DO NOT INSTALL THIS WINDOWS UPDATE: Windows 11, version 22H2
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This is a known computer killer. I just got a new rig and it has been running great for 1 week now. Installed this update, computer dead. Microsoft apparently knows that this update is shite and still issues it for install. The only recommended workaround is to WinRE and uninstall latest windows update and then reinstall windows 11. I am currently in the process of doing this and not sure it will even work. Windows 11, version 22H2 known issues and notifications | Microsoft Learn[^] EDIT: Used WinRE to reset my machine to factory install (Asus). All good now. Just won't install the offending windows update....ever. Another Edit: the WinRE did not work. after a lot of internet research, discovered that the exact error code, was indicative of a conflict with NVidia Console App and G Force Experience apps and the Windows 11 graphics setup injection. Users had noted that after uninstalling those 2 apps, that the update worked. Well, it worked for me and I was able to update to latest Win 11. Re-installed G Force Experience and Nvidia Console app and all is good. No fresh install needed.
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This is a known computer killer. I just got a new rig and it has been running great for 1 week now. Installed this update, computer dead. Microsoft apparently knows that this update is shite and still issues it for install. The only recommended workaround is to WinRE and uninstall latest windows update and then reinstall windows 11. I am currently in the process of doing this and not sure it will even work. Windows 11, version 22H2 known issues and notifications | Microsoft Learn[^] EDIT: Used WinRE to reset my machine to factory install (Asus). All good now. Just won't install the offending windows update....ever. Another Edit: the WinRE did not work. after a lot of internet research, discovered that the exact error code, was indicative of a conflict with NVidia Console App and G Force Experience apps and the Windows 11 graphics setup injection. Users had noted that after uninstalling those 2 apps, that the update worked. Well, it worked for me and I was able to update to latest Win 11. Re-installed G Force Experience and Nvidia Console app and all is good. No fresh install needed.
Slacker007, The December update also clobbered my personal Windows 10 Laptop. I had to go to a restore point prior to the update in order to get the PC operating again. I removed the update from my PC, but Windows keeps trying to reinstall it and have me apply it. Very frustrating! Best wishes from Minnesota - Craig
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Slacker007, The December update also clobbered my personal Windows 10 Laptop. I had to go to a restore point prior to the update in order to get the PC operating again. I removed the update from my PC, but Windows keeps trying to reinstall it and have me apply it. Very frustrating! Best wishes from Minnesota - Craig
I/we have seen a lot of crap from Microsoft over the long years, but I have never seen a Windows update to be this broken before.
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I/we have seen a lot of crap from Microsoft over the long years, but I have never seen a Windows update to be this broken before.
Consider this: Nobody at Microsoft these days hardly ever uses a version of Windows for any sort of realistic extended period of time. They wipe/reinstall/restore from preset images on a regular basis. Internally, their latest code never gets to run on systems that have been running for months/years or have been left to accumulate crud over time. As such, it deals rather poorly with anything that deviates from the so-called out-of-the-box experience. I'm betting if you were to wipe your system, reinstall from a clean ISO and then went directly to the latest update, like most people at Microsoft, you'd remain completely oblivious to any problem of the type you're describing. I'm not suggesting this is the solution and everybody should be doing this. I'm just stating why I think things are the way they are.
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Consider this: Nobody at Microsoft these days hardly ever uses a version of Windows for any sort of realistic extended period of time. They wipe/reinstall/restore from preset images on a regular basis. Internally, their latest code never gets to run on systems that have been running for months/years or have been left to accumulate crud over time. As such, it deals rather poorly with anything that deviates from the so-called out-of-the-box experience. I'm betting if you were to wipe your system, reinstall from a clean ISO and then went directly to the latest update, like most people at Microsoft, you'd remain completely oblivious to any problem of the type you're describing. I'm not suggesting this is the solution and everybody should be doing this. I'm just stating why I think things are the way they are.
