Are Blue Screen of Death errors so common in Windows 10?

Sep 4, 2015 05:08 GMT  ·  By

Depending on how lucky you are, the Windows 10 upgrade process went either flawlessly or turned out to be a huge nightmare due to the number of errors experienced during and after the setup.

And Microsoft is obviously well aware of this, so trying to bring Windows 10 on as many computers as possible, the company’s now offering guidance in order to help fix some of the most common BSOD errors in the operating system.

Redmond has now posted and pinned guidance on its Community forums, trying to get users to documentation regarding error diagnosing and fixing but also to provide basic instructions in case something goes wrong.

“For some basic steps for resolving these types of errors in Windows 10, check out the article, Troubleshoot blue screen errors. If you received this blue screen error after installing new software, hardware, or updates, and System Restore does not resolve your problem, you can also try booting to Safe Mode to uninstall whatever may have triggered the error,” Microsoft says in its original post (links are the ones provided by the company, so you can find the documentation to fix BSODs).

“To boot to Safe Mode, see Change startup settings in Windows 10. If an update may have triggered the blue screen error, temporarily block the update from automatically installing again.”

Only general recommendations

Although very helpful, these pieces of advice come with two rather awkward mentions for users who are experiencing problems with Windows 10.

First of all, the company doesn’t provide anything else than general recommendations, so in order to find information on a specific error, you have to dig in deeper into this documentation to discover a way to fix the experienced issues.

And second, Microsoft recommends users to uninstall updates and block them from installing again, and given the big number of botched updates released in the last 12 months, we all know what this means.

The best way to fix a BSOD though is to write down the error code that it shows to you and search the web for more information and tips on how to fix it. Microsoft’s site might not have enough information to assist you, but there are tons of websites out there that do.