Windows 10: Windows update r1809 screwed up my laptop

So I recently updated to Windows 1809 and my laptop is running fine. Until a few days ago probably like two or three days I was working out and listening to music on my laptop when my laptop froze I figured it was a blue screen but I never got the blue screen menu so I force restart the laptop. When I turned the laptop on again I was prompted with “Windows it not start properly restart sometimes fixes the issue or check out some of the repair options the advances options”. First I restarted but I still prompted with the same message. I then tried the system repair but it felt to repair the “STTrails.txt” something amoung the lines of that. I then tried a system restore and it said it sucessfully went through but I was still prompted with the same message when I rebooted. I then was worried about my personal files so I tried to bootup into safe mode and it also failed being prompted by the same screen. I then tried the reset option (kesp my files) and it when through, but when doing it’s second rebot to finalize the reset it would freeze and have a BSOD and undo the changes. I did something risky and selected the reset all and the same thing happened. Luckly I remembered I have a USB to SATA 3 adapter and connected my drive to my mini laptop to extract my personal files. I then secured erased my SSD and reinstalled windows. When installing drivers I noticed my graphics card driver had a orange triangle on it so I figured it’s just that I need to install the drivers. So I did from nvidia’s website rebooted and the triangle still remaned. I tried various version drivers uninstalled with DDU and nothing. I right click the driver and it says code 43 on it. I fear that my GPU is now dead due to this windows update. Everything was fine no issue prior to it. I have pulled out my hair for the past 2 days trying to solve it. I even downgraded to Windows 8.1 and the issue still resides.

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Windows Update suddenly hangs?

Windows Update is suddenly hanging for some reason... I went and downloaded and installed the first bunch of updates, restarted when asked, and now when I go back to windows update I just get the window with a white box forever. Reboot and it still does it. This happens to be on my main machine, running windows 7.

I've also noticed when I reboot it says configuring windows update, step 3 of 3, 47%. Maybe it somehow skipped something and is screwed forever?

 

Windows Updated(16299.309).KB4088776 Restart is required to complete.


Hi dalchina. Good news, I followed your suggestion and reinstalled the update and now it appears as "installed correctly" *Biggrin Maybe it was not necessary to run the Windows Update Troubleshooter or maybe if necessary. But using it I do not think it could have worsened something. The installation was very fast, unlike the first time it showed step 1 and step 2 completed.

Thanks for the suggestions and for the time to respond Best regards.


And thanks for the tip of that program, I'll have it on my list.

 

Laptop screws and broken spinning threaded nuts :-(

Hello
Is there a trick to open original never opened laptop screws ?
If I open like 10 screws about 2/10pcs always have broken\loose spinning brass threaded nuts.
I have opened a Lenovo(2008) and a HP(2015) laptop when trying to fit SSDs and both ended up with some spinning threaded nuts.
-> When unable to open the case I just end up using a DVD drive caddy for the damn SSDs.

• Laptop screws always have that massive amount of tip goo (=red or blue colored rubber thread seal) in threads which I believe is causing the spinning screw issue. Please Chinese we don't need the "goo".
• Or the Chinese just over tighten the screws.
• Also cheap thin plastic around brass nuts.