I would not be surprised if you are correct :sigh:
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Consider this: Nobody at Microsoft these days hardly ever uses a version of Windows for any sort of realistic extended period of time. They wipe/reinstall/restore from preset images on a regular basis. Internally, their latest code never gets to run on systems that have been running for months/years or have been left to accumulate crud over time. As such, it deals rather poorly with anything that deviates from the so-called out-of-the-box experience. I'm betting if you were to wipe your system, reinstall from a clean ISO and then went directly to the latest update, like most people at Microsoft, you'd remain completely oblivious to any problem of the type you're describing. I'm not suggesting this is the solution and everybody should be doing this. I'm just stating why I think things are the way they are.
You are correct, sample size of one. Just took a system running W10 Home and trashed the hard drive. Installed Windows 10. Due to entries in BIOS (I think), it refused to install Pro, installing Home. Converted to Pro, did a gazillion updates and it is running fine (so far). I am now running clonezilla to back it up and will then install applications. Probably a good idea to check Susan Bradley's advice before installing updates. I find that my home made beer solves all the problems. Well maybe not solved but I don't seem to care. :) Happy New Year. Lou
>64 Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
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I/we have seen a lot of crap from Microsoft over the long years, but I have never seen a Windows update to be this broken before.
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This is a known computer killer. I just got a new rig and it has been running great for 1 week now. Installed this update, computer dead. Microsoft apparently knows that this update is shite and still issues it for install. The only recommended workaround is to WinRE and uninstall latest windows update and then reinstall windows 11. I am currently in the process of doing this and not sure it will even work. Windows 11, version 22H2 known issues and notifications | Microsoft Learn[^] EDIT: Used WinRE to reset my machine to factory install (Asus). All good now. Just won't install the offending windows update....ever. Another Edit: the WinRE did not work. after a lot of internet research, discovered that the exact error code, was indicative of a conflict with NVidia Console App and G Force Experience apps and the Windows 11 graphics setup injection. Users had noted that after uninstalling those 2 apps, that the update worked. Well, it worked for me and I was able to update to latest Win 11. Re-installed G Force Experience and Nvidia Console app and all is good. No fresh install needed.
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Running Windows 11 v22H2 just fine on my Dell XPS 15. I also have it on a pair of machines at work, one of which is a Surface Pro 8 and it runs fine. In fact on the Surface Pro 8 it runs better than Windows 10.
Good for you. Its working fine for my friend as well. But there are a few people I know at work where there laptops had the same issue as me. So, not so good for the rest of us.
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This is a known computer killer. I just got a new rig and it has been running great for 1 week now. Installed this update, computer dead. Microsoft apparently knows that this update is shite and still issues it for install. The only recommended workaround is to WinRE and uninstall latest windows update and then reinstall windows 11. I am currently in the process of doing this and not sure it will even work. Windows 11, version 22H2 known issues and notifications | Microsoft Learn[^] EDIT: Used WinRE to reset my machine to factory install (Asus). All good now. Just won't install the offending windows update....ever. Another Edit: the WinRE did not work. after a lot of internet research, discovered that the exact error code, was indicative of a conflict with NVidia Console App and G Force Experience apps and the Windows 11 graphics setup injection. Users had noted that after uninstalling those 2 apps, that the update worked. Well, it worked for me and I was able to update to latest Win 11. Re-installed G Force Experience and Nvidia Console app and all is good. No fresh install needed.
I've used that version without any major problems. But I did a full install though. Learned many years ago to never, ever use an upgraded version of Windows.
Jeremy Falcon
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I've used that version without any major problems. But I did a full install though. Learned many years ago to never, ever use an upgraded version of Windows.
Jeremy Falcon
:confused::confused: Super confused by your post. Perhaps I am not reading it correctly. I have a brand new install of Windows 11 with the computer that I just bought and then as time goes on Microsoft pushes updates and you update your computer. Are you suggesting I reformat the hard-drive with the latest version of windows every time Microsoft pushes an update? Please tell me you are not recommending this.
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:confused::confused: Super confused by your post. Perhaps I am not reading it correctly. I have a brand new install of Windows 11 with the computer that I just bought and then as time goes on Microsoft pushes updates and you update your computer. Are you suggesting I reformat the hard-drive with the latest version of windows every time Microsoft pushes an update? Please tell me you are not recommending this.
