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Any way to solve the PCI lock issue?

Anonymous
2025-03-11T15:22:25+00:00

I enabled the PCI lock setting in msconfig and my windows 11 laptop refuses to boot and displays a blue screen. Tried many things but nothing seems to work. Also tried the system restore point which was automatically saved to 2 days prior, but even after loading through the restore point the same error persists. Would love any and all help from the community.

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  1. DaveM121 871.3K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-03-11T17:00:13+00:00

    When you start the Windows Reset, you will be asked if you want to keep your files, choose to do that, then any files saved in your user folder would not be affected by the Windows Reset, you would need to re-install your software.

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-03-11T16:41:24+00:00

    Unfortunately, only one system restore point was available which is exactly 2 days ago.

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  2. DaveM121 871.3K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-03-11T16:38:19+00:00

    If those commands failed to resolve the problem and you have already performed a system restore, and that did not solve the problem, do you have any more system restore points available that you can try to revert your system to?

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-03-11T16:22:52+00:00

    Thank you Dave for the quick reply. The first prompt: bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot - showed an error occurred while attempting to delete the specified data element, element not found.

    The second prompt: bcdedit /set {default} bootmenupolicy legacy - displayed the operation was completed successfully, but the same error seems to persist.

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  4. DaveM121 871.3K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-03-11T15:58:37+00:00

    Hi, I am Dave, I will help you with this.

    In the Recovery Environment, open Command Prompt.

    Run this command and press Enter:

    bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot

    Then restart your PC and check if you can get into Windows.

    If not, open Command Prompt again and run this command:

    bcdedit /set {default} bootmenupolicy legacy

    Then check if you can get into Windows in Safe Mode to undo the change in Msconfig.

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