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Kernel Security Check Failure et. al.
Long story of woe:
1. Sometime ago, Dell Support Assist started offering an update to an Intel WiFi driver that has not been installed. Dell tried valiantly to figure out why this was, could not, suggested installing a new copy of Windows 10 to see if that would fix it.
2. Several other things interfered with my trying that, which takes me to yesterday:
2a. Created a USB ISO, ran it. Last thing I saw before the crash was that it was 59% installed,. The crash was the full-page MS informing of a crash and that it was gathering information before I could restart. At the bottom of the page was the error message, Kernel Security Check Failure.
3. Today, I searched for information about how to fix that, but the sites I visited did not help, not seeming to pertain to my specific crash. The last such site suggested trying a Clean Boot, which I had intended to do if I could not find how to fix the problem.
4. Which brings me this: I changed the settings to create a Clean Boot and restarted the computer. That seemed to be okay until the circle of dots indicating progress stopped and the computer was locked up.
4a. After a while, I was able to restart and get to the page of various things that could be done. I selected Advanced Startup Options (I think that is what it says,) and chose Diagnostics (again, trying to recall the specific wording.)
5. That started a check of the hard disk, and later I saw that there was then an attempt to fix the problem(s)
6. To my relief, that was successful, and I was returned to Windows 10, with even the startups that I had disabled for the Clean Boot restored to the enabled status. I still want to install a clean copy of Windows 10, but am very reluctant to try a second Clean Boot until and unless I can know what when wrong and how to avoid a repeat of the crash.
6a. While waiting, I shall post this and do something I ought to have done first, namely see if I can find anything about failure to enter Clean Boot.
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Later:
( I had totally forgotten about the instructions for posting a BSOD data file, and shall proceed to gather the requested information.)
1. Operator Error in getting to Clean Boot. I wrote down the instructions properly, did not read them properly.
2. Unfortunately, running in Clean Boot and using the ISO I had created on my wife's computer, I saw the install seem to stop at 64%, then once again give me Kernel Security Check Failure. I am now at a standstill, as I have no idea as to how to proceed to fix this.
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I cannot tell if any of the volunteers who do such good work here have seen the update to my original message, which includes the data file needed in this subforum, so this is simply to call attention to my revised post.
I can assure you that I am very well acquainted with volunteers and volunteering, so this is NOT intended in any manner whatsoever to be critical of volunteers.
Last edited by Not Myself; 07 Jan 2020 at 17:03.
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