Windows 10: Windows 10 not starting after October 2019 update

After the Oct 8 update of Windows 10 on my home edition desktop, on restart the machine does not boot up. After the manufacturer screen, the blue windows logo appears on the black screen and stays stuck there with no hard drive activity. I have tried the below options and none are working:


1. Doing a force boot 3 times to try and get into safe mode - does not work.

2. Created recovery USB drive from a different computer and in BIOS changed the order to boot from USB drive, but still only see the black screen with blue windows logo and no hard drive activity (no hard drive light blinking)

3. Created a DVD ISO with the Windows media creation tool and when I set the boot order to boot from CD/DVD drive, it gives a message to hit a key to boot from CD or DVD. On doing so, it again shows the same black screen with blue windows logo and this time the hard drive light blinks for a few seconds but then just stops.


I am not sure what options I have, and if I can at least get to the hard drive and retrieve some files that would help. But at this time I am unable to get past. Could the hard drive have gone bad? Or is there any other way to get to the safe mode and rollback the update or restore to a previous point? Just looking for some advice. Thanks!

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Office 2019

Only supported on Win10. Sorry, 8.1 users, only 4 years old, gotta go.

Microsoft Office 2019 will only work on Windows 10

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com...-to-office-and-windows-servicing-and-support/

Spoiler Office 2019
Last year at Ignite, we announced Office 2019 – the next perpetual version of Office that includes apps (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, and Skype for Business) and servers (including Exchange, SharePoint, and Skype for Business). Today we’re pleased to share the following updates:

• Office 2019 will ship in H2 of 2018. Previews of the new apps and servers will start shipping in the second quarter of 2018.
• Office 2019 apps will be supported on:
  • Any supported Windows 10 SAC release
  • Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2018
  • The next LTSC release of Windows Server
• The Office 2019 client apps will be released with Click-to-Run installation technology only. We will not provide MSI as a deployment methodology for Office 2019 clients. We will continue to provide MSI for Office Server products.

 

Microsoft October 2019 Security Updates

Release Notes

October 2019 Security Updates

Release Date: October 08, 2019

The October security release consists of security updates for the following software:

• Microsoft Windows
• Internet Explorer
• Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based)
• ChakraCore
• Microsoft Office and Microsoft Office Services and Web Apps
• SQL Server Management Studio
• Open Source Software
• Microsoft Dynamics 365
• Windows Update Assistant

Please note the following information regarding the security updates:

• A list of the latest servicing stack updates for each operating system can be found in ADV990001. This list will be updated whenever
  a new servicing stack update is released. It is important to install the latest servicing stack update.
• Windows 10 updates are cumulative. The monthly security release includes all security fixes for vulnerabilities that affect Windows 10, in addition to non-security updates. The updates are available via the Microsoft
  Update Catalog.
• Updates for Windows RT 8.1 and Microsoft Office RT software are only available via Windows Update.
• For information on lifecycle and support dates for Windows 10 operating systems, please see Windows Lifecycle Facts Sheet.
• In addition to security changes for the vulnerabilities, updates include defense-in-depth updates to help improve security-related features.
• Starting in May 2019, Internet Explorer 11 is available on Windows Server 2012. This configuration is present only in the IE Cumulative package.

The following CVEs have FAQs with additional information and may include * further steps to take after installing the updates. Please note that this is not a complete list of CVEs for this release.

• CVE-2019-1070
• CVE-2019-1230
• CVE-2019-1313
• CVE-2019-1314 *
• CVE-2019-1327
• CVE-2019-1328
• CVE-2019-1329
• CVE-2019-1330
• CVE-2019-1331
• CVE-2019-1334
• CVE-2019-1337
• CVE-2019-1344
• CVE-2019-1345
• CVE-2019-1358
• CVE-2019-1359
• CVE-2019-1361
• CVE-2019-1363
• CVE-2019-1369
• CVE-2019-1378*

Known Issues

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Microsoft Office 2019 Will Run on Windows 10, and Only Windows 10

Windows 7 went out of mainstream support on Jan 15, 2015.
Windows 8.1 went out of mainstream support on Jan 9, 2018.
And I doubt anyone on Windows 8.1 would mind too much upgrading to Windows 10. I definitely would not *Big Grin

They are supporting only Windowses currently in mainstream support. For Windows 10, they seem to have moved the support model to the bi-annual updates being supported for 2 years and more recently 1.5 years.

Has it been said if Office 2019 will actually work on Windows 7/8.1? Supported and actually working can be different things. Kind of like the "on supported hardware" comment above.