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Not installing avast seems to 'fix' this problem, as I have restarted the PC several times and it is working fine. I discovered that I have Windows defender installed on my PC already. Restarting the PC causes it to get stuck in the automatic repair mode, and it is not able to boot into WIndows. Thinking it to be a one-off issue, I installed avast again, however, the same thing happened again. When restart didn't work thrice(same thing again), I gave up and reset my PC from the advanced options menu, which caused it to wipe my C: and do a reinstall of Windows. I installed avast antivirus on it and rebooted, however below the big Dell logo i got a text saying 'Preparing Automatic repair.', after which it went to a big blue screen saying that the PC didn't start properly, and I should try to restart or repair my PC.

Today I purchased a Dell Inspiron 5559 laptop with Windows 10. Follow the on-screen guideline to find and resolve possible indexing issues. Locate Search and Indexing from the list and hit Run.

Pick Other troubleshooters in the following window. Navigate to System and select Troubleshoot. Thx to, Günter Born and Martin Brinkmann. Right-click on your Start Menu and open Settings. In response to all the people who have written comments with their thanks and success, and all the people who have emailed my business with similar thanks, including those who have offered to donate to us or to charity in exchange for the free advice, and so on: Gcdrm on Reddit wraps up his coverage with this statement: Of course, Microsoft isn’t saying anything. Why this bug took out so many copies of Avast - and what “other software” mentioned by Vlcek may be affected - remains a mystery.

BTW at this stage, we know it's not an Avast-specific issue as the problem affects other software as well.īased on the evidence I’ve seen, and some of Avast’s comments, I’d be willing to speculate that we’re seeing another timing-dependent bug in the Win10 1803 installer. In the meantime, we continue to investigate this issue which appears to affect only a small subset of our customers.

Worth noting: There’s no mention of this bug, or its possible solution, in the second May cumulative update for Win10 version 1803, released two days ago, KB 4100403. And it’s not from Microsoft - Avast picked it up from The Computer Cellar. He then gives a complex 18-step procedure for manually getting your computer back if you got zapped by the bug.

(A VPS is a full update of Avast Behavior Shield.) The VPS number is 180524-08 all users running this version (or later) should be 100% safe. Luckily, we have found a way to prevent the problem and are now automatically pushing a VPS update to all customers which makes sure that the problem doesn't happen. For example, if Windows Rollback is selected, the entire process repeats.Īs is becoming increasingly common on the Answers forum, especially on posts by 'Microsoft Agents,' comments to the post are shut off. From there, troubleshooting options can be selected, but none of them appear to resolve the issue.

During the upgrade, Windows restarts to a screen that prompts you to “Choose your keyboard layout”.

Pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del runs the Task Manager, but the Task Manager may not be helpful. Its not always easy to diagnose the problem, and solutions can sometimes be quite long-winded.

The mouse cursor is present, but the Start menu may not function. It can be very frustrating to find that your Start Menu isnt working as it should.

The upgrade appears to complete, but after signing in, you observe a blank screen with only a Recycle Bin and a taskbar.Windows 10 April 2018 Update may boot to a “Choose your keyboard layout” screen or to a blank screen with a Recycle Binĭuring the upgrade to Windows 10 version 1803, Windows automatically restarts and one of these two conditions might be experienced: Running around to get ahead of the band, on May 23, “Microsoft Agent” Freddrick Pal posted on the Microsoft Answers forum : Clicking here will take the user to another blue screen with three options to continue 'booting' to: After doing so, a few options are given, including to 'boot from another operating system'. Upon restarting, the computer boots to a blue screen asking the user to choose a keyboard language.

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