Windows 10: BSOD During Windows 10 2004 Update

My computer was one of many put on compatibility hold for the Windows 10 2004 update due to old Nvidia drivers. In this case, it's an old laptop Asus M50VM-A1, state of the art way back in 2008, with a GeForce Go 9600M GS graphics card. The compatibility hold was for graphics cards with drivers older than 358.00, and 342.01 is the final driver available for this card.


The compatibility hold was removed on August 13, and I have since tried to upgrade to 2004 without success. Every time I attempt to do so, I receive either a Kernel Security Check Error BSOD, or in one case, error 0x800704C7. I have tried the following without success:

• Manually removing the downloaded files to force a redownload
• DISM and SFC on the current build 1909 - no violations reported
• Windows Update Troubleshooter

I have not tried, but am considering trying:

• Reinstalling driver 342.01 I'm hesitant to as this driver has been installed since January 2016 without issue
• Update in Safe Mode with Networking I'd prefer not to due to Microsoft recommending against

The BSOD suggests a corrupt system file, but multiple redownloads and SFC seem to exonerate the system. That makes me wonder if the old graphics driver is causing a failure despite Microsoft's comments to the contrary; or, perhaps, the graphics driver is corrupt despite being stable for almost 5 years.


I have four minidumps at https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjRQX6iM6vWGviYKsPAZysLNO-YL?e=Q2abVP you can view.

As for computer specs, I'm not sure what you need, but here's a synopsis:

Asus M50VM-A1 laptop

Windows 10 Pro 1909

Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 @2.26 GHz

4 GB RAM + 15GB ReadyBoost SDHC no issues reported on MemCheck

Nvidia GeForce Go 9600M GS w/ 1GB vRAM no issues reported on MemCheck

300 GB HDD @5600 rpm no issues reported on ScanDisk


Please let me know if you need additional info or have suggestions. Thank you.

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Win 10 2004 update No AMD graphics

Before upgrading anything else to 2004, I would suggest checking out the current Known Issues list.

There are several -

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...indows-10-2004

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

Windows Update (BSOD)

Hi Guys.
I have Built a Machine for Crunching a few days ago and I have some issues with Windows Update.

I have installed all Windows Updates but there are around 9 left without been installed becasue everytime i try to install it the Machine Crash and I get a BSOD, can someone tell me what could be causing that Windows Updates makes a Machine crash and get BSOD?

Cheers.