You can reinstall windows and start from scratch, avoiding the problem in the future. If you can successfullyuse a restore point, skip to the 'IMPORTANT INFO' section below.Ĥ. You can use a system restore point to before you installed the offending program. Once the drive is connected to the working computer, you can uses the instructions below.ģ. You can take the hard drive you installed the Windows OS on, and connect it to another computer as a secondary drive, either directly with Sata cables, or buy an external enclosure and connect a drive to a working computer. After successfully creating the WindowsFx usb you can use the proccedure at the bottom of this post to fix your windows installation.Ģ. Here is the site to download WindowsFX: Īfter downloading the WindowsFx distro, Google 'how to install linux distro using rufus' this will give you instructions on how to get it on the thumb drive. This will make it easier for windows users who are not familiar with linux to gain access to the files on the bricked windows OS drive. I recomend using the linux distro 'WindowsFX' as it is basically is a windows 10 style clone that you can run from the flash drive. you can Install a linux distro to a usb thumb drive. Once you've determined which will work best for you, follow the procedure at the bottom of the post to fix your windows installation.ġ.

Below are the 4 methods for fixing the problem. Since you wont be able to get into the Windows OS once you boot up your computer (you'll get a crash/blue screen) you'll need to remove the offending ilok driver from the Windows system folder. A Windows update from a few months ago causes the whole OS to crash if an old version of Ilok licnese manager is installed. I've dealt with this on ALL new Windows 10 systems I have built in the last 6 months.

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