Microsoft just finished its big reveal of Windows 11 and there were a lot of exciting new updates, but the company didn't mention our biggest questions: How much will the upgrade cost? Fortunately, the solution came rigtht after the big event with manufacturers stating that Windows 11 is a free update for Windows 10 users. We spoke to Windows Gm Aaron Woodman following the show who said he'd no intends to place on deadline on when Windows 10 users can upgrade, stating his main focus is getting Windows 11 to the most customers with the greatest satisfaction. It was what we should anticipated and follows exactly the same model that Microsoft combined with the upgrade to Windows 10. It doesn't, of course, imply that Windows 11 is free, but instead the update to Windows 11 for existing Windows 10 users.

While BSODs aren't necessarily common nowadays, or at least, less common as these were in the Windows XP era, they still happen. And many recently, the latest cumulative update released by Microsoft for Windows 11 devices caused such trouble, apparent because of bad drivers. Security company Sophos says some of the affected drivers were used by antivirus software, and this is why some devices ruing its products will finish up hitting a BSOD. Quite simply, it's the fault of the antivirus solution that the system crashes, because the culprit is the latest cumulative update that broke down the drivers. Full fix available these days Sophos, however, has additionally released a fix after previously providing users with two different workarounds. "Customers on Windows 11 ruing Sophos Home may encounter a BSOD/Stop error after installing Windows Update KB5013943 and restarting their machines. The symptoms involve not being able to arrive at the desktop after restarting the computer/shutting down powering it back on post installation of Windows Update KB5013943. Including an end Error Index Mismatch message (Blue screen of death)," Sophos says. The 2 workarounds dropped to either the entire removal of Windows 11 cumulative update KB5013943 or the renaming from the hmpalert.sys driver on your Windows 11 device. The fix the organization has released updates this driver, and also you must be ruing version 3.8.4.46 to be certain your device isn

Microsoft is moving one step closer to the general public discharge of a Windows fix that resolves the bug introduced in January and resulting in the recovery discovery discs made out of the Backup and Restore feature bundled with the OS to no more start. The issue was caused by the January 2022 cumulative updates on all supported versions of Windows, with Microsoft explaining that third-party products weren't affected, and all users could switch to them until a fix goes live. "After installing the Windows updates released January 11, 2022 or later Windows versions with an affected form of Windows, recovery discs (CD or DVD) developed by using the Backup and Restore (Windows 7) app in charge Panel might be not able to start," Microsoft said at that point. "Recovery discs that were created by while using Backup and Restore (Windows 7) app on devices which have installed Windows updates released before January 11, 2022 aren't affected by this issue and should start not surprisingly." After previously testing a fix earlier this month, Microsoft has included the patch within the most recent Windows 10 preview build that the company just shipped to users who're signed up for the Windows Insider program in the Release Preview chael. "We fixed a known issue that may prevent recovery discs (CD or DVD) from starting should you created them while using Backup and Restore (Windows 7) app in Control Panel. This issue occurs after installing Windows