Microsoft acknowledges that Windows 10 KB4568831 update is crashing Lenovo ThinkPads

If you have installed KB4568831 for Windows 10 on your Lenovo ThinkPad, you may well have encountered the crashing issues caused by the update. Those affected by the problem have been hit by SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED error messages, and 0xc0000005 Access Denied messages in log files and memory dumps. Microsoft has now acknowledged that there is an issue and has offered details of a workaround -- although you may want to think about whether you really want to follow the mitigation advice because of the security implications. See also: Microsoft is forcing the new Edge on users with KB4576754 update for Windows… [Continue Reading]