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Windows 10 Update prevents most apps from starting until I delete security updates

Anonymous
2023-04-13T14:10:08+00:00

I am running windows 10 x64 and I am getting so fed up with Microsoft’s updates making my computer unusable. Don’t ask specific details about my computer because other then it being windows 10x64 I can’t even open my system information without windows immediately terminating the window right away. In the past I just uninstall the security update and that has been the only thing that works. This time I’m having a very hard time even removing the update. Some places on the Internet say it’s because of your antivirus or a VPN or a firewall, I use McAfee antivirus. Some people have suggested to turn off the firewall while you reinstall the update. That didn’t seem to work, as soon as I turn off the firewall after deleting the updates the computer no longer sees that there is any updates that are needed. I kept my firewall and everything off for a couple weeks and the computer would not update or reinstall the things that were causing the problem. So at that point, I decided to turn the firewall back on which immediately made my computer install a security update, which then immediately caused the same problems, and now nothing will open back up. That wasn’t the first time I’ve tried it and I’ve tried turning off the VPN and the firewall and everything for different intervals of time, and it always seems to never reinstall until I turn it back on. There should be no reason that a Windows update causes everything to all of a sudden not work if it is because of an anti-virus thing than this multi billion dollar company should be able to figure a way to make an update that doesn’t interfere with a very commonly used antivirus is with that being said, I don’t know if it is the antivirus at All and I can’t even open it up right now to turn it off. Can someone please tell me how to fix this from happening over and over again? I noticed another persons thread from 2018 having the same problem so apparently Microsoft has had this problem for a long time and can’t figure out a solution. if any of the solutions are to open up this or that, I don’t know how I’m going to do that because right now the only thing that will open up is my settings.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-04-13T18:16:12+00:00

    Hello and thanks for reaching out for support. My name is Larribeau, I'm an independent advisor and a regular user like you. I'll be happy to help you out today.

    It may be worth doing an update rollback and giving it another try
    Uninstall the problematic update

    Press the Windows key + I to open Settings.
    Click on "Update & Security."
    Go to "Windows Update" and then click on "View update history."
    Click on "Uninstall updates" to open the Installed Updates window.
    Look for the problematic update (usually labeled as "KB" followed by a series of numbers).
    Right-click on the update and select "Uninstall."
    Follow the prompts to uninstall the update.
    Restart your computer.
    After rolling back the update, you might want to temporarily pause Windows updates to prevent the problematic update from reinstalling automatically. To do this:

    Go back to the "Windows Update" section in the Settings app.
    Click on "Advanced options."
    Toggle on "Pause updates" and set the duration for which you want to pause the updates

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  2. MR_MEOW 3,536 Reputation points
    2023-04-13T14:34:18+00:00

    Is this for a laptop or desktop computer?

    a VPN programs/apps are so useless. unless you are physically connecting to a different internet access point all of your data is still being sent through the same router/internet provider. Can you at least get to the run box ? Windows button+ R ?

    I don't know why a program would terminate as soon as it opens unless it crashes. Is the start menu working?

    Can you press ctrl alt Del and task manager should be available.

    Sorry for asking if you can access functions but once one of the entry points is available I can tell you how to force the computer to actually do something.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-12-01T04:34:37+00:00

    Nov 30, 2023

     Have been having the same problem with Windows Security update KB5031356.  Just for one app however but it's interesting to me that

    that one app is a Womble MPEG Video DVD editor program from a

    company that went out of business in 2017. 

    The program would launch and just for a second or two I could

    see it in the task manager before it disappeared. I religiously tried

    to figure out what was wrong with the program (I had the original

    install file, did clean uninstalls and re-installs to no avail). Then when

    Womble mysteriously would not launch on another of my computers

    and I uninstalled the security update did I realize it was not me, the

    program but Microsoft. Being a security update, and not knowing

    anything about how security certificates are issued or maintained,

    my present guess is that they have expired or some such problem

    with an out of date application.

     I am currently trying to figure out how to permanently disable

    automatic Windows 10 updates (rather than just a pause).

    Not sure if this helps.  Good luck and thumbs down to Microsoft.
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