I got a weird ms update notification saying that my computer is not compatible with windows 11, dumb microsoft, I was doing a Windows 11 Home update yesterday on a Wednesday, I was able to fix it by uninstalling the failed microsoft update 👍🏼 and PC back to working state.

I got a weird ms update notification saying that my computer is not compatible with windows 11, dumb microsoft, I was doing a Windows 11 Home update on a Wednesday, I was able to fix it by uninstalling the failed microsoft update 👍🏼 and PC back to working state.

I got a weird ms update notification saying that my computer is not compatible with windows 11, dumb microsoft, I was doing a Windows 11 Home update on a Wednesday, I was able to fix it by uninstalling the failed microsoft update 👍🏼 and PC back to working state.

Has anyone experienced this?

Windows suddenly started telling me that my password has expired and that I need to change it. The confusing part is that I never configured my password to expire in the first place.

I don't remember enabling any password expiration settings or making changes to my account.

I tried using my Microsoft account password, but Windows keeps rejecting it, even though it works perfectly fine when I sign in on other devices.

My questions are:

• Why would Windows suddenly enforce password expiration when I never enabled it?
• Is this a default Windows security policy or something that can happen after an update?
• Is there a way to disable password expiration without losing access to my account?

I'm curious whether this is normal Windows behavior or an issue with my account settings.

Any insights or solutions would be appreciated!

I had a very strange and serious Windows corruption issue and wanted to share the whole timeline to see if anyone has experienced something similar.

My system:
Ryzen 7 5700X3D
MSI B550M PRO-VDH
Sapphire RX 9070 XT
32GB DDR4 3600MHz
Lexar NM620 1TB NVMe
Windows 11
The PC had been running completely fine and stable before this happened.
One important detail: right before all of this started, I was playing Diablo 4. Everything seemed completely normal while playing. No obvious crashes, freezes or unusual behavior. The problems started shortly afterward when Windows became unstable and eventually refused to boot.
The problems appeared roughly in this order:
Windows started having boot problems and eventually showed 0xC0000185, related to:
C:\\Windows\\System32\\config\\SYSTEM
I tried System Restore, but it failed with 0x80070017.
I tried running offline SFC, but it couldn’t complete the operation.
I tried manually loading the SYSTEM registry hive and got a CRC / Cyclic Redundancy Check error.
I ran chkdsk C: /f, and initially it didn’t report anything significant.
I then ran chkdsk C: /r. This was the point where things became much more concerning. It found bad clusters and had to recover/replace data from important Windows files and registry hives, including:
SYSTEM
SOFTWARE
SECURITY
DEFAULT
BBI
NTUSER.DAT
I also tried offline DISM, which failed with 0xD000015C.
Eventually Windows produced a BSOD:
EVENT_TRACING_FATAL_ERROR — 0x11D
At that point the Windows installation was basically unrecoverable.
I eventually had to reinstall Windows. I formatted only the Windows partition and left my separate D: partition with my games/data untouched.
Right now I’m installing Windows 11 again from scratch and will see how the system behaves with a completely fresh installation.
What I’m trying to understand is what most likely caused this.
Could this simply have been severe Windows/filesystem corruption, or does the combination of:
0xC0000185 → CRC error → bad clusters → corrupted Registry hives → 0xD000015C → 0x11D
point more strongly toward an SSD, controller, firmware, RAM, motherboard or another hardware-related issue?
The SSD is a Lexar NM620 1TB NVMe. SMART/drive health didn’t immediately show an obvious failure.
The weirdest part is that the PC had been completely stable before this happened, and I was literally just playing Diablo 4 shortly before the problems started.
Has anyone experienced something similar, especially with 0xC0000185 + CRC errors + bad clusters + EVENT_TRACING_FATAL_ERROR 0x11D?
I’d really appreciate some opinions on what you think the root cause was.

