Windows 10: Unable to restart laptop after failed attempt to install Windows 10 update KB5016616

I am unable to restart Windows. When I try to do so, it turns off, but when it turns back on, I get a BSOD with the error code SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED. The laptop then reboots itself several times, hitting the same error. Eventually Automatic Repair runs, but it does not fix the problem. To be clear, this is only about restarting Windows. If I do a full shutdown, and then turn on, it works as expected. Note that I have Fast Startup disabled. I am running Windows 10 21H2. I first hit this issue while trying to install the update KB5016616. The laptop restarted to install t

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Windows Updates failed to instal

I just did step one and they have just all installed.... thank you so much.... it was quite frustrating having that update window pop up every 5 minutes and failing to instal every time

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Windows Update keeps failing!

10 days ago they updated the security certificates.

 

Windows Update keeps failing!

I have the exact same problem, I don't wanna hijack this thread so I will be brief........ One day about 10 days ago, out of the blue I started up my PC and Windows 7 failed to boot, I got to the Windows logo but then an error message telling me that there was no active user profile available, after several attempts at safe mode, Windows boot CD and the recovery console I gave up and did a complete fresh install onto my SSD.

Once I had loaded all my drivers etc, I started update.... on first pass update downloaded 14 updates, restarted the PC, installed them and all was well, it then automatically went into update mode again and downloaded 83 updates (my version is pre SP1), since then after about 25 attempts it has been unable on restart to configure the updates and automatically "reverts" back, I have just got to the point that I have disabled updates completely.