US EditionMicrosoft Fixes Nasty Windows 11 Bug that Breaks Edge, OneDrive, and Other Apps, but You Won't Get It Automatically — Here's What You Need to Do
Microsoft released an emergency update fixing sign-in errors caused by a March patch that affected multiple apps on Windows 11 versions 24H2, 25H2, and Enterprise devices.
- Microsoft released the optional out-of-band KB5085516 over the weekend to fix Microsoft account sign-in failures and bundle March fixes for Windows 11 versions 25H2 and 24H2.
- After Patch Tuesday on March 10, 2026, the KB5079473 cumulative update introduced authentication failures while fixing 84 vulnerabilities.
- Microsoft said 'You'll need the Internet for this. It doesn't look like you're connected to the Internet.' appears when affected apps, including Microsoft Edge, Office, and Microsoft 365 Copilot, attempt sign-ins, impacting features in those apps, with a restart workaround and hotpatches applied to enterprise devices.
- Most Windows 11 device owners must enable the 'Get the latest updates as soon as they're available' setting or manually download the optional update KB5085516, while Microsoft urges affected users to install it immediately.
- The out-of-band fix arrived 11 days after Patch Tuesday, allowing rapid deployment outside the normal cycle, while Microsoft issued hotpatches for managed enterprise devices and RRAS targeted hotpatches this month.
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Microsoft fixes nasty Windows 11 bug that breaks Edge, OneDrive, and other apps, but you won't get it automatically — here's what you need to do
Frustrated by that bug that breaks Edge, OneDrive, and other apps in Windows 11? There's a fix — and this is how you get it.
Microsoft Windows 11 Emergency Update: Windows 11 to Fix Microsoft Account Sign-In Issues
Microsoft released an emergency out-of-band update for Windows 11 on March 21, 2026, to resolve widespread sign-in problems affecting Microsoft accounts in apps and services following the March 10
Windows 11 has again stumbled upon one of those errors that should not exist in an operating system that is increasingly dependent on the cloud: logging in with Microsoft accounts. Over the past few weeks, especially in recent days, several users have encountered a rather serious problem, and it is that the system simply stopped validating their credentials correctly, i.e. their user and password. So much so, that when Microsoft has started to i…
A few days after recognizing a connection bug related to the March Patch Tuesday, Microsoft deploys an off-cycle fix for Windows 11 to restore access to several home apps, wrongly blocked by a fake Internet problem.
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