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windows 10's update turned dell laptop in brick
Last security update on Jan 13th broke my laptop.
Every program keeps freezing and doesn't do anything. Even when I open task manager it may run for a minute but soon it will freeze, and can't even end task.
Only thing that is working is my browser. Yesterday I managed to reinstall windows using a USB and it was working again. While i was away, it forced an update and once again the same issues arise.
laptop is too old to install 11, and going to try and reinstall windows again.
There a way I can turn off the windows 10 update before this happens again? Don't know if there is a patch to address this soon.
Dell inspiron 15 7559
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I'm having the same issue, and on a Dell laptop as well. The only solution I've found so far is to manually uninstall the update each time it manages to get through, which has been annoying to say the least.
Hi NerdyPlayer, did you check out the Out of band update that was released? January 24, 2026—KB5078129 (OS Builds 19045.6812 and 19044.6812) Out-of-band - Microsoft Support
How do i download the update? it says to go through window's update, but the issue i am having is i cannot update with the computer freezing. it installed the old update again while i was away and it reverted back to the freezing my computer.
any news from microsoft on a potential patch? can't update the laptop right now.
I'm having a similar issue with a old hp laptop i have the blue Bios screen and have tried a lot to reset I was going to try and load a windows usb loaded program to update but looking for any suggestions. I read something about a fix/patch for this issue.
I'm starting to think the same thing happened with Win 11. The programs don't freeze, but when I'm on Steam for example and I try launching a game, nothing happens. It's probably my terrible WD Black P10 External hard drive being a meat stick, but this stuff has never happened before. I can't even shut down my laptop because clicking "shut down" from the start menu does nothing and even worse, clicking restart doesn't restart my laptop either. It just gets stuck in the process of trying to restart.
