Can only boot with disabled driver signature enforcement after crash

Hi,

I am running Windows 10 Enterprise Edition on an Acer notebook.
Yesterday there was a short power outage, for about 5 seconds, which crashed my computer. After that I couldn't boot normally into Windows anymore. The computer just stays stuck at the Acer logo, even when trying to boot in safe mode.

So, I tried various things from the Windows Automatic Repair menu and the console I could access through that.
But nothing I did there helped.

After all that I tried out all the options in the Startup Settings and with #7 Disable driver signature enforcement I can actually get into Windows again.
When I boot like that, it seems to boot rather slowly though.


I ran sigverif and that shows 2 files that haven't been signed.

- basicrenderer.sys version: 10.0.16299.19
- bthport.sys version: 10.0.16299.64


- How can I fix that and sign these drivers? I don't want to run the computer with that permanently disabled.
- And are these 2 files not being signed even the actual reason for me not being able to boot Windows?
- Is it possible that that happened when my computer suddenly crashed?


I also ran sfc /scannow and that returned:

Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some
of them. Details are included in the CBS.Log windir\Logs\CBS\CBS.log.

I was then looking into CBS.log to find that, but that file has 37492 lines and I don't know what to search for.

- Is that also related to the startup issue?
- How can I find which corrupted files it hasn't been able to fix?


I also had a look into SRTlog and it says there:
- Number of root causes = 1
- all the error codes are 0x0
- Startup Repair has tried several times but still cannot determine the cause of the problem.

- What is that telling me about the problem?

Signed driver is one that has been submitted to ms who test to ensure they won't mess up windows. Windows enforces this so it won't boot those none signed drivers. You need to remove them or find signed drivers

Please execute below commands one at a time:

Code:

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

Sfc  /Scannow

Make sure you are connected to internet when you are executing Dism command as it will replace damage system files with downloaded system files from Microsoft.

OK, I did that. But the drivers are still unsigned and I get the following messages when running

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth and Sfc /Scannow.



dism gives me this result:

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.16299.15

Image Version: 10.0.16299.15

[==========================100.0%==========================] The restore operation completed successfully.
The operation completed successfully.



and sfc says:

Beginning system scan. This process will take some time.

Beginning verification phase of system scan.
Verification 100% complete.

Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some
of them. Details are included in the CBS.Log windir\Logs\CBS\CBS.log.

Did you execute Dism command after Sfc command finish executing?

Do you have Windows 10 Installation DVD if not can you download the Windows 10 ISO image using Media Creation Tool?


Please open the Command Prompt by typing cmd.exe into Start Menu, right-click on Cmd.exe, and open it as an administrator.

Type following command and press Enter key.

Code:

Findstr  /c:"[SR]" %SystemRoot%\Logs\CBS\CBS.log  > %UserProfile%\Desktop\Cbs.txt

Please attached the Cbs.txt file stored at the Desktop to your next post.

Having the same issue with about 6 different computers. Some Windows 10 home some Windows 10 pro. Disabling the driver signature enforcement will allow Windows to load.

Performing a system restore to a few days prior will also work. Running Windows update appears to break it again. It tried to install 2018-02 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems (KB4074588) but fails with - Error 0x80070002.


Same with KB4074588 with - Error 0x80240034


I also see the two unsigned drivers
-basicrenderer.sys version: 10.0.16299.19
-bthport.sys version: 10.0.16299.64



We are using Labtech as well to patch computers.



We have also upgraded any of the ones that are currently Pro from Home. But there are a few that are still Home that are having this issue.

We have several clients with hundreds of computers each and this issue is only happening at this one location.

I am trying the steps in this thread now.

I did a system restore again. Rebooted several times successfully. Those two unsigned drivers were still on there. So it seems that those are not the issue. Then I ran Windows updates again. It failed the 2018-02 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems (KB4074588) still. It also installed the (KB890830) Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - February 2018. It appears that all of the machines have installed this and failed on the other.

FreeBooter said:

Did you execute Dism command after Sfc command finish executing?

Do you have Windows 10 Installation DVD if not can you download the Windows 10 ISO image using Media Creation Tool?


Please open the Command Prompt by typing cmd.exe into Start Menu, right-click on Cmd.exe, and open it as an administrator.

Type following command and press Enter key.

Code:

Findstr  /c:"[SR]" %SystemRoot%\Logs\CBS\CBS.log  > %UserProfile%\Desktop\Cbs.txt

Please attached the Cbs.txt file stored at the Desktop to your next post.

Hello,

sorry for the late response, but I didn't receive any notification emails about answers here (I got them for the first few replies), so I didn't think anyone posted here...
I ran DISM before and after sfc. I ran both of them a couple of times.
I do have a Windows 10 installation DVD.

The cbs.txt file contains the following lines:
2018-02-25 09:54:48, Info CSI 00000006 [SR] Verifying 1 components
2018-02-25 09:54:48, Info CSI 00000007 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction
2018-02-25 09:54:48, Info CSI 0000000b [SR] Verify complete
2018-02-25 09:54:48, Info CSI 0000000c [SR] Verifying 1 components
2018-02-25 09:54:48, Info CSI 0000000d [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction
2018-02-25 09:54:48, Info CSI 0000000f [SR] Verify complete
2018-02-25 09:54:48, Info CSI 00000010 [SR] Verifying 1 components
2018-02-25 09:54:48, Info CSI 00000011 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction
2018-02-25 09:54:49, Info CSI 00000015 [SR] Verify complete
2018-02-25 09:54:49, Info CSI 00000016 [SR] Verifying 1 components
2018-02-25 09:54:49, Info CSI 00000017 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction
2018-02-25 09:54:49, Info CSI 0000001b [SR] Verify complete