Slacker007 wrote:
Are you suggesting I reformat the hard-drive with the latest version of windows every time Microsoft pushes an update?
I don't think he is suggesting that... I think he is suggesting to re-format and re-install every time a new update screws your system :rolleyes: :-D
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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:confused::confused: Super confused by your post. Perhaps I am not reading it correctly. I have a brand new install of Windows 11 with the computer that I just bought and then as time goes on Microsoft pushes updates and you update your computer. Are you suggesting I reformat the hard-drive with the latest version of windows every time Microsoft pushes an update? Please tell me you are not recommending this.
If your PC has a single hard disk, so all your user files are on the C: disk, then regular re-installation may require too much work to be worthwhile. I got myself an M.2 system disk (when I bought the MB, M.2 was not widespread, but fortunately the MB has an M.2 socket where I could insert an M.2 last year!) which holds Windows itself, along with supplementary .sys files for paging, hibernation etc. User profiles are of course there, but I have made it a habit to never use 'My xxx' directories. Nor do I put any user data files on my desktop. I set up my Thunderbird profile to sort all incoming mail into various folders on another disk. I keep all my user files on other disks. I consider \Downloads a temporary location, sorting out the downloads to some final destination (on another disk) as soon as possible after downloading. Some applications insist on storing data in my user profile. In my last job, I was responsible for a developing and maintaining an internal tool, an application installation wizard taking a list of applications to install. I actually use it event to copy all such files to a temporary directory on another disk before reinstalling Windows. After reinstallation, the job list given to the wizard for reinstalling all applications will also copy back these files saved from my user profile. I keep the Windows installer on a USB3 memory stick. All application installers, and the temporary directory for those user profile files to be preserved, are saved on an 'old' 3.5" flash disk. So I first use the wizard to save those user profile files I have chosen to preserve. Copying the files from an M.2 to a flash disk is a fast operation. Then comes running the Windows installer from an USB3 memory stick to an M.2, letting the installer reformat C:. On an M.2, that takes some time, not much. There are a few questions to be answered in the beginning of the operation - not that much. Then I use the wizard to re-install all applications. A few of them cannot be run unattended; they insist on interactive input of a few things such as license codes. I've put those first in the install list, to get all of those done with as soon as possible, before I leave the PC to itself to install all the rest. The last job given to the wizard is a list of .log and .tmp files left by various installers (including the Windows installer), empty the C: recycle bin, and clean various cache files/directories. After running the reinstallation, I might do a manual Windows Update. The imag
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:confused::confused: Super confused by your post. Perhaps I am not reading it correctly. I have a brand new install of Windows 11 with the computer that I just bought and then as time goes on Microsoft pushes updates and you update your computer. Are you suggesting I reformat the hard-drive with the latest version of windows every time Microsoft pushes an update? Please tell me you are not recommending this.
Every time they release a major update. Pretty sure that can be gleaned from the context. If that’s too much trouble for you then you can automate most things. But there’s no need as a major update is once at year at most. I never upgrade and only have to reinstall every couple years. You should know this…
Jeremy Falcon
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Slacker007 wrote:
Are you suggesting I reformat the hard-drive with the latest version of windows every time Microsoft pushes an update?
I don't think he is suggesting that... I think he is suggesting to re-format and re-install every time a new update screws your system :rolleyes: :-D
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
Ha ha. That works too. lol
Jeremy Falcon
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Good for you. Its working fine for my friend as well. But there are a few people I know at work where there laptops had the same issue as me. So, not so good for the rest of us.
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:confused::confused: Super confused by your post. Perhaps I am not reading it correctly. I have a brand new install of Windows 11 with the computer that I just bought and then as time goes on Microsoft pushes updates and you update your computer. Are you suggesting I reformat the hard-drive with the latest version of windows every time Microsoft pushes an update? Please tell me you are not recommending this.
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You missed Windows Server 2008 R2 SP2 then. If this update installed when any other updates were pending you ended up having to reimage your entire server.
obermd wrote:
You missed Windows Server 2008 R2 SP2 then.
