A new Windows 11 update has caused major problems for some users and has frozen PCs, brought blue or green screens, or caused reboot loops where PCs repeatedly try to restart.

The Sept. 26 update, KB5043145, has also caused some users' USB or Bluetooth devices—including keyboards, mice, headphones, microphones, memory sticks, printers, or other accessories—to suddenly stop working with the connected PC.

"After I installed this update it broke something in my system files and I had to do a fresh reinstall of Windows," one user explains in a post about the issue on Tuesday. "I was getting BSOD every 15 mins."

Others have found that the update caused issues with Wi-Fi or software like VirtualBox and Linux features like WSL2. Multiple Windows 11 users with Asus laptops, specifically, have reported issues with this update.

If you've run into any of these issues, Microsoft says its Automatic Repair tool may appear if your PC gets stuck in a reboot loop and can be used to resolve the issue. Bitlocker recovery can also be used in some cases, according to a support page.

Microsoft has also made a tweak via its Known Issue Rollback service, so these issues may be resolved automatically. If your PC still isn't working, however, Microsoft recommends trying a restart to trigger the automatic fix.

https://www.pcmag.com/news/windows-11-update-triggers-reboot-loops-breaks-bluetooth-usb-devices

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Green Screen 😳

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Right? There's a GREEN screen? Now I'm frightened.

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It's when your PC is so sick it has enough.

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What's the issue with blue screen, anyone know the cause or something? (anyone that doesn't know it's literally like an error... So you can check the cause or see what's most likely an issue by googling the specific problem... Fun facts, one of bsod I had was because of hyperX cloud2(known issue with users) and another was weirder where I reinstalled windows like 3 times and it still persisted and turned out it was an issue with ps4 controller driver (ds4windows), no clue why the driver persisted as I formatted the drive each time aka clean install)

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Some things never change. :)
https://xkcd.com/528/

1 month ago
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I installed this update then my house burnt down and my wife left me. But my PC was fine.

1 month ago
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Thank god i paused all updates a month ago. Problem is the pause is ending soon

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I'm gonna use Windows 7 forever.

1 month ago
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Ugh, the exact same thing happened a few years ago. Not sure if it was Win10 or before. But I remember that it took MS weeks to fix then...

1 month ago
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I configured my Windows to wait 5 days before installing a new quality update just for scenarios like this.

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I'm so glad, that I'm in a process of switching to Linux Mint Cinnamon. For some reasons I did have to install Win 11 alongside it, and it seems to be 10 times worse than the Win 10, which is bad enough to convince me migrate to Linux. So far Mint is as convenient for me to use, as Win 7 was... or maybe even a bit more convenient, but if Win 7 was still truly alive, I would not bother with the switch.

Btw, I will one day go back to my thread about this Linux migration, but I'm currently very busy IRL, so the migration goes pretty slowly and I don't have time and energy for regular postings about it.

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Welcome!

I switched to Manjaro - KDE Plasma earlier this year. I love it, and I don't see ever going back to windows.
The only thing that prevented me switching to Linux earlier was game compatibility, but with Proton, Linux will run seemingly any game. I've only run into one game so far that won't work, and that required the Origin launcher alongside Steam.

And for people scared of Linux, you pretty much never have to use the terminal / command line anymore, it's just as easy as Windows (probably easier actually) but without all the hassle and built in spyware. My laptop is Windows 11, so I know just how bad it is.

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