Unexpected shutdown windows 8.1

But that was planned for the summer, hopefully MSFT has an actual fix by then. I have 2 DC with r2, the updates did fail during install, so there is nothing to remove.. But still got loops. Need te restore them from backups.. I was desperately searching for hints this morning and couldn't find much until I stumbled upon your post.

Thank you! One tip that helped me is that I could catch the DC before a reboot was triggered about 2 minutes after startup and then stop the Netlogon service. That stopped the rebooting such that I could troubleshoot and uninstall the update. Thanks again!

Dave, the net stop netlogon tip saved our bacon. Leave it to Microsoft to release a zero-day DC boot loop to their own customers. We had similar issue this morning with Windows Server DC not R2 that kept going in reboot loop every few minutes of showing the signon screen of Windows.

It is a VM running on vmware. We booted the VM to safe mode by pressing F8 before Windows started and removed all last night updates and rebooted. Seems to have fixed the issue. We have changed the server to not install Windows updates automatically to avoid such issues in the future. Does anyone have a comprehensive list of KB's for all server versions that are causing this issue?

Blame all Server updates from R2 up to — see also the linked articles at the end of my text. Our W2k12 DC was updated on Wed, am. It did not reboot the hole day but restarted at night at about pm cause of the lsass issue, and about 20min after installing exchange 2k13 updates this evening.

We do have another unpatched W2K19 DC in a very a small enviroment.. The error message was that the hypervisor is not running. The moment you first logon. Immediately run command prompt, right click, run as administrator just incase 2. Program and Features 4.

You must restart your computer to apply these changes click Restart Later 6. You must restart your computer to apply these changes click Restart Now. I had two clients this morning saying their email services were down.

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Resolved my issue. Clear instructions. Easy to follow. No jargon. Pictures helped. Didn't match my screen. Incorrect instructions. Too technical. Not enough information. Not enough pictures. And even though, the system shuts down, randomly and unexpectedly. It might also shut down after start up I have disabled fast start up but I still don't seem to be generating any new minidump files. I presume that relevant files would have a current date stamp.

When you say "shutdown," are you referring to a normal, controlled shutdown sans any warning, or a "it seemed like someone pulled the plug" type of shutdown? Does your shutdowns happen after about 20 minutes or so? You do realize that the Windows [7, 8, 8. In all cases, an activated verson of Windows [7, 8, 8.

With the client editions, you then rearm ONCE for an additional 90 days. After your activation period is expired, Windows--the evaluation versions by design will automatically and without any warning shutdown. Sorry for not being clearer, Yes, it is like someone has just pulled the plug when there is no battery in.

The shutdowns happen a couple of times a day without any warning. I am not using an evaluation version of Windows 8 but a normal copy that came installed on the laptop. My issue is getting worse and I am at a loss as to what to do. I have run virus scans, updated drivers but nothing seems to help. It started after I installed the latest Intel Dynamic and Thermal driver. The tablet will start up fine, then in less than 30 seconds do a shut down.

If you installed a driver before this happened, you may need to go back to the last recovery point. Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? Windows Client. Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Asked by:. Archived Forums. Windows 8. Use this forum to discuss miscellaneous issues that cannot be covered in any other Windows 8.

Sign in to vote. Sunday, January 6, AM. Ziegler 1. To see the cause I have to take a look at the dumps with the Debugging Tools for Windows. Next, copy the dmp files to your desktop, zip all dmp into 1 zip file and upload the zip file to your public Skydrive [1] folder and post a link here.

If you can't see dmp files, make sure your Windows is configured correctly [2][3] to generate dumps. I would like to verify if the computer will restart after shutting down unexpectedly.