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davidquez0207
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Oct 20, 2026

October 2026 Windows Update causing major issues

We have had about 50 computers in our organization giving boot failures after Windows restarts to apply the October update, KB5127648. Affected machines are Dell devices, both laptops and desktops. T...
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BZietlow
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Oct 21, 2026

We are currently seeing a very similar issue with two different customers, both using Dell OptiPlex Micro 7010 systems.

The devices fail to boot into Windows and end up in the Automatic Repair loop with “Your PC did not start correctly”. Since we have now seen the same behavior on two separate customer environments with the same Dell model, we are wondering whether this could be related to the October update, drivers, firmware, or BIOS.

Did you manage to identify the root cause or find a reliable fix? Did uninstalling KB5127648 solve the issue for you?

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davidquez0207
Copper Contributor
Oct 23, 2026

Removing the October update allows us to boot back into Windows, but from there we are using Windows Update settings to trigger the updates. This forces the machine to install driver and firmware updates along with the KB5127648. That seems to fix the issue.

So we think it's something related to outdated firmware in our devices.