News Fixing Windows Update or Upgrade into Black Screen

Colif

Win 11 Master
Moderator
I can't say I have ever seen a black screen after an update.

Ctrl alt del and open explorer using task manager could help too. sometimes restarting explorer can show desktop - this works better if you can see cursor.

If you load to a blank desktop it can also mean hardware isn't responding to drivers... it doesn't necessarily have to be GPU drivers. It can be anything. I have had it caused by my speakers not answering at startup and making everything wait until it timed out.

restarting in safe mode could help.
 

Colif

Win 11 Master
Moderator
windows should create a restore point before all updates anyway. That is about main reason function still exists.
That and I think it runs before driver updates as well.