Windows 10: No Video Output at all after Frozen Windows 10 Update

Hi there,


No idea if I'm posting my question in the right place, so my apologies if I'm not. Very frustrated right now.


Turned on my desktop today (it's an HP Pavilion Magnesium p6774y running Windows 10), and it had to first finish a Windows update. The update got up to 100% pretty quickly before randomly freezing up. I gave it a while to see if it would start working again, but the spinning dots had completely frozen up, and it was clear to me it wasn't going to unfreeze. The only option I had was to force restart the computer with the power button, which I did.


Upon restarting the computer, I had no monitor and no lights on my keyboard. I let it sit for several minutes, and still nothing. I restarted it several times, unplugged and plugged it back in several times, one of those times removing and replacing in the CMOS battery, and still nothing.


I'm running an added-on graphics card on this machine because the on-board graphics failed a few months ago, so I tried switching the VGA cable to the on-board output just for the heck of it. Absolutely nothing. Still no display and no lights on my keyboard. Note that the computer and monitor were working perfect before this happened.


Any help would be greatly appreciated. I really needed to use this computer today.


Thanks.

:)

 

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.

 

video playback issue after windows 10 update

Hi Mark,

Corrupted software and/or driver issues could be the reasons why you're experiencing problems when playing videos. We suggest that you try these steps, then check if the issue persists:

• Run the the
  Video troubleshooter. This will automatically diagnose and fix issues with playing videos.
• Update the display drivers.

Feel free to update us on the result.

 

Windows 10 Update

Well just noticed a pretty large one pop up coming in at 914MB, seems it makes some pretty serous updates.

KB3172985
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3172985

This security update includes improvements and fixes in the functionality of Windows 10 Version 1511 and Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 4. It also resolves the following vulnerabilities in Windows:

• 3175677 MS16-094: Security update for secure boot: July 12, 2016
• 3174060 MS16-093: Security update for Adobe Flash Player: July 12, 2016
• 3171910 MS16-092: Security update for Windows Kernel: July 12, 2016
• 3170048 MS16-091: Security update for .Net Framework: July 12, 2016
• 3171481 MS16-090: Security update for Kernel Mode Drivers: July 12, 2016
• 3170050 MS16-089: Security update for Windows secure kernel mode: July 12, 2016
• 3170005 MS16-087: Security update for the Microsoft Print Spooler: July 12, 2016
• 3169999 MS16-085: Cumulative security update for Microsoft Edge: July 12, 2016
• 3169991 MS16-084: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer: July 12, 2016