Windows update messed up my computer

Anonymous
2017-11-07T05:30:30+00:00

I saw this thing in the notification center that said something about a windows update. I can't remember exactly what it said or looked like. But I clicked on it and let it update and do it's thing.  

Then when it was done. I set the computer to restart and update. When it updated and restarted I started to have problems like the start menu refused to come up. And I could not start task manager. Task manager would just get a timeout error after a bit of waiting. I could not do anything from the taskbar except open file explorer. I tried waiting for 20mins and that didn't work. So I tried restarting a couple of times and that did not work.

Then I tried holding the shift key and restarting from the log in menu to try resetting it with a restore point and there was no restore points? I know I made restore points before the troubles started to occur?

So the thing that fixed it was this option to revert to a previous version of windows. 

In that menu that I got up from holding the shift key at windows login and restarting the computer. 

This is a brand new computer I bought from Costco. 

I would really like feedback from you. And want to know what you think? 

Is it happening to a lot of other people? Or just me so far? 

I really hope you can give me a good answer that would make me feel better about the whole thing!

I kinda freaked out and thought... what if I got a lemon!  :)

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-09-16T02:37:12+00:00

    Years later same issue. Its ridiculous that there are no clear instructions from Microsoft how to fix their **** up on Windows updates. If a user does not want to update, windows should not update. What is so complicated about it?

    FYI, just wasted two days of work because windows decided to update on its own despite all settings chosen for manual updates. Why cant there be one point where you chose this option and windows figures out on its own how to propagate the information to all the jobs with this privilege? 

    And no amount of backups could have helped me because the jobs which were running were lost after it updated. This is a known issue for years now!

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-09-13T23:55:38+00:00

    Same thing for me. Mine stars up but i can’t do nothing

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-09-13T23:54:07+00:00

    I did a windows 10 update now all i can see is repair but it couldn’t repair my computer. Then i see restore point but it says no restore point. Then i try to un install windows but then says cant un install. Then i seen do a image but no image to do.So how do i fix it? Its a shame that ya’ll don’t pay for ya’ll mess up on peoples computer

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-06-23T13:41:05+00:00

    Same thing happened to my lenovo, except mine wont even boot up anymore!  Had no problems with my computer before the update.

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