One of the main Windows problems is the system updates. It has to be said that Microsoft hasn’t done a good job of doing it well. The fact that they are practically mandatory does not help. Our ability to quantify when and how to partially implement it is another big problem – Never found on Linux, For example.
In fact, who has never got stuck during Windows update business hours? Just at 11:30 AM, in the middle of writing an important email, here’s the system slowing down. It is not clear why. Internet connection appears to be going to the hamster. Programs respond after several seconds. He got mad to see what’s going on, and it turns out Windows was downloading in the background Latest updates. Suddenly, the device restarts, forcing you to wait up to several minutes.
Pay attention to the latest Windows update, and here’s how to avoid formatting your PC
But this is not enough. Windows 10 is known for updates full of bugs that can crash your system entirely. Recently, the two so-called packages – KB4598299 and KB4598301 – have become extremely intimidated by anyone using Microsoft’s system. Reason? They might cause loads of freezes to even a terrible blue screen of death: a nickname given to fans of the classic blue screen that occurs when Windows freezes and crashes.
These updates were implemented on Windows 10 builds 1909, 2004, and 20H2 and were supposed to correct issues with some internal procedures. But there is clearly a bug in it that forces the device to restart and, in the worst case, to initialize the computer. So beware of the latest Windows update, here’s how to avoid formatting your PC.
The solution? Disable updates
How do we solve then? Simple: Meanwhile, it’s better to disable automatic Windows updates temporarily. Just go to Settings> Update & Security> Windows Update> Advanced options> Pause updates (this can be done for up to 35 days from the date they were disabled).
After that, you can also install the latest version of Windows manually from Microsoft’s website. The company released a fix for these bugs on February 11th that should solve most users’ problems.
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