OrbingStorm Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 The Windows 10 Anniversary Update is now available for download, and just as expected, users rushed to install it to get all the improvements that everyone has been talking about in the past few months. Unfortunately, however, a number of PCs are hit with issues causing them to freeze after installing the Anniversary Update, and judging from the number of posts online, this isn’t quite an isolated bug. Basically, what is happening is that machines freeze all of a sudden after installing the Anniversary Update, and the crash occurs at random moments, after booting to the desktop. There are reports claiming that PCs become unresponsive the second after they boot to the desktop, while others say it takes a few minutes for their systems to freeze. At first look, it doesn’t seem like the problem is caused by third-party apps, as booting into Safe Mode and performing a clean boot make no difference, so it has to be something caused by the Anniversary Update, users believe. How to fix the problem According to posts in this reddit discussion, the easiest way to deal with the issue is to create Windows 10 Anniversary Update installation media using the Media Creation Tool and then perform an upgrade. Here’s how reddit user /u/KuruQan describes the workaround that solved the issue in his case (keep in mind, however, that Microsoft has not yet acknowledged the bug, and an official solution is not yet available): “After that I inserted the USB flash disk into USB 2.0 port (3.0 have problems on some motherboards when booting from them), went to the USB flash folder, run setup.exe, chose ‘don't look for updates,’ unchecked ‘help microsoft with blabla’ and clicked trough the install app. I chose keep all my settings and personal documents, let it proceed, pc restarted and after installation I'm running the windows 10 1607 with no freeze after 20 seconds after startup (I did multiple restarts to test it).” Also this AGAIN...... Microsoft has confirmed in a statement that this is indeed happening and explained that the Windows team is already aware of the problem and working on a fix to prevent settings from being reverted to default when installing the Anniversary Update. “We are aware of an issue that could reset a few of your personalized settings choices to their defaults. The team is working hard to fix this as soon as possible so that future updates will not cause these settings to revert to the defaults. If you’ve already updated to version 1607, here are some of the settings that may have been reset. Please go to the Settings app to re-personalize any of these settings if any have changed,” the company said (refer to the table at the end of the article to find out what settings are reset). Browser defaults also reset We’re also hearing from users that browser settings are being reset after installing the Anniversary Update, and in all these cases, Microsoft’s Edge is configured to be the default browser, no matter what application they were using before. The company hasn’t said anything about resetting app defaults, but if this is happening, it must be the same bug (this, of course, doesn’t stop some from thinking that it’s another attempt by the software giant to force the adoption of Microsoft Edge). Read more: http://news.softpedia.com/news/microsoft-warns-that-windows-10-anniversary-update-resets-some-pc-settings-506920.shtml#ixzz4GFamGzYe Read more: http://news.softpedia.com/news/windows-10-pcs-freezing-after-installing-anniversary-update-506919.shtml#ixzz4GFa5aRqZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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