Win 10 Anniversary Update Freezes PCs

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' The freezing issue became apparent shortly after Microsoft released the Windows 10 Anniversary Update at the beginning of this month. Neowin first reported on this issue August 6 and pointed to a Reddit thread that had over 600 comments from users who encountered the freezes. That thread now has 865 comments as of this writing [Aug. 14].Although Microsoft is looking into what’s causing this freeze-inducing bug, it doesn’t have a patch yet. In the meantime, you can roll back to an earlier build of Windows 10 as a workaround, the company notes.'Full read: www.pcworld.com/.../windows-10-anniversary-update-freezing-on-you-microsofts-looking-into-it.html'The ‘Anniversary Update’ is the largest and most important Windows 10 upgrade so far. It is also compulsory, but as it began rolling out reports followed that the mega update is causing PCs to freeze. Now Microsoft MSFT +0.00% has confirmed one major issue and admitted it currently does not have a fix…Interestingly a lot of users are disputing Microsoft’s claims that you need to have PC where Windows is installed on an SSD and apps and data on a separate drive to be affected. Many with just a single SSD in their PC say they are impacted too and that’s a standard setup for millions of PC owners these days.So until the fix appears users with mission critical PCs would do well to follow these hacks to stop the Anniversary Update installing automatically. Microsoft would also do well to give all users (not just Pro and Enterprise) a better emergency brake to pause updates for a period of up to 30 days in such situations.'www.forbes.com/.../After almost 3 weeks of artfully dodging the mandatory Windows 10 Anniversary Update (KB3176495), my delaying tactics ran out, and it installed. I did not see this reported problem (perhaps MS fixed it in the interim?), even though I have a single SSD.

ky331 · Answer

That's why these forced updates are unacceptable... wonder how long/many it will take for Microsoft to get the message? Hopefully, they won't issue one that's catastrophic for everyone!

Alas, Microsoft is so confident in itself that it's extending this policy (forced updates, single cumulative updates) to Win7/8.1 :emotion-7:

RoHe · Answer

My Inspiron laptop frequently (but not always) boots to a back-lit, blank screen when powered on for the first time and it just sits there. Some times I have to press the power button 2-3 times before I even get to see the Dell logo and then it boots.

Only have 360 GB hard drive in this system. And the previous (1511) build of Win 10 never did this. It only started freezing after the forced update to the Anniversary Edition.

And there are several delays now even when it boots normally. It shows the Dell logo, then spinning dots, then blank screen, then more spinning dots, another blank screen, and finally gets to the lock screen. And there's another delay after I enter the password before it finally gets to the desktop.

Microsoft is deaf, dumb and... They don't hear or care what users say or think. My 2-cents...

ky331 · Answer

I don't have Win10, so I can't say anything about this... but it looks like there was another cumulative update KB 3176934 released (replacing KB3176931):

http://securitygarden.blogspot.com/2016/08/cumulative-update-kb-316937-released.html

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3176934

joe53 · Answer

I just was notified to restart my Win 10 v. 1607 x64 to install that Cumulative update (KB3176934). The "Restart with update" took about 5 minutes to install and bring up my desktop. I notice that another update, KB3176936 was installed as well. Apparently this one was a one-off fix to make "stability improvements for the Windows 10 Version 1607 servicing stack." Whatever that means.
support.microsoft.com/.../3176936

My Win 10 seems to continue to work well (touch wood).

ky331 · Answer

Uh Oh, Windows 10 Update KB3176934 just broke PowerShell http://news.thewindowsclub.com/windows-10-update-kb3176934-just-broke-powershell-85760/

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