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February’s Windows 11 update is causing startup problems for users​

Several users are experiencing various issues with system startup after installing the KB5077181 update for Windows 11.

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In summary:​

  • PCWorld reports that Windows 11 update KB5077181 is causing critical boot loops and login failures for users after installation.
  • The problematic February update triggers endless restart cycles with various error codes including SENS, DHCP, and 0x800f0983 errors.
  • Users can resolve issues by uninstalling KB5077181 through Control Panel and pausing automatic updates until Microsoft releases an official fix.

A few days ago, Microsoft released update KB5077181 for Windows 11 (both 24H2 and 25H2). Now, some reports (via Neowin) are emerging that the new version is causing boot problems for users. The critical startup problems appear to occur immediately after installation, causing those affected to end up in an endless loop of restarts.

In some cases, a SENS error message (System Event Notification Service) error appears. This usually means that the system can’t interact with the service due to missing data or network problems. Other users are seeing error codes 0x800f0983 and 0x800f0991.


Some users, on the other hand, report that their systems display a DHCP error due to a missing connection or an invalid IP address, even though they’re connected to the internet. There are numerous problems with the patch that can’t yet be clearly explained.

What you can do about it​

There’s currently no fix from Microsoft and the boot problems aren’t listed in the list of known issues with the update. Since users are unable to log in even after several loops, some have tried to reset their systems via recovery mode—to varying degrees of success.

If you can, uninstall the update via Control Panel > Programs > View Installed Updates and selecting KB5077181. After that, you must still suspend automatic updates by Microsoft by navigating to Settings > Windows Update > Pause Updates. Otherwise, the update may be reinstalled and cause problems again.

Further reading: How to roll back a problematic Windows update



This article originally appeared on our sister publication PC-WELT and was translated and localized from German.

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Benjamin Matlock said:
My only regret is that I didn't do it sooner. All my productivity stuff works fine, all of my games work fine (trying to install Battle.net was going poorly until I realized I could install it via Steam) and some of them even run faster than before. I know some games with aggressive anti-cheat software won't work, so if anyone else is considering the switch, check that first. I'm very much in the honeymoon phase and will probably run into some difficulties at some point, but at the moment my computer is faster, more secure, and I couldn't be happier to be done with Microjeet.
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Been using steam OS a lot.. away from home atm but gonna be making the swap to. I just want shit that works.

Then again so does everyone who lives in such times.
 
Windows 7 was the last great Windows OS. Vista got a lot of hate that it didn't really deserve and was a decent upgrade though still not as fun as XP, but some of the features it introduced like split screen operations were very nice to have for people who did a lot of online work. Windows 7 was a polished and better version of Vista. Everything since has sucked, if it wasn't for just wanting something when I PC game I wouldn't even bother with jeetblows 11.
 
Lasagna4Dead said:
My hot take is windows has been rolling out shitty updates since Vista. Xp was pretty bad too but Vista was far worse.
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Vista is the only Windows release that consistently crippled entire rows of PCs at my school during updates, all the while XP Service Pack releases completely choked out the memory on those systems when the original rollout of XP worked just fine on those. I can't imagine what the transition from 7 to 10 went like.

Linux Mint is a pure bliss, there hadn't been a single "bad" release I could note since I switched back in 2020.
 
augment said:
They used their dogshit LLM to code this didn't they.
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They brag about doing so.

It's actually strange how many programmers seem to have developed a religious worship of LLM tools and how "productive" they've become even as everything they ship sucks, performs like shit, and breaks constantly. It's like they're hypnotized by the ability to produce mass amounts of text.
 
I'm installing this on my work laptop immediately. "Not my fault boss, laptop is stuck in an endless boot loop!"
 
Microsoft hasn't been capable of making a good OS for the last 15-20 years.
>Windows 98
Very good.
>Windows 2000
Pretty good.
>Windows Me
Dogshit.
>XP
Best OS they've ever produced.
>Windows Vista
A fucking travesty.
>Windows 7
A very close second to XP in being the best OS they've ever produced.
>Windows 8
A fucking travesty.
>Windows 8.1
Putting sprinkles on festering shit.
>Windows 10
Awful start, became passable after a few years.
>Windows 11
So fucking terrible it makes Windows 10 look good.

The forced shutdowns and updates are my fucking breaking point with Windows, Microsoft needs to start from fucking scratch and leave all of this stupid AI bloatware bullshit and spyware in the past.
 
It's genuinely kind of shocking their Jeet CEO hasn't been forced out yet. This makes four cumulative updates in a row that have contained potentially fatal errors.
 
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