Long time to load on gray screen after update win 11
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6900K CPU @ 3.20GHz (3.20 GHz) Installed RAM 32.0 GB System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor Edition Windows 11 Pro Version 24H2 OS build 26100.8328 Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.304.0 Nvme SAMSUNG MZFLW512HMJP-000MV every time I reboot my pc it stays on a gray/black screen with the mouse moving after around 5 minutes it loads my wallpaper and I can use my pc things I try: 1.- running new task as manager of explorer.exe = nothing 2.- opening file location of a program running = open explorer but still cant run anything takes 5 min 3.-shortcut to refresh gpu drivers = nothing 4.-runing devmgmt.msc as a new task with admin privileges = nothing I can let the computer alone for 5 minutes on lock screen and no problems shows up
May 2026 KB5089549 make my system unbootable
Today, I have updated my HP Elite X2 G4 with May 2026 Tuesday update KB5089549 and several other updates. The update fail, when restarted, an error dialog read Thing does not go as expected, and it roll back my system. After restart, I attempt to update again and it fail with the same reason. So I proceed to manual update by downloading update from Mic4osoft Update Catalog. The update went fine until I restart my system. There is an error dialog stated that my system has a problem, windows 11 attempt to repair my system and fail. This make my system unbootable. Microsoft, Windows 11 is getting worst and worst. Updating is a real nightmare. It take forever and 5his time, may be it’s time for me to switch to Mac
Windows now wants me to reinstall out of the blue
Windows update wants to reinstall Windows 11 on my perfectly working laptop (Latitude with 1145G7) apparently to "repair system files and components". It now refuses to install updates and reinstall seems to be the only option left in the UI. Everything I use works perfectly fine. And, reinstalling is completely out of the question - I have 0% interest in losing all the work done to set up, configure, software licenses, and reign in "typical user" defaults in windows across group policies, registry etc. Is there a way to continue receiving updates / repair without reinstalling? At this point, if there is no way to remove this and get updates, I'd rather move to another OS than do this all again on windows.Is it normal for to get an error with a new product key but then upgrade on manual restart?
I tried to upgrade my new clean installed Windows 11 Home laptop to Windows 11 Education using a key that I got from Microsoft Azure for students (I already used this key once before on this laptop, but I clean installed it right now, so I'm using this key again on that same laptop). I entered the new key and it seemed to be working (it said installing upgrades) and when it got to 100% downloaded, it gave an error saying "We can't upgrade your edition of windows." So then I tried entering the product key again 2 more times, but then each time it gave another error saying "the product key you entered didn't work." So then I restarted my computer to hopefully fix the errors, but when I restarted, it got the regular black screen for updages, and it also said "adding features," so then it updated like that for only about a minute, and then booted up to normal Windows. I opened settings and it showed that Windows 11 Education was activated (with digital license to microsoft account). So then I entered the same product key one more time, and it said this copy of Windows has been successfully activated (even though it already was activated with Windows 11 Education after I restarted, which I don't know why it happened in the first place considering it gave an error?). It seems like all of the Education features are available though (like hyper-v and group policy). But why did this happen? Is Windows 11 Education successfully installed, or is it possible for it to be corrupted? What should I do? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Win 11 will not load after coming out of sleep mode
This all started about (3) weeks ago, I did a windows update, and put my PC into sleep mode for the night. Next day, I use my mouse to come out of sleep mode, my case lights and fans all came to life, but my monitor stays blank, as in no video input coming from my system. I had to hard power off and cold boot. Couple of days went by, problem persist, and another windows update wanted a restart, my PC logged out of windows, but it would not restart, monitor stays blank, with no video signal. Cold booted, and attempted to do a normal restart from windows, but same blank screen. Disconnected from my Discrete graphics card, and connected my monitor to my motherboard's on-board graphics, same issues, windows won't load after coming out of sleep mode or do a normal restart. Friday, I got notification of windows update, updates were successful and my system actually restarted. After my desktop loaded, I did a normal restart, and now Win 11 restarts with no issues, but the problem persists where Win 11 will not load after coming out of sleep mode.Is it normal for Windows to give an error with a new product key but still upgrade?
