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Spencer.White
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Hello, I have a relatively new laptop (less than 3 years old) that was running Windows 10 earlier today that is now stuck in a boot loop after I reset it. Literally all I did was reset the computer (removing all files) and install the updates that I'm forced to install (I also installed Chrome and Firefox). I got through 2 batches of updates just fine, then the third batch of updates made the system blue screen over and over again.
I did a system restore to get out of the boot loop (which worked) and tried to install updates again and the same thing happened. Immediate blue screen, didn't even get through installing the update. Now when I go to do the same system restore I did 15 minutes ago it tells me I can't because "You must enable system protection on this drive". Of course, resetting Windows somehow managed to mess up the Dell recovery partition, and attempting to reset again immediately fails now. I'm about to start an offline DISM repair on a brand new fresh install of Windows 10 to fix an issue caused by updates that I don't have an option not to install (without using the cute little show/hide updates tool whose functionality is apparently just too high level to include with the OS like every previous version of Windows has).
I've worked in IT for 15 years and have extensive knowledge with troubleshooting this kind of thing, which is why I find this to be absolutely absurd. There was nothing wrong with this computer, and the only thing I did was install the updates from Microsoft after resetting the OS. It wouldn't be that big of a deal if this was a one time occurrence, but I actually find myself dealing with these Windows 10 update shenanigans all the time. This is actually the third time this year I've had a fresh install break from automatic updates, which doesn't sound that bad until you understand that I'm only managing like 30 computers total. I'm sure I'm the problem and I'm just doing the super advanced task of clicking "install updates" wrong.
Save your troubleshooting steps though, it's all good now because I've already found the solution. Literally all that needs to happen is Microsoft needs to not push out updates that break fresh installs of their OS. Maybe test the updates on a few machines before sending them out. I understand how novel and unfamiliar that sounds, but I'm really certain that Microsoft getting their act together would fix this.
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I did a system restore to get out of the boot loop (which worked) and tried to install updates again and the same thing happened. Immediate blue screen, didn't even get through installing the update. Now when I go to do the same system restore I did 15 minutes ago it tells me I can't because "You must enable system protection on this drive". Of course, resetting Windows somehow managed to mess up the Dell recovery partition, and attempting to reset again immediately fails now. I'm about to start an offline DISM repair on a brand new fresh install of Windows 10 to fix an issue caused by updates that I don't have an option not to install (without using the cute little show/hide updates tool whose functionality is apparently just too high level to include with the OS like every previous version of Windows has).
I've worked in IT for 15 years and have extensive knowledge with troubleshooting this kind of thing, which is why I find this to be absolutely absurd. There was nothing wrong with this computer, and the only thing I did was install the updates from Microsoft after resetting the OS. It wouldn't be that big of a deal if this was a one time occurrence, but I actually find myself dealing with these Windows 10 update shenanigans all the time. This is actually the third time this year I've had a fresh install break from automatic updates, which doesn't sound that bad until you understand that I'm only managing like 30 computers total. I'm sure I'm the problem and I'm just doing the super advanced task of clicking "install updates" wrong.
Save your troubleshooting steps though, it's all good now because I've already found the solution. Literally all that needs to happen is Microsoft needs to not push out updates that break fresh installs of their OS. Maybe test the updates on a few machines before sending them out. I understand how novel and unfamiliar that sounds, but I'm really certain that Microsoft getting their act together would fix this.
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