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Same here. Agreed, that fix worked for me too. One extra tip: if it happens again, try temporarily disabling any third-party antivirus before starting the upgrade.

Thanks for the tip! I disabled a bunch of startup programs, but now my fingerprint reader doesn't work at all. Could that be related?

This. Oh, and after you reinstall, don't forget to check your power settings—sometimes Windows 11 resets them to "balanced" and your old "best performance" plan is gone.

Has anyone else had major slowdowns after upgrading to Windows 11? My laptop, a Dell XPS 13 from 2020, now takes forever to boot and apps like Chrome are constantly freezing. I also get occasional "System Thread Exception Not Handled" blue screens. I've run all the Windows updates, but it hasn't ...