Microsoft Issues Windows 10 Update Warning

[Trene4000]

Gordon KellySenior Contributor
Consumer Tech
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Windows 10 users, yes it has been a rocky spell, but you need to be on high alert yet again. Here’s everything you need to know. 
 

Picked up by both BleepingComputer and Windows Latest, the early problems with Microsoft’s new KB4535996 Windows 10 update are now spiraling out of control. Here are the main issues you need to be aware of.

03/09 Update: Microsoft has confirmed Windows 10 has run into more trouble. The company has published a support page explaining that a new bug in Windows 10 can prevent users from manually installing drivers on their PCs. Users will receive the error message: “A driver can’t load on this device” and it can break installations even after they appear to complete successfully. Microsoft states “If you choose to continue using your device without addressing the driver problem, you might discover that the functionality the driver supports does not work any longer, which could have consequences ranging from negligible to severe.” Third party drivers can be essential, particularly for legacy devices, so Microsoft has offered a workaround which (perhaps surprisingly) involves turning off a Windows 10 security setting that guards memory integrity to allow the driver installation to complete:
 

1. Go to the Core isolation page in Windows Security.
2. Turn the Memory integrity setting Off if it isn’t already. You’ll need to restart your computer for the changes to take effect
    

Microsoft offers no timeline for a proper fix to this issue but, given the level of inconvenience and potential problems, surely it will be a priority.

Boot Problems And Crashes
The former appears to be widespread among users who have installed KB4535996, with significant delays in PCs starting after installing the update and occasionally showing a disconcerting black screen partway through the elongated boot process. My own PC is exhibiting this problem. 

That said, if you have this issue you are lucky because for others their PCs will not boot at all:

 

see full story at:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2020/03/09/microsoft-windows-10-warning-crashes-boot-audio-slowdown-problems-upgrade-windows-10-free/amp/

[sekhmet2002]

That sounds very bad. I hope I don't get these problems on my systems. Thanks for the info Trene.