Windows Updates
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2020 3:40 pm
I spent a fairly miserable day yesterday unable to use my Laptop which just would not boot up. Having spent hours conducting system hardware checks to confirm that wasn't the problem (it wasn't) I eventually got it going by updating the BIOS. (Windows key plus B and keep holding even after releasing the power button until it beeps or the screen starts talking to you in case you were asking). Nothing else worked including attempting to reboot from a system restore point. Quite frankly, working from home most days and with a curfew from 1600 to 0800 until the end of Ramadan, not having access to a computer is simply not viable.
The problem: Windows 10 System Update KB4549951 which I have now uninstalled. Microsoft are clearly still not properly testing their updates before rolling them out, and this one is apparently causing no end of problems as I know all too well. Reading the various blogs and fora on this particular issue, it can cause all sorts of instability, massively slow the computer down and, as in my case, prevent it from booting up. The problem may be down to installation issues, we have pitiful band-width out here, but that is scant consolation when you rely on something as much as I do.
Apparently another recent update KB4541335 can cause similar issues but doesn't seem to be malfunctioning on my system.
Hopefully no-one else is suffering similar problems but I would seriously consider uninstalling this update if you have it.
The problem: Windows 10 System Update KB4549951 which I have now uninstalled. Microsoft are clearly still not properly testing their updates before rolling them out, and this one is apparently causing no end of problems as I know all too well. Reading the various blogs and fora on this particular issue, it can cause all sorts of instability, massively slow the computer down and, as in my case, prevent it from booting up. The problem may be down to installation issues, we have pitiful band-width out here, but that is scant consolation when you rely on something as much as I do.
Apparently another recent update KB4541335 can cause similar issues but doesn't seem to be malfunctioning on my system.
Hopefully no-one else is suffering similar problems but I would seriously consider uninstalling this update if you have it.