Windows 10: Windows 10 Bricked After Update, Help!

Hello everyone!

Wednesday evening, I was ready to log off and clicked "Update & Restart," expecting it to be done in a few minutes. I came back to my computer stuck in a restart loop. It would:

1. Start up, and I see the BIOS logo for maybe 30 seconds
2. Turn off, then repeat

I tried making an OEM key (video: here) and using that:

- Running Startup Repair gives me the message "Startup Repair couldn't repair your PC."

- Trying to Uninstall Updates gives me the message "We ran into a problem and won't be able to uninstall..."

The problem has persisted for the past day and a half. Looking online, the best solution seems to be reinstalling Windows (I have Windows 10 Home 64x) but I don't want to lose any of my files and ideally not my programs either.

What is the best way to do this? I saw another user comment on a previous thread that it is possible to move everything into a new folder called "Old PC" for example, then reinstall Windows. How would I do that?

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

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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 drivers bricking USB serial chips beloved of hardware hackers

http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/...from-windows-update-that-bricked-cloned-chips
update was pulled this morning everybody go home you are drunk
./lock thread

 

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