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Microsoft has confirmed that its February 2026 Patch Tuesday update (KB5077181) is locking Samsung Galaxy Book owners out of their C: drive with an "Access denied" error, rendering their PCs effectively unusable. The bug — linked to Samsung's preinstalled Share application corrupting drive-level permissions — is the latest in a pattern of more than 20 major update failures since 2025, arriving at the worst possible moment as Windows 11 adoption surges past 72% following Windows 10's end of support.