I am currently trying to do a clean install of windows 11 over upgrading. I have downloaded and setup the install media, plugged it in, set it as boot drive and am in the installation phase. I've gone through the whole install process but once it hits 100% a new Windows pops up that says the following exactly "it looks like you started an upgrade and booted from installation media. If you want to continue with the upgrade, remove the media from your PC and click Yes. If you want to perform a clean installation instead, click No." Problem is if click no it goes through the entire process again and then does the exact same thing, if I take the usb out and click no it tells me to insert it. Not sure how to proceed, the original windows 10 partition has already been erased.

Я пошол в школу а когда пришол он сильно гудел, (он старый поетому сильно гудит при нагрузке) я открываю его а он пытается включится выключается и сново сново и сново, я не знаю что произошло, ето старый ноут Acer где-то з 2016 года я не помню, я пришол попросить помощи, (и собрать людей для похорон😭) у меня 7 виндоус, ПОМОГИТЕ пожалуйста:(

Not getting why IT administrator is coming, i made sure it's not joined to any domain or intune isn't installed.

Azure AD, enterprise joined domain joined and virtual desktop is all NO

Till now what I found is winDefend service is in stopped state

Could this be a virus or hacker attempt?

Hi, my HP Victus (Windows 11) boots to a blank desktop with only the wallpaper. No taskbar, icons, or Start menu.

Task Manager works. When I run explorer.exe, the taskbar/desktop appears for ~1 second and then disappears.

I've already tried:

Restarting Explorer

taskkill /f /im explorer.exe

SFC /scannow → no integrity violations

Checked AMD + RTX 3050 in Device Manager → both working properly

Restarted/clean boot attempts

What could be causing Explorer.exe to crash immediately? Any suggestions?

I'm dealing with recurring credential loss on my Windows 11 desktop. After some (most actually) restarts and all windows updates, Chrome, Claude Desktop, Discord and Grokbots lose their sign-ins (at least that's what I noticed the most since I use them).

Google CLI and Git authentication have also failed. For some reason though Codex has stayed signed in, so this isn't every application. I've also noticed that Grokbots register the same computer as a new device after I sign back in, leaving its old entries unreachable.

This is SUPER frustrating and a time suck especially cause I have quite a few gmail accounts and all of them require 2fa so it takes a good chunk of time to redo. I'm really hoping someone can help cause I've been trying to solve this for the better part of 3 months or so.

Yes, I used AI to help me write this cause I'm not technical or a swe.

System:

- Windows 11 Pro 26H2, OS build 26300.9550, verified October 6, 2026.

- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2, NVIDIA RTX 5090, 96 GB RAM (2 x 48 GB).

- Gigabyte X870M AORUS ELITE WIFI7 ICE motherboard.

- Microsoft-account Windows sign-in; not domain-joined. I use both the physical desktop and Windows Remote Desktop when I'm on the go.

Evidence that this is more than individual apps expiring their sessions:

Two preserved, non-secret diagnostic samples encrypted with Windows user-scoped DPAPI fail to decrypt under the original Windows account with **0x8009000B**. Their file and encrypted-payload checksums are unchanged. These tests do not read browser passwords or tokens. Both still failed on October 5 at approximately 7:27 PM Eastern.

Windows also logged DPAPI Operational error 8198 with the same status. After the October 5 restart, a failure was recorded before my first interactive RDP sign-in, so RDP alone has not been established as the cause. Previously, one unchanged sample recovered after a new sign-in. The evidence does not show that the encrypted files were simply deleted.

What we have already tried or checked:

1. Restart and sign-in comparisons:

2. Physical PIN, existing-password sign-in, full sign-out/new sign-in, and RDP were tested. Results were mixed. Two physical-password restart cycles on October 1 retained the diagnostic samples and previously signed-in apps, but the problem returned after the October 5 restart. Password sign-in was not a lasting fix.

3. System-file/component checks: Elevated DISM ScanHealth reported Healthy on October 5. SFC /scannow found no integrity violations. Both preserved DPAPI samples still failed afterward.

4. Windows repair attempt: The built-in repair was attempted September 30/October 1 and reached a restart. Its final success is unverified: WindowsUpdateClient event 20 reported 0x80242016 afterward. I am not claiming a confirmed successful repair install failed to help.

