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Can't update or use expired develop preview
Windows 10 build. One day out of nowhere, got error on boot stating that a component of the operating system has expired winload.efi. Any resolution I could find always referenced tricking the OS by rolling back the system date in the bios, getting it to at least boot, then quickly updating the build. For over a week, I couldn't even get passed the first step. I would change the bios date, try to boot, and either get the same exact "your pc needs to be repaired" message as above, or one about "process1 initialization failed". I would get the second one instead after trying various things from forums in the windows 10 RE cmd prompt. Everything from chkdsk to sfc /scannow to dism commands and bootrec commands. Same result. Eventually, I think I found the work around. A post mentioning that a bootstat.dat removal or renaming may allow a boot. So I tried this, and TADA....I finally got the ******* to boot. Here's the thing: I can run some very basic functions and programs, but ANYTHING related to system and update in windows 10 fails with the exact same message always: A required certificate is not within its validity period when verifying against the current system clock or the timestamp in the signed file.
I get this trying to open windows update, settings, command prompt, even trying to launch the windows setup.exe from a windows 10 dvd to try and upgrade. So I have access to the system, but I can't update the build, install/update windows via installer or even run any commands from prompt which basically leaves me crippled. The easy answer is that the system date is wrong. But in a classic damned if you do/don't...If I put the system date back to normal, i'm back to square one with the expired component winload.efi error