evasive phrasing to appear more confident than warranted.

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago

    I use Linux exclusively, my family's laptops are all Linux, I self-host, etc. I'm no Microsoft fanboy, so believe me when I tell you...

    ...that is a stupid name and anyone using it sound like a clown.

    AI's use in industry is destructive to knowledge workers, the massive dump of capital in the computer hardware markets have caused massive disruption in secondary markets and the coming market crash will affect everyone in the world. There are plenty of easy arguments to be made against using AI.

    Going into a comment section and posting "Well, acktually, you mean MicroSLOP!" does none of that. It's performative, not substantive.

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