KB5004296 Memory Management BSOD

Anonymous
2021-08-12T03:13:29.447+00:00

So, I recently installed the KB5004296 update on my Win10 PC. Thank you MS, it was successful in breaking my PC and now I'm cursing myself for installing it.

After the update, I am being given many gifts, such as 100% disk usage, frequent Memory Management BSODs, and hard disk data corruption. Seems like Windows 10 and the beautiful blue screen are best friends.

Tried disabling SuperFetch, Windows Search and Windows Update. No hope.

This happened to me before as well, I guess KB5004237. After the update, my user profile was broken and I had no other option else to reinstall Windows. Resetting didn't even help!

If this continues, I'm going back to Win7. I now completely agree with the thousands of complaints against Win10. I was with Win7 for 10 years, I NEVER got a BSOD. It's true that it did give me 100% disk usage issue, but that was easily fixable.

Edit/Update: Sorry having to write like this, but I was very upset at that time. I thought my HDD was corrupted (it was fixed by chkdsk /f /r). I just bought this new one I guess, a month ago. Well it seems that my AV is the main culprit. BUT IT ONLY INCREASED WHEN I APPLIED THE KB5004296 UPDATE. I trusted Kaspersky a lot. In fact, when I Win7, I never ran into such serious issues. Just when I exited it today, the disk usage was back to 0%. Pardon me for my offensive post.

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  1. Docs 15,146 Reputation points
    2021-08-15T05:31:55.837+00:00

    To monitor the computer please use the reliability monitor:

    https://www.howtogeek.com/166911/reliability-monitor-is-the-best-windows-troubleshooting-tool-you-arent-using/

    In case there are any future or recurrent problems please run the V2 log collector > post a share link into this thread using one drive, drop box, or google drive

    https://www.windowsq.com/resources/v2-log-collector.8/
    https://www.tenforums.com/bsod-crashes-debugging/2198-bsod-posting-instructions.html

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  1. S.Sengupta 15,191 Reputation points MVP
    2021-08-12T14:21:08.27+00:00

    Sorry to hear your feedback. The known issues with this update didn't cover this issue. This update mainly addressed an issue that prevents gaming services from opening certain games for desktop users. And an issue that prevents you from entering text using the Input Method Editor (IME).

    I shall suggest you to create a System Restore Point. If anything messed up you can go back to good state...

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-08-13T02:25:09.457+00:00

    So now my PC takes centuries to start up. Yes, the 100% disk usage problem was fixed, but at startup it is always 100% and I believe the slow boot, that's because of the disk usage. It slowly settles down after displaying the desktop. Tried some of the troubleshooting tips available online, no hope. I'm just praying for my HDD not being destroyed.
    I always had fast startup off, and now also, but now the boot time has increased by like 50%.

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  3. Docs 15,146 Reputation points
    2021-08-13T04:51:29.12+00:00

    Consider reinstalling Windows again as a clean install > don't install drivers or applications

    Make sure that no third party software is installed (antivirus, firewall, drive encryption)

    Check the boot times and performance with multiple reboots.

    Update Windows.

    Check the boot times and performance with multiple reboots.

    If there are no problems then install drivers from the computer or motherboard manufacturer website.

    Check the boot times and performance with multiple reboots.

    Update Windows.

    Check the boot times and performance with multiple reboots.

    If there are any problems then report the findings into this thread.

    Whenever possible post images with share links.

    If there are no problems with boot or performance then install browsers and only absolutely needed third party software.

    Again check boot times and performance with multiple reboots.

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  4. Docs 15,146 Reputation points
    2021-08-14T08:49:31.33+00:00

    Once you clean install Windows 10 make free backup images.

    For any problems the image can be restored typically in < 1 hour and often < 30 minutes.

    If you have significant free drive space:

    One image can be made immediately after the clean install.

    The next image can be made after installing drivers.

    Then install applications.

    For any change in boot or performance the application can be uninstalled or the image restored.

    If there are boot or performance problems immediately after a clean install then the drive can be tested.
    If there are recurrent BSOD other hardware can be tested.

    Make sure the BIOS is up to date.

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