{"id":40026,"date":"2026-03-26T00:42:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T23:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/?p=40026"},"modified":"2026-03-26T10:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T09:51:11","slug":"windows-11-hotfix-update-kb5085518-march-23-2026-fixes-login-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2026\/03\/26\/windows-11-hotfix-update-kb5085518-march-23-2026-fixes-login-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 11: Hotfix Update KB5085518 (March 23, 2026) fixes login issues"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Windows\"[German<\/a>]Microsoft has already released a hotfix update on March 23, 2026, for users of Windows 11 Enterprise LTSC 2024. This update is intended to resolve sign-in issues with Microsoft accounts caused by update KB5079473<\/a> from March 10, 2026. It is likely the hotfix counterpart to the out-of-band update KB5085516<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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A Look Back at the Sign-In Issue<\/h2>\n

\"\"After installing Windows Update KB5079473<\/a> for Windows 11 24H2-25H2, released on March 10, 2026, there were reports that signing in to Microsoft accounts in some Microsoft applications (Excel, Word, OneDrive, Teams Free, etc.) might fail.<\/p>\n

I addressed this issue here on the German blog post Anmeldung in Microsoft Teams Free und anderen Apps scheitert (19.3.2026)<\/a> on March 19, 2026, following a reader's tip, citing Microsoft's confirmation (seeMicrosoft account sign ins might fail for Microsoft Teams Free and other apps<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Fix via Windows 11 Out-of-Band Update KB5085518<\/h2>\n

The out-of-band update KB5085516 for Windows 11 24H2-25H2 was released as early as March 21, 2026, and is intended to resolve the login issue described above. I reported on this in the blog postWindows 11: Out-of-band update KB5085516 fixes login issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now I read here<\/a>\u00a0that Microsoft released the hotfix update KB5085518<\/a> for Windows 11 Enterprise LTSC 2024 on March 23, 2025. The support article states:<\/p>\n

Microsoft account sign in]<\/b>\u00a0Fixed: After you install the Windows update released on or after March 10, 2026, some users might experience an issue signing in to apps with a Microsoft account. Even when the device has a working Internet connection, a \"no Internet\" error appears during sign in and prevents access to Microsoft services and apps such as Microsoft Teams Free and OneDrive.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

However, this is the exact same information as in the out-of-band update KB5085516<\/a> for Windows 11 24H2\u201325H2. The hotfix update for Windows 11 Enterprise LTSC 2024 is now being released. The hotfix takes effect immediately after installation without requiring a reboot. Microsoft notes that the issue described above affects only Microsoft accounts (not Microsoft Entra IDs). The sign-in issue should therefore be resolved on the LTSC platform.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[German]Microsoft has already released a hotfix update on March 23, 2026, for users of Windows 11 Enterprise LTSC 2024. This update is intended to resolve sign-in issues with Microsoft accounts caused by update KB5079473 from March 10, 2026. It is … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,2],"tags":[399,195,2643],"class_list":["post-40026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-update","category-windows","tag-fix","tag-update","tag-windows-11"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40026"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40027,"href":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40026\/revisions\/40027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}