Has anyone else gotten constant blue screens after trying to upgrade from Window?

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3698kvxfoa
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Post by 3698kvxfoa »

I had the same problem. For me, it was an old audio driver that wasn't playing nice with Windows 11, even though it worked fine on 10.
sTFwl42s
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Has anyone else gotten constant blue screens after trying to upgrade from Window?

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Has anyone else gotten constant blue screens after trying to upgrade from Windows 10 to 11? My PC meets the requirements, but the install fails and now I get random BSODs even during normal use. The main error code I see is **CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED**. I’ve tried the Windows Update Troubleshooter but it didn’t help. Any ideas on how to fix this or safely roll back?
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Post by 8PKbHj414fj0 »

You could also try a clean install of Windows 11 from a USB drive, as that often bypasses upgrade issues.
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Post by ckmk4156313 »

Not 100% sure, but Oh man, that sounds super frustrating, especially when your PC should be compatible. That error often points to a driver or system file conflict. I'd be happy to walk you through a few specific fixes to try and get you stable again. Just let me know if you want to dive into those steps!
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Post by 2862uf »

You could also try booting into Safe Mode and rolling back the driver updates from there. Another option is to run a system file check with the "sfc /scannow" command in an admin command prompt.
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Post by aWIrl2yXR »

Yeah, agreed. Also, if you're still stuck, running "DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth" before the sfc scan can sometimes help fix the update files.
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Post by oOOzw9 »

This solution worked on my system too. Thanks!
sTFwl42s
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Post by sTFwl42s »

Exactly what I needed, thank you!
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Post by dKaSf »

+1 I had the same problem. For me, it was a driver conflict with my older antivirus software that didn't fully uninstall before the upgrade.
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Post by wnS9rW4Z2s3 »

This happened to me too. I had to do a clean install of Windows 11 after rolling back, because the failed upgrade corrupted some system files.
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