Several users are experiencing various issues with system startup after installing the KB5077181 update for Windows 11.

Safe Mode lets Windows start with only essential drivers and services, allowing you to troubleshoot crashes, faulty drivers, ...

In June 2025, Microsoft announced that, in June 2026, it would begin deprecating Secure Boot certificates of Windows systems ...

Secure Boot has relied on the same security certificates to verify bootloaders since 2011, during the development cycle for Windows 8. But those original certificates are set to expire in June and ...

Windows KB5077181 reportedly causes boot loops, SENS login errors, and DHCP internet failures, but there's a workaround ...

If Windows could not start the Windows Audio Endpoint Builder service on Local Computer, reinstall the audio driver, restart ...

Windows boots faster with Fast Startup, but at a cost you might never see.

Microsoft says it has resolved a Windows 11 bug that caused some commercial systems to fail to boot with an "UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME" error after installing recent security updates, with the fix ...

This process is called a clean install, which is ironic as there's nothing particularly clean about it: Microsoft has enshittified Windows Setup.

Microsoft released its February 2026 Windows security update on Feb. 10 with new features, fixes and quality improvements. However, since installing the KB5077181 patch, some users say they can’t ...

KB5077181 could make some PCs faster if explorer.exe was hanging on your system, and it also fixes the black screen issue on Nvidia GPUs.

Microsoft releases KB5077178, KB5077180, and KB5077374 with WinRE upgrades, Secure Boot updates, and Dynamic Setup improvements.