Windows 10: Damn you Microsoft! You updated in the middle of hours of work!

Windows 10 on an HP laptop that says it was last updated 3/10/2021!How do I turn off the system auto update that updates overnight? I NEED to turn that off. Many times it has restarted and I've lost info that I hadn't saved - programs like password storage systems and other non-MS programs don't always have auto-recovery and I've lost password changes because I hadn't saved them unintentionally, but still. I did some research and thought I'd set the system to only update when I left the computer on not asleep overnight. I guess not. I'm happy to take responsibility if the computer cra

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Blank Screen in the middle of an update

Hi Diane,

There might have been some errors when your computer was in the middle of an update. We need to ask you the following questions so we can help you out:

• What is the make and model of your computer?
• Have you already tried booting up your computer again?
• Did you receive any error message when the computer was updating?
• What other troubleshooting steps have you done so far?

We will be waiting for your response.

 

Edge Search Does Not Permit Change of Region


I got these suggestions from the Microsoft Community forum.No. 1 worked for me:

Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community. I am glad to assist you on this.
We have reproduce the issue here and we are able to access non-regional search for google using Microsoft Edge.
I would suggest you to try the below steps and check if it helps.
Step 1:
Clear browsing data option of Microsoft Edge and check if you face the issue. To do so perform the steps below.

1. Click on the More actions icon next to the feedback icon present on top right corner of the Project Spartan homepage.
2. Select Settings and click on Choose what to clear.
3. Check the boxes Browsing history, Cookies and saved website data and Cached data and files and click on Clear.

Step 2:
I suggest you to create a new user account and check if the issue occurs.

1. Go to Settings.
2. Choose Accounts and then select Family and other users.
3. Select add someone else on this PC.
4. Enter a user name and hit next.
5. Click on Finish.
6. Sign out from the current Account and Log into the new account.

Step 3:
It could also happen because of network issue. I suggest you to try with different network connection and check if it helps.

 

Windows 10 infinite restart black screen


The tutorials provided are just a list of troubleshooting steps. Use only the steps which apply to you.

Since none of the troubleshooting steps here worked, I'd suggest you do a Clean install.

John