Windows 10: Blue Screens Corrupting Windows Functions; Unable to Resolve via Antivirus

Hello. In the past 24 hours, I've encountered at least 6 BSODs, all of which have an unknown cause. They have had several different messages in the order of: KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE, MEMORY_MANAGEMENT, and SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED. Kernel has appeared at least 3 to 4 times, whereas the other two only showed up once respectively. My main culprit is a file I downloaded from the Internet Archive. There was nothing pointing to it being a virus I even scanned it for one as I do with almost every file I download off the internet, yet it's the only thing I can think of because al

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Blue Screen

Hi,





Blue screens could be caused by problems with your computer’s hardware or with its driver. Still, we
would like to know more about the issue. Please clarify the following:

• Did you get a STOP code?
• Did you install any hardware or driver recently?

For basic troubleshooting steps to resolve blue screen errors, we suggest checking out this
article and simply follow the steps.



Feel free to contact us if you need further help.

 

Windows 10 - Blue Screen / WatchDog Violation

Hi,

Incompatible drivers can cause the Watchdog Violation blue screen error. We'd like to learn more about your concern so that we can provide the proper resolution. We just have a few questions for you:

• Which build version of Windows 10 is on your computer? To check, click
  Start, type winver, and press Enter. For example, 14393.1066.
• Are you using a third-party antivirus program?
• Did you make any changes to your computer before this started happening?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?

As an initial recommendation, we suggest carefully following the steps suggested

here for troubleshooting blue screen errors. That article was specifically created for resolving stop (also called blue screen) errors that happen in Windows 10.

We'll wait for your response and the results of the initial troubleshooting.

 

Blue Screen of Death

Hi Kevin,

I am sorry to know that you are getting Blue screen errors.

Along with the suggestion provided by ZigZag, try the steps below.

If you see the blue screen only after sign-in
and you can see a mouse cursor:

• While at the black screen, try using CTRL+SHIFT+ESC to start Task Manager.
  
• If it becomes visible, try finding LockAppHost.exe on the Details tab and ending the task.
  
• If this resolves the blue screen, use corruption resolution steps (dism, then sfc), and run the all apps PowerShell command.
  

powershell

Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers |Where-Object {$_.InstallLocation -like "*SystemApps*"} | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

Use the System File Checker tool to repair missing or corrupted system files:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833

Fix Windows corruption errors by using the DISM or System Update Readiness tool:

Fix Windows Update errors via DISM or System Update Readiness tool - Windows Server | Microsoft Learn

To uninstall a driver refer the steps below.

• 
  Press Windows Logo Key+X. Click On
  Device Manager.
  
• 
  Then find the driver that you are trying to uninstall and right-click on it to
  Uninstall.
  
• 
  Follow onscreen instructions to uninstall it.