Another information technology computer problem in the world order. This time I was afflicted with a nasty computer problem. If any computer technicians out on the Internet tell you that they have never had problems with Microsoft Windows ten operating system updates, they are most likely lying to you.
Microsoft Windows ten operating system updates have been nothing short of a disaster. I attempted to install three Microsoft Windows ten updates and ended up with a computer that would not even attempt to boot Microsoft Windows ten operating system. I received the following boot time error:
Disk Boot Failure Insert System Disk and Press Enter
On the surface this could be a potential disaster. However, I think this is more of a Microsoft Windows operating system error then anything else. I took off the computer case cover and disconnected the serial AT attachment cable from both the hard drive and motherboard.
The first time I tried to boot after this, Microsoft Windows ten operating system did indeed attempt to boot. However, first let me document what Microsoft Windows ten operating system updates I was attempting to install.
* KB4103729 Adobe flash
* KB4103721 Cumulative update
* KB890830 Windows malicious software removal tool
These three types of Microsoft Windows ten operating system updates are quite prevalent on a monthly basis. I installed all three Microsoft Windows ten operating system updates manually. However, I received the following message when attempting to restart this computer through the “Settings” then “Update and Security” section:
Someone else is still using this PC. If you restart now, they could lose unsaved work. Restart anyway.
The only user account logged into this computer was the one I was logged into already. I clicked on “Restart anyway” and this computer would not shutdown and start again. Next, I tried right clicking on the Microsoft Windows ten operating system start menu icon, then selected “Shut down or sign out”.
I selected “Restart” from this menu option and received the same error message. Finally, I pressed Ctrl Alt Delete keys and clicked on the power icon in the lower right hand corner and selected “Restart”. This caused this Microsoft Windows ten Professional operating system based computer to finally shutdown and start again.
However, when this computer booted back into Microsoft Windows ten operating system, those proverbial Microsoft operating system problems did not disappear. I noticed that the “Personalized Settings” pop up window was not responding and literally told me that it was not responding. Also, I noticed that Microsoft Windows ten operating system audio service did not start up.
Overall, I noticed a very sluggish computing environment. Not too surprising for a Microsoft Windows operating system based computer. The biggest problem, at least to me, was that the hard drive was under constant one hundred percent utilization.
I tried ending as many program and system processes as possible. I think Microsoft Edge web browser may have been the culprit. I noticed five total instances of Microsoft Edge web browser running.
I did not try opening Microsoft Edge web browser once. What in the world is Microsoft Edge web browser doing running when I never opened it? I decided to perform a Microsoft Windows ten operating system restore.
I do think it is productive to continue to use a computer with on hundred percent utilization of central processing unit, random access memory, and or hard drive. A Microsoft Windows ten operating system restore cured this nightmare caused by a Microsoft Windows ten operating system update. Now I need to research why in the world one of these Microsoft Windows operating system updates wreaked this havoc.
I think kicking off a check disk scan and system file check scan is apropos. Perhaps, ditching Microsoft Windows ten operating system all together and installing Linux would be more logical? That is actually what I decided to accomplish after this quagmire.
UPDATE: A few minutes after writing this blog post, a system file check scan completed with the following message:
C:\WINDOWS\system32>sfc /scannow
Beginning system scan. This process will take some time.
Beginning verification phase of system scan.
Verification 100% complete.
Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files and successfully repaired them.
For online repairs, details are included in the CBS log file located at
windir\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For example C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For offline
repairs, details are included in the log file provided by the /OFFLOGFILE flag.
I normally run sfc /scannow commands three times for good measure. Perhaps some corrupted Microsoft Windows ten operating system Professional version files were the culprit? Microsoft Corporation to me is corrupt.