[Red Badger]

Goto settings and turn auto update off.................

[wildcard_redneck]

Google how to delete update files and then go in and delete everything in the directory named.

[kiryandil]

What brand of laptop?

HP, Toshiba, etc.

[fidelis]

Did you try turning off and turning on the computer again? This always works for me when I get stuff like this so that’s the first place I’d start.

[Red Badger]

Ping!..............

[kiryandil]

This is the most common and easiest way to enable recovery mode.

Step 1: Turn on your computer.
Step 2: As soon as you see the manufacturer’s logo, press and hold the F11 key.
Step 3: Keep holding the F11 key until you see the Choose an option screen.

[alicewonders]

Getting a Chromebook completely eliminated the problem for me.

[oil_dude]

CrowdStrike patch?

[Psalm 73]

You could pull an Elvis and put a couple of rounds through it....

[kiryandil]

You'll want to choose "Troubleshoot", here:

You'll want to choose "System Restore", here:

[tanstaafl.72555]

BSOD (blue screen of death) from MS Crowdstrike virus. I put this together to help some of my non-techie friends.

MAYBE your machines at your home or at work have been compromised by the Crowdstrike bug. It is an EASY fix, if you wanna be a hero to your non techie friends. Before you do this, look them in the face and say the magic incantation “Windows IS a virus.” Do that three times and then perform the ritual. You can fix it by booting from an MX Linux USB, navigating to :

C:\Windows\System32\drivers\CrowdStrike

then delete the file:

C-00000291*.sys

Their machine should then reboot OK.

Remember to recite the closing incantation or the fix won’t work.......

“Don’t worry Microsoft - we got ya!” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Mac. Windows sucks.

[TermLimits4All]

My windows drive, had to be updated to put new base images in my clients computers. They may have pushed a new update on you that isn’t configured properly.

[Responsibility2nd]

See this?

Do likewise.

[Political Junkie Too]

Before you try anything else, boot the PC into safe mode to let windows reset its pointers and reload the drivers.

When in safe mode, see if you can turn off automatic updates.

Then restart the computer again.

-PJ

[lefty-lie-spy]

I love these threads so much. There is a simple solution to this problem.

[rarestia]

Open a command prompt as administrator (right click the start button and select terminal admin)

Type:

SFC /scannow

Let it run. Reboot when complete and try the update. This is a system file checker that MIGHT fix the problem.

[rarestia]

Alternatively try the Windows Update troubleshooter

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-update-troubleshooter-19bc41ca-ad72-ae67-af3c-89ce169755dd

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Task Manager. Kill the update.

[ducttape45]

I use Stop Updates 10 to turn off updates. Maybe they have a version for W11 as well.