Windows 10 PCs Freezing After Installing Anniversary Update

The Windows 10 Anniversary Update is now available for download and just as expected, users rushed to install it to get all the improvements that everyone has been talking about for the past few months.

Unfortunately, however, a number of PCs are hit with issues causing them to freeze after installing the Anniversary Update and judging from the number of posts online, this isn’t quite an isolated bug.

Basically, what is happening is that machines freeze all of a sudden after installing the Anniversary Update and the crash occurs at random moments after booting to the desktop. There are reports claiming that PCs become unresponsive the second after they boot to the desktop, while others say it takes a few minutes for their systems to freeze.

At the first look, it doesn’t seem like the problem is caused by third-party apps, as booting into Safe M...