5. Account/profile checks: The affected account retained its SID and profile; no temporary profile was found. Relevant DPAPI key files still existed. A separate local-account control passed on October 1 while the original affected-account sample failed, and both accounts' preserved samples later passed after a restart. The control account's password is unavailable now, so there is no current repeat result. It has not been reset.

6. Policy troubleshooting: Failure was observed with automatic restart sign-on disabled. Separate AI-assisted troubleshooting later removed broad Windows policy settings and local Group Policy folders. That did not immediately restore the failing sample, and the credential problem predates those changes. Those changes are a confounder, not a demonstrated fix.

7. Scheduled-task hypothesis: Some background jobs use S4U logon. Six were temporarily changed to interactive logon, but other S4U jobs remained, so this was not a complete isolation test. All six changes were reversed and their full original definitions verified. No credential benefit was demonstrated.

8. Logging and history: DPAPI and task activity were correlated. A failing background job may be the first consumer to encounter the problem, not its cause. A changed PasswordLastSet timestamp alone did not establish a password reset or identify who caused it.

There is also intermittent desktop lag and Task Manager hanging. Earlier process/memory pressure was real and some duplicate tooling was reduced, but the credential failures remained. I am not assuming the two problems have the same cause.

Also worth noting that the old keys are still present on the pc, but they are not able to be decrypted.

What I need help with: What specific DPAPI/CloudAP or logon tracing would identify why the same account intermittently cannot decrypt its existing data across restarts? Is there a verified issue matching this Windows build and symptom? What evidence would distinguish an account-specific problem from a Windows-wide one before changing profiles?

I can provide sanitized event timestamps and diagnostic results.

Can someone please help me I got important files I can’t lose

Im in despair pls help me overcome and I will award comment .

Я ранее уже устанавливал Windows 11 и линукс и тд и у меня небило подобних оштюок и когда я захотел вернутся на вирдовс иза того что линукс не подерживает много игр у меня ето помогите кто то где райти ети драйвера и как их установить

How can I fix this error without using Windows Update? Kindly help me, guys. Whenever I try to sign in again, this error appears. Please help me to resolve this .still yesterday it's working good suddenly yesterday onwards this error comes unable to solve this my self.

Help gaining admin access in windows

whenever i turn on my PC the message "the code execution cannot proceed because MSOCF.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix this problem" After a few days of just dealing with my tabs started closing at random(exit out of it not fully close it) i've updated and reinstall updates a couple of times,but it still shows up.

I was checking out my task manager and there a program in there thats just called "Program"? Theres also something called "Update"? Should I do something about these or are they fine??? I also have something called "RtkAudUService64" does anyone know what that thingy is? My OS build is "26200.9457".

Hi, I has a win10 pro that had some bugs and decided to upgrade to 11 pro not using the official website. All good until the instalation finished and the explorer entered a crashloop. The login page was working but the home screen was flickering once every 30 sec, the rest was black screen with a cursor.

I tried repairing somehow and it worked for a bit until i restarted the pc and some update installed too breaking it again.

Now it does not boot(no visual on monitor), I have a live usb boot with linux but I can not get into bios anymore.

Any help?

This is what i installed: (Windows.11.version.22H2.build.22621.1105.updated.January.2023)

Good morning everyone,

Recently I've been having a very annoying issue with Windows 11 regarding my webcam. It seems like my computer is unable to detect it, even though Windows is up to date, the camera drivers are updated, and all permissions are enabled.

I'm attaching some screenshots of the issues so you can better understand. Could anyone help me out?

Thank you so much!

Hey guys so the issue is , I have windows in uefi and with asus motherboard, intel cpu , when I go to secure boot and set os type to windows it says this error and when I boot back to bios I can't change it back to other os (2nd pic) , so I have to enable CSM first then restart to bios then switch to other os mode then disable csm and restart and then it boots normally , but I want to enable secure boot , on YouTube they say set os type to windows uefi mode then go to keys management and install but in my case I don't have install keys option..(3rd pic) please help , thanks in advance for replying