Affected Windows component
Boot Problems Caused by Windows Updates
The archive contains 26 documented Windows update incidents affecting Boot. Browse the timeline below for symptoms, severity, source-backed details, and whether Microsoft shipped a fix.
26 entries with KB numbers ยท reported across 5 years
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Boot incident timeline
BSODs, BitLocker lockouts, BITS broken, and domain controllers down
February's fix for January traps PCs in 15-restart boot loops
The fix for the fix breaks cameras, Explorer, and booting
PCs bricked, Outlook frozen, Microsoft's advice: uninstall the update
Failed install creates ticking time bomb for next update
Update fails and leaves PCs unbootable
Emergency anti-cheat fix causes boot loops and more chaos
VMs unbootable with ACPI.sys BSOD
BSOD, inetpub chaos, Windows Hello broken
BSOD SECURE_KERNEL_ERROR after install
Black screen after install, OpenSSH broken, Bluetooth broken
INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE BSOD, severe performance degradation
BSOD reboot loop on boot
BitLocker recovery screen locks users out on boot
BitLocker recovery forced on boot
Boot loops and BSODs on PCs with virtualization
BSODs, Automatic Repair loops, audio devices dead
Multiple BSOD types, Lenovo AMD BitLocker recovery loops
Black screen on login, search box shows letter C
UNSUPPORTED_PROCESSOR BSOD on MSI motherboards
Explorer crash loop prevents boot to desktop
BSOD 0xc000021a, update meant to fix BSODs causes BSODs
hidparse.sys BSOD bricks PCs on boot
Secure Boot update triggers BitLocker lockout
Start menu broken, .NET apps crash, boot loops
Browse other frequently affected components
- Boot 26
- File Explorer 26
- Windows Update 24
- Networking 22
- BSOD 20
- Installation 12
- Taskbar 11
- Enterprise 10
- Performance 10
- Display 9
- Start Menu 9
- BitLocker 8
- Remote Desktop 8
- VPN 8
- Active Directory 7
- Gaming 7
- SMB 7
- Wi-Fi 7
- OpenSSH 6
- System Stability 6
- Printing 5
- Applications 4
- Bluetooth 4
- Cloud Storage 4
- Dual Boot 4
- Hibernation 4
- Hyper-V 4
- Kerberos 4
- Linux 4
- OneDrive 4
- SSD 4
- Storage 4
- USB 4
- Windows Server 4
- WSUS 4
- .NET 3
- Audio 3
- Citrix 3
- Desktop 3
- Domain Controllers 3
- DRM 3
- File Sharing 3
- Login 3
- Outlook 3
- Secure Boot 3
- Shutdown 3
- Sleep 3
- Task Manager 3
- Video Playback 3
- Virtual Machines 3
- Windows Recovery 3
- Windows Search 3