Windows 10: blue screen of death after a couple hours of reinstalling the operating system

I noticed an unusually frequent number of blue screen deaths on my HP Elitebook 850 G5 so I decided that I would reinstall the operating system from a USB boot media. Everything went successfully. I formatted all the partitions on my hard drive. Other than the default applications Windows installed, I installed OneNote and the basic Office 365 apps, and the HP support assistant application for my drivers. All of these were downloaded from official sites/sources. While doing some other work on my 2nd laptop, the HP laptop was idling on the desktop with maybe MS Edge open. That's when it crashed

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Blue screen of death issue

Hi Malcolm,

Blue screen of death error can be caused either by hardware failure or software compatibility. To help you resolve the blue screen of death issue, we would like to get more information:

• Please provide the complete stop error message that you are getting.
• Were there any changes made prior to the issue?

We recommend following the troubleshooting steps in the article:
Troubleshoot blue screen errors

Should you need further help, you're always welcome to post back.

 

1803 update causing PC crash with Blue Screen of Death

Hello annebinding,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

To address your concern, kindly help us with the following questions:

1. What is the make and model of the computer?
2. What is the exact error code/message you receive regarding the Blue Screen of death?

I understand that you are facing an issue regarding Blue Screen of Death. A faulty device driver or system service might be responsible for this. Hardware issues, such as BIOS incompatibilities, memory conflicts, and IRQ conflicts can also generate BSOD.
We will look into this for you.

I would suggest you to follow the troubleshooting steps mentioned in the following article step-by-step and see if it works:

• Troubleshoot blue screen errors
  

The Operating System is designed to automatically receive new updates by default. We recommend not to stop the updates, since the updates consists various security patches and latest driver updates which helps to keep the computer safe and secure. Windows
Updates will eventually need to be installed and downloaded, regardless of your update settings. However, you may temporarily pause updates from being downloaded and installed.

To know more on how to pause updates, you may refer to an article on:
Manage updates in Windows 10.


Kindly get back to us with the results, we are looking into this for you and we will be glad to assist you if the issue persists.

Regards,

Mala S

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

Blue Screen of Death

Hi Kevin,

I am sorry to know that you are getting Blue screen errors.

Along with the suggestion provided by ZigZag, try the steps below.

If you see the blue screen only after sign-in
and you can see a mouse cursor:

• While at the black screen, try using CTRL+SHIFT+ESC to start Task Manager.
  
• If it becomes visible, try finding LockAppHost.exe on the Details tab and ending the task.
  
• If this resolves the blue screen, use corruption resolution steps (dism, then sfc), and run the all apps PowerShell command.
  

powershell

Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers |Where-Object {$_.InstallLocation -like "*SystemApps*"} | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

Use the System File Checker tool to repair missing or corrupted system files:

Use the System File Checker tool to repair missing or corrupted system files - Microsoft Support

Fix Windows corruption errors by using the DISM or System Update Readiness tool:

Fix Windows Update errors via DISM or System Update Readiness tool - Windows Server | Microsoft Learn

To uninstall a driver refer the steps below.

• 
  Press Windows Logo Key+X. Click On
  Device Manager.
  
• 
  Then find the driver that you are trying to uninstall and right-click on it to
  Uninstall.
  
• 
  Follow onscreen instructions to uninstall it.