Affected Windows component
BSOD Problems Caused by Windows Updates
The archive contains 20 documented Windows update incidents affecting BSOD. Browse the timeline below for symptoms, severity, source-backed details, and whether Microsoft shipped a fix.
20 entries with KB numbers ยท reported across 5 years
Browse those years
BSOD incident timeline
BSODs, BitLocker lockouts, BITS broken, and domain controllers down
February's fix for January traps PCs in 15-restart boot loops
PCs bricked, Outlook frozen, Microsoft's advice: uninstall the update
Update fails and leaves PCs unbootable
Dark mode broken, Intel Arc GPUs BSOD
VMs unbootable with ACPI.sys BSOD
BSOD, inetpub chaos, Windows Hello broken
BSOD SECURE_KERNEL_ERROR after install
INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE BSOD, severe performance degradation
BSOD reboot loop 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
UNSUPPORTED_PROCESSOR BSOD on MSI motherboards
BSODs, SSDs vanish from system, 4-hour install stalls
SSD speeds tank, BSODs, Bluetooth breaks
BSOD 0xc000021a, update meant to fix BSODs causes BSODs
hidparse.sys BSOD bricks PCs on boot
Apps crash with 0xc0000135, Sophos causes BSODs
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