one windows 11 update Launching in late April may cause the operating system to have a safe mode issue, causing the screen to flicker when activating the feature. Confirmed by bug Microsoft this Monday (2).
optionally available to users, cumulative update KB5012643 brought various improvements and vulnerability fixes. However, an accidental bug also appeared in the security tool used to fix certain issues in the software.
The flaw was first spotted by people who downloaded and installed the update. They have reported on Twitter and online forums that their computer screen flickers when booting up for no apparent reason. windows 11 safe modeIt blocks the use of File Explorer, the taskbar, and the Start menu, among other features.
On affected machines, the following message appears in the system event log: “The shell has stopped unexpectedly and explorer.exe has restarted”. After many complaints, the developer acknowledged the existence of the bug, but did not give further details about its cause.
What should we do?
According to Microsoft, Windows 11 safe mode crash it only happens when the functionality is enabled in the “Safe mode without network” option, that is, when the internet is turned off. That way, if you need to use the tool, simply choose the “Safe Mode with Networking” alternative to avoid it.
In addition, the Redmond giant has a emergency update On the server side to fix the bug until the next build is released. It can take up to 24 hours for the solution to be automatically available to all devices, which may require a computer reboot for your application.
Affected enterprise system users may need to install and configure custom Group Policy by following the instructions on the Microsoft page to fix the issue.
Source: Tec Mundo
