Ok. Will the Windows Update Assistant consist of the latest Win10 version that's applicable to this system?

I only have around 16GB of free space which is probably why, I had a hunch. I was just giving MS the benefit of the doubt that they should've made their update process intelligent enough to tell the...

I know but it's still not available here in the Philippines. At least it's not available for all Windows 10 machines we have at home.

I'm trying to update one instance of Windows 10 and I cannot, for the love of God, update it. I did everything I can think of:

1. Clear Windows Update cache.
2. Use Reset-WindowsUpdate.ps1 in...

Yes. In the end the solution is always an easy one :) That Export-WindowsDriver cmdlet led the way.

I agree. Trying custom drivers is not for the faint of heart, especially when the modder of...

Basically, in addition to reverting to the MS WHQL drivers using device manager, you need to also use the included DPInst64.exe to remove the driver packages. It's like the command-line version of...

While in safe mode and AHCI enabled, do I remove that boot-critical driver using Autoruns too?

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Nevermind, problem solved :)

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My BIOS is set to RAID. This is not needed for Storage Spaces to work. I simply enable it because it has all the features of AHCI and is sort of a future proofing in case I need to use fake RAID in...

Right. I just don't understand how the USB install can interfere with the boot files. But hey, at this point you're right anything is possible. Disregarding secure boot though (keeping it disabled),...

What would it achieve though? How is it connected with the Intel USB drivers?

Yes, it's by design but not because I run using the fake RAID onboard hardware. It's so that the RST driver feature set is fully installed but I do have two SSD's setup in a Storage Space with Simple...

You wouldn't believe how persistent I can be :) Told you I'm not a home user, lol. It's just that reformatting/reinstalling is so time-consuming for me because I have a lot of optimization steps to...

I'm still not at the point of reinstalling. I still don't consider any OS damage to my system except for those drivers. Just an update, I was able to remove one of those three pesky drivers by...

Unfortunately, I already tried removing the AutoRunsDisabled entry for those three registry keys and made sure that the Start entry is set to 3 (because Autoruns sets it to 4) but I'm still not able...

You beat me to it, I did the same. I'm trying to boot off of a WinPE environment with a registry editor now and will do that. I'm sure this will revert the changes. I'll post back in a few.

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Right. But based on my google fu, that stop code is a generic code for corrupted drivers. So I think the system is still looking for those drivers even though we disabled them in autoruns.

You...

That didn't do it :( It got me into a BSOD loop with an "INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE" boot loop. I'm not sure how usb drivers are related to the boot device? Now how can I bring them back if I can't...

Ok, here we go. I'm onto something:

Autoruns showed me that it is still using the three drivers (.sys files) that were included in the win-raid driver package:

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The weird thing is if I...

Apology accepted then :)

Yeah, I see what you're saying and I know that checkbox you're talking about.

Thanks for the tips. I don't have access to my system now but I'll see what I can do...

No apologies needed because no offense was taken. I just wanted to lay out that I'm not a home user but am definitely not an expert as well. I just know a couple of things here and there.

There...

Right, and you can say I'm an enthusiast, not a home user. I really just can't figure out how to get around secure boot. Even enthusiasts don't know everything. But I certainly am comfortable in...

The USB 3.1 drivers found here are non-WHQL drivers and need Secure Boot to be disabled for the OS to boot. Take note that this is a legit site and is actually a famous one, in case you guys aren't...

Any other ideas?

Already thought of that and I'm kind of leaning towards it not being the issue because my other systems (Linux, mobile devices, etc.) just work fine even after a reboot.

The title says it all, whenever I start my Windows 10 up I can only establish connection my network (connection to NAS, DNS server, Internet) after around 2 - 3 minutes. I use a Samsung 970 EVO nVME...