Keeping up to date with drivers, fresh fixes, and security patches is key to keeping your gaming PC running smoothly—that is, until an OS update seemingly breaks everything. Case in point, a number of Dell and HP users found their diligent efforts to stay on top of Windows 11 updates rewarded with blue screens and boot loops.
Following April's KB5083769 update for Windows 11, several users took to Microsoft's Q&A support forum to report the issue. Those affected have reported seeing "a mosaic of weird pixels" upon initially booting after the update, followed by a blue screen and a boot loop where their machine would keep attempting and failing to repair the issue (via PC World).
Another poster claims that three people in their company have bee...
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