General Issues After Upgrading to Win11

[dday9]

I have a Dell Latitude 1500, which I absolutely love. I bought it, maybe 3-4 years ago, and it came with Windows 10 Pro.

The Win11 updates kept popping up, but I would ignore them every time. When I saw that Windows 10 was coming to end of life, I decided to update. The initial upgrade went smoothly, it was long, but smooth nonetheless. Since then, I have had several issues.

The primary issue being that the computer simply crashes with no specific error message, just that "something" went catastrophically wrong, and it had to reboot. The secondary issue is that maybe 3 out of 5 times it boots up, it cannot find a bootable device. If I go into the boot startup screen, I can see my hard drive, so I exit and it boots up. The third issue is that performance has completely plummeted, but not consistently. Sometimes, it will run just fine. Other times, the fan will speed up to "take off" mode, and it will take seconds to minutes to open applications.

This is an incredibly frustrating experience, and to top it off, I'm not really a "tech guy" in the IT sense. So, I don't really know what the heck I'm doing with all this hardware/OS crap.

[Steve R Jones]

Google AI Mode:

When Windows 11 throws a "catastrophic failure" (often a Black/Blue Screen of Death, update loop, or locked settings), it’s usually caused by a bad system update, a corrupted driver, or buggy background OEM software (like Dell/HP utilities).

Here is an actionable, step-by-step approach to get your system back to working order, starting with the least invasive fixes:

1. The Command Prompt Repair (If you can still reach your desktop/Start menu)

Corrupted system files are a massive culprit for these crashes. Running a built-in repair tool can quickly fix the OS.

Right-click the Start menu and select Terminal (Admin) or Command Prompt (Admin).

1. Type dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth and hit Enter (this connects to Windows Update to fix corrupted files).
2. Wait for it to finish, then type sfc /scannow and hit Enter (this scans for and repairs local file integrity).
3. Restart your computer

[jdc2000]

Check Event Viewer to see if there any errors that might be useful.

The big problem with Windows 11 is that it is still beta software. Microsoft is constantly changing things without testing the results, and they also update drivers often without any indication that they have done so. I would disable driver updating from Microsoft.

https://windowsforum.com/threads/how...-guide.361477/