I tried to upgrade my new clean installed Windows 11 Home laptop to Windows 11 Education using a key that I got from Microsoft Azure for students (I already used this key once before on this laptop, but I clean installed it right now, so I'm using this key again on that same laptop). I entered the new key and it seemed to be working (it said installing upgrades) and when it got to 100% downloaded, it gave an error saying "We can't upgrade your edition of windows." So then I tried entering the product key again 2 more times, but then each time it gave another error saying "the product key you entered didn't work." So then I restarted my computer to hopefully fix the errors, but when I restarted, it got the regular black screen for updages, and it also said "adding features," so then it updated like that for only about a minute, and then booted up to normal Windows. I opened settings and it showed that Windows 11 Education was activated (with digital license to microsoft account). So then I entered the same product key one more time, and it said this copy of Windows has been successfully activated (even though it already was activated with Windows 11 Education after I restarted, which I don't know why it happened in the first place considering it gave an error?). It seems like all of the Education features are available though (like hyper-v and group policy). But why did this happen? Is Windows 11 Education successfully installed, or is it possible for it to be corrupted? What should I do? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!Windows Update not found in settings
I just enrolled my device to the Windows Insider Program after which my windows update option from settings has become unavailable. The windows update button on the system tab also does not work when clicked. Please suggest what can be done now to restore the windows update settings. Screenshot attached for reference.KB5082063 RDP Security update
To the Windows Security Team, I am writing as an IT Manager responsible for a nationally distributed business infrastructure spanning Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, the Northern Territory, Tasmania, and shortly New South Wales, Australia. The April 2026 security update KB5082063 introduced a mandatory RDP publisher verification dialog that, with respect, achieves very little in terms of genuine security while causing significant disruption to legitimate business operations at scale. My concerns are as follows: 1. THE FIX IS WORSE THAN THE THREAT The dialog appears on every RDP file launch in workgroup environments regardless of whether the publisher is verified and trusted. IT administrators who have gone to the effort of signing RDP files, deploying certificates, and configuring trust stores are still presented with the same warning as an unsigned file from an unknown source. This completely undermines the value of the publisher verification system. 2. THE REAL-WORLD IMPACT This update required me to spend two full days troubleshooting across a Friday evening and Saturday — time that should have been spent managing a growing national operation — only to discover the resolution was a single registry key buried in a support article. Multiply that across thousands of IT administrators globally and the productivity cost of this update almost certainly exceeds any security benefit it provides. 3. THE SECURITY ARGUMENT IS FLAWED A determined attacker will find a way around this dialog within hours of it shipping. The users most at risk from RDP phishing — those who would blindly open unsolicited RDP files — are the same users who will click through any security dialog without reading it. This update protects no one who needs protecting and inconveniences everyone who doesn't. 4. WORKGROUP ENVIRONMENTS WERE NOT CONSIDERED The update appears to have been designed with domain-joined enterprise environments in mind. Businesses running legitimate workgroup configurations — which is extremely common across small to medium enterprises in regional and national Australia — have no clean path to suppress this dialog without resorting to registry modifications that Microsoft itself warns may be removed in a future update. That is not a solution, that is a time bomb. 5. INSIDER PREVIEW GAVE NO WARNING As an organisation running Windows 11 Insider Preview builds across our environment for months prior to this update, we never encountered this behaviour. It appeared without warning in the stable April 2026 cumulative update, suggesting workgroup scenarios were simply not tested in any preview ring. I respectfully request that Microsoft: - Honour publisher trust stores properly so verified and trusted publishers are not treated identically to unknown ones - Provide a fully supported, permanent Group Policy setting for workgroup environments - Include regional and SME workgroup scenarios in Insider Preview testing cycles - Reconsider the one-size-fits-all approach to security dialogs Security theatre that disrupts legitimate users while doing nothing to stop bad actors is not security. It is bureaucracy — and for businesses like ours operating across an entire country, it is an expensive one. Regards, Dyson Pelgrave IT Manager Wholesale Paint Group Cairns, Queensland, Australia Operating across QLD | VIC | SA | NT | TAS | NSW
DISM Headache
It started out as a mission to update my secure boot certificates. I made some progress using powershell and got the certificates onto my windows install, but they didnt get written to the firmware. I tried various online suggestions from AI and one led me down the path to run DISM. I ran DISM online for 3.5 hours. I tailed the cbs log to verify the tool was still working. After spending 3.5 hours the tool finished and reported 1632 errors of which it repaired zero. The complaint was it “looked everywhere but couldn’t find the necessary content”. My internet connection was good. If DISM cant get content from MS servers what good is the online switch. Suggestion say to mount the OS image and point to that when i restart DISM. I dont have the image for 24h2 and the specific build number. Furthermore Windows Update has not offered 25H2 to me yet. So disappointing. If DISM cant talk to MS servers tell me that in the first 5 minutes. Not after 3.5 hours.Feedback on Windows 11
I've been a Windows customer since the beginning. I was doing computing back on the TSR-80, when we still saved information on audio tape. However, with the changes in the last few versions of Windows; I feel I can on longer use a Windows product. I've been using a Windows 11 system for several months now, and I've hated every time I had to use it. With the increase in non-optional "optional" and non-removable features; I've decided that it's time to move onto a Linux based system. Sincerely, a former Microsoft customer.
