This issue becomes severely magnified when third party solutions are used to perform Windows updates. In this case the user will never be able to access the desktop and therefore will not be able to Thaw the computer in order to permanently finalize the Windows updates. The computer would restart Frozen and Windows updates would continue to “finalize” the updates where several restarts may be required. Customers experience bootloops in cases where they have somehow managed to Freeze the computer right in the middle of a pending restart. Upon a restart, these pending Windows updates go through a finalization process which may also instigate another restart. By its nature, most newly installed Windows updates require a restart and remain “pending” until the next restart happens. Inherent Problem with Windows Updates and Deep Freezeīecause of the bulletproof nature of Deep Freeze where no exceptions can be made, disrupting the Windows updates process can become problematic. Read on to understand what improvements we’ve made in this version followed by how we’ve improved this functionality over the years. This version has made several additional enhancements that makes our handling of Windows updates even smarter.

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