Your Windows Insider Build Ran Into A Problem And Needs To Restart

[Emir Ballard]

MyLaptop (windows 11) suddenly had a pop up that windows insider build ran into a problem and needs to restart. It's been more than a day, i tried all troubleshooting i could find online but couldn't open os at all. I couldn't even get in safe boot. I tried everything. I tried to uninstalled latest quality and feature updates but it's showing it can't uninstall as they're pending updates. I've even tried to reset my PC keeping personal files, no use. Please help me fast! Without losing my files if possible!

Initially there is no Windows Insider Support. You must use self-help support, meaning that you sink or swim using resources such as articles, books, forums, experience, friends, help files, etc. That is an important reason not to use previews on primary or production devices. The Windows Insider builds or Technical Previews are released as is, for testing purposes but they lack the most resilience fixes of the Release versions

Power on your computer and power it off as soon as you see the Windows logo. Do it three times.

After the third time, Windows 10 will boot into diagnostics mode. Sometimes holding the Shift key while booting will bring up this screen. Click Advanced options when the recovery screen appears.

Hi Guys,

I run the Windows Insider Preview on a PC at home and after updating to Build 21277.1000 this morning the PC began constantly crashing logging into the PC (would load to login screen fine and stay there - crash was about 30 seconds after logging in) with a familiar Green Screen stop crash and bugcheck. A quick troubleshoot and I found that its definitely being caused by Sophos Intercept X Endpoint and I have disabled it in startup.

Any ideas how to fix or do I need to wait until a new version of the Intercept X Client?

Cheers

Hi there, I just wanted to chime in because I'm also seeing the same error in my environment as Dread. Computers running the Windows 10 insider build 21277 will GSOD after login, unless 'Sophos Endpoint Agent' is disabled on startup. However, if the user launches Sophos Endpoint Agent afterwards, the computer will GSOD again.

We're also running version 2.10.8 of Intercept X. I disabled tamper protection and applied the hotfix in your link, but the computer still GSODs upon launch of Sophos Endpoint Agent. Do you have any other suggestions?

From the info provided, without the dump file to be able to run other commands it's hard to say much. There is a thread in a svchost.exe process seemingly terminating a CRITICAL_PROCESS: svchost.exe. From the stack it's hard to glean the origin of the stack.

Yes, that's what I disabled in the Startup pane in Task Manager. If I leave it enabled then shortly after login the computer will GSOD. Alternatively if you just launch Sophos Endpoint Agent from within the Sophos folder in the Start Menu, then that will also cause a GSOD.

Apologies for the delay getting back to this - I blame the Christmas/New Years period :)

I had to disable ALL Sophos Services from Startup via the MSConfig.exe, Selective Startup and disabling all Sophos Services there for the system to boot safely.

System still running fine up to today, just haven't had a chance to play with it ... I may have also been playing the crap out of Watch Dogs Legion ... :)

Windows Insider Build is Beta version release however I would like to know if you are seeing the error as mentioned in this link, where there is a pop-up notification stating "Your PC ran into a problem and will restart in 1 min"? We might also need to find the exact Sophos component which is causing the issue here with the help of this article.

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The Windows Insider Program is a free program that gives users access to Windows 10 Insider Preview Builds, and it can be an essential program for desktop administrators. The main advantage to enrolling in this program is that it gives IT pros a chance to see what's in store with the next Windows OS build and to learn how to use new features in advance.

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By far the most common issue that will leave a Windows Insider Program build not working is undiscovered bugs. Microsoft calls the process of discovering these bugs flighting. Although bugs do sometimes make their way into insider preview builds, they don't happen very frequently and are typically minor in scope. Even so, significant bugs may occur. One bug from a few years ago, for example, caused certain application windows to gradually shrink over time. Another well-known bug caused JPEGs to display in a way that made it seem as though the files were corrupt.

First, IT professionals should never install insider preview builds onto any device that is essential for daily business. This rule doesn't just apply to IT's own testing devices. Administrators will also need to avoid the temptation to roll preview builds out to users on physical or virtual desktops.

The second rule is to choose the insider build channel based on how comfortable the admin team is working around potential issues. Microsoft has replaced the fast ring and slow ring it used to offer with the following three channels for Windows Insiders:

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You can join Windows Insider Program for Business has features to help you run Windows Insider Preview Builds within your organization. You can join the Windows Insider program on Windows 11 personal devices free of cost.

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You need to ensure whether your PC meets the Windows 11 hardware requirements, which may impact flighting the Windows insider program. Windows 11 Minimum System Requirements posts give you more details about the minimum hardware requirements.

You can launch Settings App from Windows 11 PC. You can right-click on the Start button from Windows 11 PC and select the Settings option. You can now navigate to Diagnostics options from the settings app.

Diagnostics data helps to improve Windows and keep it secure, sending required + options data up to date and working as expected. You have to send the necessary diagnostics data to join Windows insider preview from Windows 11 PCs.

You can join Windows Insider Point either using a personal or work account and click on the Continue button. If you have already logged to Windows 11 PC using a work account, the work account will be listed already, as shown below.

Microsoft recommends the Dev Channel only if you actively back up your data and are comfortable clean installing Windows. This channel receives builds that may have rough edges or be unstable. Once you install a build from the Dev Channel, the only way to move to another channel or unenroll this device is to clean install Windows. You will need to back up and restore any data want to keep manually.

You have to restart the device to join or register the machine into Windows Insider Program Dev Channel from Windows 11 PC. Click on the Restart Now button to continue.

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