Yesterday, we told you that a Windows 11 update was causing problems when connecting to Azure and Windows 365 services… Not to mention an email client that wouldn’t close properly and black screen issues. Well, this time, we’ve learned that another cumulative update, rolled out in January of this year, is “breaking” the shutdown button and rendering sleep and hibernation modes inoperable… Handy for laptop users.
Windows 11: non-functional sleep modes and a broken shutdown button…
The culprit behind these issues is the cumulative update KB5073455. The symptoms are simple: if you use the shutdown button to turn off your PC, it will restart. Conversely, when you close the screen on a laptop, it will not go into sleep mode. This is particularly annoying if you are the type of person who puts your PC in its bag once the screen is closed. Why? Simply because the machine will find itself in a confined environment and still powered on. This may cause temperatures to rise while the battery gradually drains. Since hibernation is no longer functional, the battery will drain until the machine simply shuts down. Apparently, the problem mainly affects installations with the Secure Launch feature enabled.
In the meantime, you will need to install a corrective update, KB5077797. This should fix the previous issues. Alternatively, there is a workaround that involves using the command:
- shutdown /s /t 0
in a command prompt with administrator rights. However, while this forces the PC to shut down, it does not enable sleep or hibernation modes.
In short, in just a few days, Microsoft has accumulated a few bugs that are, to say the least, annoying on its system. Now, imagine that you are affected by the problems caused by the previous KB5074109 update and those of this KB5073455… You’re done for 🙃
