April’s Windows 11 patch is leaving some HP and Dell owners in a restart loop
Users on Microsoft's support forum say the KB5083769 update has triggered blue screens, garbled boot screens, and repair loops on some systems.
Keeping a gaming PC updated usually means better security and fewer headaches. In this case, though, April’s Windows 11 patch appears to have sent some HP and Dell machines straight into a mess of blue screens and boot loops.
The trouble centers on Windows 11 update KB5083769. After installing it, several users posted on Microsoft’s Q&A forum to describe startup problems that began with a strange pixelated screen, then moved into a blue screen and repeated repair failures. PC World also reported that some affected users were dealing with boot loops after the update landed.
One forum post claimed the issue hit multiple people inside the same company, including a case where recovery tools could not even be reached. A few users said rolling back the latest quality update through recovery options and pausing updates helped, although others said Windows kept pushing KB5083769 back onto the machine.
The timing is awkward for Microsoft, which has spent recent months trying to clean up Windows 11’s reputation by trimming some AI rollout plans and promising a more deliberate approach to Copilot features. For the people stuck dealing with this update, though, that message does little to calm the panic of a PC that will not finish booting.
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