![]() I looked in the logs and found something interesting. I rebooted when that was done and decided to reinstall visual studio again the second time, same thing happened again. Nothing to describe the error, absolutely nothing, I decided to do a clean uninstall of visual studio by force uninstalling it with IOBIT uninstaller which also deleted registry keys. I was startled, I relaunched visual studio over and over again but it kept crashing with the classic Windows dialog. I mounted the image and started the installation, chose to install everything ( not custom), it went smoothly and it was time to launch visual studio, I clicked on the launch button and visual studio launched but crashed on displaying the actual interface. I decided to reinstall my apps and then it was time to install Visual Studio 2015 since I still had its ISO lying around. Everything went fine and I had Windows back with my files intact. However, if the blue screens appear unrelated, there's a helpful guide to various causes and how to fix them on the TechCult site.I did an upgrade of Windows to the new anniversary update without losing my files (I chose to only get rid of my apps and settings). ![]() If the issue with your computer started immediately following the latest Patch Tuesday security update, then follow the mitigation advice above as this is almost certainly to blame. Of course, it should also be remembered that there are plenty of other issues that can cause a Windows 10 system to crash with a blue screen of death, other than the current hidparse.sys issue. Select Continue, and Windows should now start as normal. Wait to get the command prompt back, and then type: exit Xcopy C:\windows\system32\drivers\hidparse.sys C:\windows\system32\hidparse.sys Once the command prompt windows is up, and it may ask you to login with your password before appearing, you need to run the following command, assuming Windows is installed to C:\windows: If this fails, see this guide to getting into WinRE for more advice.įrom here, you will need to select 'Troubleshoot' followed by 'Start Recovery' and 'Advanced Options' then 'Command Prompt.' Yes, you really do need to delve into a command prompt for this one, sorry. It could be that upon crashing, your computer will start up with WinRE anyway, but if not, then you should be able to hold the shift key while restarting Windows to get there. ![]() This involves first summoning the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) gods. While Microsoft says it is working on providing a further update that will resolve the issue, in the meantime, there is a fairly monotonous mitigation route you can take. Otherwise, patch.” What is the official mitigation advice from Microsoft? We have a wealth of data that backups up the importance of patching and patching quickly my advice, follow the guidance if you’re impacted. I’m not advocating that patches should be installed blindly quite the opposite, a good robust vulnerability management program will guide around these corner cases, but they are corner cases and should be treated as such. ![]() In essence, don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater. As a security professional with more years of experience than I care to count, I would say that patching and patching quickly is still the number one proactive deterrent an organization can take to ensure they remain resilient against cyber-attacks and malicious threat actors. “I do hope the recent news on specific issues with patching doesn’t detract from the overall message around the importance of a robust patching strategy. Ed Williams, the director (EMEA) of SpiderLabs, a team of security researchers, ethical hackers, and forensic investigators, at Trustwave offered the following advice for users of Windows 10 who might be thinking about not patching at all as a result of this news.
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