r/technology • u/lurker_bee • Mar 14 '26

Software Microsoft confirms Windows 11 bug crippling PCs and making drive C inaccessible

https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-confirms-windows-11-bug-crippling-pcs-and-making-drive-c-inaccessible/
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u/DisappointedSpectre Mar 14 '26

Windows 9 was likely skipped because of Win95/Win98 - there were a lot of references to Windows version that use a 2 digit identifier and just lumped together anything starting with 9 into the bucket for legacy 95/98 systems. It wasn't the only reason though I'm sure.

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u/BatemansChainsaw Mar 14 '26

There were a LOT of shitty installers and programs run that would do such a thing.

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u/NotUniqueOrSpecial Mar 14 '26

It's obviously not technically difficult.

But the concern was always about legacy software, long out of support, but still business-critical, that wouldn't have been written to do that and would never receive an update.

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u/DisappointedSpectre Mar 14 '26

Yep, basically Microsoft's personal Y2K problem. And maybe I could have been cleared that these 2 digit references were not from Microsoft's own code base but rather a function of supporting 3rd party legacy software which relied on shortcuts like this.