New Delhi, Nov. 7 -- Why does Windows 11 seem so prone to bugs even as it takes over more new laptops and desktops? Microsoft's latest update headaches, including the sudden BitLocker recovery screen bug no longer feel like isolated incidents. For many consumers and IT professionals, the operating system now feels like it's lurching from one glitch to the next. And this trend has now become impossible to ignore.

Take the recent BitLocker fiasco. Following an October Windows security update, some systems including new laptops and clean installs boot directly into BitLocker recovery mode after a restart. At this point, it would ask users for a recovery key that most users never knew existed. While BitLocker is supposed to secure your files...