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Strange BSODs
Ever since Windows 11 was announced, I’ve started experiencing the notorious Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) at least once a day. I’m still running Windows 10 Pro 64- bit and have kept up to date with Windows Updates. In fact, that’s often when I get a BSOD crash—just checking for updates.
Is this Microsoft’s new policy to force us off Windows 10? According to Microsoft, my laptop will support Windows 11, so I assume it should continue to support Windows 10 until the Windows 10 end date.
I’ve thought of switching to Linux and even looked at Apple briefly. If I do switch, I don’t want anything to do with Microsoft, but I can’t find anything that works like Outlook, so I’m stuck.
Which Linux is Microsoft not involved in? I know you guys often recommend Ubuntu. Since I have Ubuntu on Windows, I’m assuming Microsoft is involved. Is this true? Can I extract myself from Microsoft operating systems? And can Linux guarantee to stay up and running like real UNIX systems do? Or will I have to live with constant crashes?
Use WhoCrashed to help troubleshoot BSODs.
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In case these BSOD crashes have anything to do with hardware, I’m running an Intel Core i9-9900K CPU with 32GB RAM, 1TB internal drive plus 10TB external hard drive. Windows 10 Pro is version 21H2. I’ve also got an additional 8TB external hard drive for backup. I use Code42 CrashPlan for backups, both offsite and to my 8TB drive. I run a homegrown script to zip my script library weekly as a backup, which is then copied to my C: drive.