All we have to fear is fear itself... um, and Microsoft not testing their updates.

Microsoft - Bricking Bioses so the manufacturers don't have to. I watch way to many laptop repair vides that end with now we will reprogram the bios chip.

It seems like an update of Windows (or any other software for that matter) always introduces new bugs while fixing old ones. Gives them more of a reason to keep pushing out updates.

Don’t get me wrong, updates are important (for performance, security, etc.), I always update the software on my PC, but sometimes bugs can creep in that the developers don’t even consider, prompting them to push out another update. A couple of weeks ago (ish), Microsoft pushed out 2 Windows updates within the space of as many days. I’m sure I’m not the only one that wants an easy way to turn off automatic updates.

Jeffrey I have seen Windows updates before that have bricked other users’ PCs. HP just released an article on a recent BIOS update from April 2026 that kept workstation PCs in what’s called a BitLocker Recovery Loop.

In a nutshell, once you enter the correct BitLocker credentials, it will loop back to the BitLocker recovery screen.

You can resolve this by turning on UEFI CA 2023 in your BIOS, and then turning them back off again once the new Secure Boot certificate has been applied. You don’t have to worry about this if you don’t have any components that are not built or officially supported by your manufacturer.

Same here. Had an SD card that had a corrupted boot sector because of done during a Microsoft update. Watched things that I had disabled or deleted (Bitlocker, Onedrive, Network settings) because of a update. I had a HP inkjet printer that was bricked by a HP update (and I had disabled updates on that printer - or so I thought).

Yeah, sometimes manufacturers like to force updates on you. Personally, I haven't had a printer in years. They are notorious for crapping out on ya at the worst possible time. Had a printer that did exactly that. Whenever I tried printing paper, it would just come out blank. Tried everything I could to get it working again (changing ink jets, installing printer updates, cleaning the drivers, cleaning the printer itself etc.) but no luck. Usually my fix was to just throw that printer out and get a new one LOL.