There was an SP2 for 2008 R2? I maintain my own archive for all Windows versions (for dev testing and such, make sure I have all the latest that was ever published for each OS without having to hunt them down on the internet since they can disappear without any notice), and have never heard of an SP2 for 2008 R2. There is definitely an SP2 for 2008 (I'm looking at an ISO file with SP2 slipstreamed into it right now), but I don't have an equivalent for 2008 R2. I do have an SP1 for R2, but that's where it ends. A quick google search for 2008 R2 SP2 brings back results for 2008 SP2, but R2 is omitted from the results. [This](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-server-2008-r2) 2008 R2 lifecycle page mentions SP1, but not SP2. Do you have a link for that 2008 R2 SP2?
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If your PC has a single hard disk, so all your user files are on the C: disk, then regular re-installation may require too much work to be worthwhile. I got myself an M.2 system disk (when I bought the MB, M.2 was not widespread, but fortunately the MB has an M.2 socket where I could insert an M.2 last year!) which holds Windows itself, along with supplementary .sys files for paging, hibernation etc. User profiles are of course there, but I have made it a habit to never use 'My xxx' directories. Nor do I put any user data files on my desktop. I set up my Thunderbird profile to sort all incoming mail into various folders on another disk. I keep all my user files on other disks. I consider \Downloads a temporary location, sorting out the downloads to some final destination (on another disk) as soon as possible after downloading. Some applications insist on storing data in my user profile. In my last job, I was responsible for a developing and maintaining an internal tool, an application installation wizard taking a list of applications to install. I actually use it event to copy all such files to a temporary directory on another disk before reinstalling Windows. After reinstallation, the job list given to the wizard for reinstalling all applications will also copy back these files saved from my user profile. I keep the Windows installer on a USB3 memory stick. All application installers, and the temporary directory for those user profile files to be preserved, are saved on an 'old' 3.5" flash disk. So I first use the wizard to save those user profile files I have chosen to preserve. Copying the files from an M.2 to a flash disk is a fast operation. Then comes running the Windows installer from an USB3 memory stick to an M.2, letting the installer reformat C:. On an M.2, that takes some time, not much. There are a few questions to be answered in the beginning of the operation - not that much. Then I use the wizard to re-install all applications. A few of them cannot be run unattended; they insist on interactive input of a few things such as license codes. I've put those first in the install list, to get all of those done with as soon as possible, before I leave the PC to itself to install all the rest. The last job given to the wizard is a list of .log and .tmp files left by various installers (including the Windows installer), empty the C: recycle bin, and clean various cache files/directories. After running the reinstallation, I might do a manual Windows Update. The imag
More or less the same as you but without wizard. C: System (M.2 gen 4) D: (min. other partition, better another disk) Data to work with (M2 gen 3) E: Warehouse (Long time storage) normal HDD high capacity F: IT Staff (SSD) Macrium Images every now and then saved in F: (FIFO of 5 last versions) with all installers of software I like / I use If I have problems I go to the last backup and restore + re-install not permanent software. If still problems, back to an older version. Every 3 to 5 years a clean install from media tool stick, because there is a point where backups will get crap inside if you wish it or not. Doing it almost everything manually, I fully restore wihtin 4 hours
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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This is a known computer killer. I just got a new rig and it has been running great for 1 week now. Installed this update, computer dead. Microsoft apparently knows that this update is shite and still issues it for install. The only recommended workaround is to WinRE and uninstall latest windows update and then reinstall windows 11. I am currently in the process of doing this and not sure it will even work. Windows 11, version 22H2 known issues and notifications | Microsoft Learn[^] EDIT: Used WinRE to reset my machine to factory install (Asus). All good now. Just won't install the offending windows update....ever. Another Edit: the WinRE did not work. after a lot of internet research, discovered that the exact error code, was indicative of a conflict with NVidia Console App and G Force Experience apps and the Windows 11 graphics setup injection. Users had noted that after uninstalling those 2 apps, that the update worked. Well, it worked for me and I was able to update to latest Win 11. Re-installed G Force Experience and Nvidia Console app and all is good. No fresh install needed.