I have a two year-old tower in our home office. It’s pretty much just used for Internet and MS office work. Starting about a month ago, it started crashing within five minutes of being logged into. I managed to change the setting that forces it to reboot, but I can’t figure out what’s triggering the crash. Where do I look? It’s Windows 11.

Edited September 22Sep 22 by HiggyBaby

What kind of porn are you downloading?

Did you Google "kernal_security_check_failure (0x139)"

Ask Claude

1 hour ago, Jerry Callo said:

Did you Google "kernal_security_check_failure (0x139)"

Why would he do that when he can get one of us to google it?

Thanks guys. I found an Indian guy on YouTube who told me how to reset my windows install, all it took was for me to send him an Amazon gift card. Hope I don’t lose all my porn. Other than that, it could be a ram issue. Hell if I speak computers.

6 hours ago, Jerry Callo said:

Did you Google "kernal_security_check_failure (0x139)"

5 hours ago, gsoda3 said:

Ask Claude

He can't, his computer is crashed.

11 hours ago, High Plains Drifter said:

He can't, his computer is crashed.

he doesn't have a phone?

21 hours ago, HiggyBaby said:

It’s Windows 11.

Problem solved

3 hours ago, Deej said:

Problem solved

Right? This shit is unstable.

On 9/22/2026 at 12:54 PM, HiggyBaby said:

I have a two year-old tower in our home office. It’s pretty much just used for "Internet" and MS office work.

If your hard drive is SSD, I would recommend installing a utility from the manufacturer to check the age. Those things do not last nearly as long as regular hard drives. And can also be f'd up by Win11 updates.

And move all your files to an external drive and/or OneDrive NOW. Literally do it RIGHT NOW.

You should probably ask someone that went to college. That or an eight year old.

Sounds like a bad update. Boot into safe mode. Then..

Go to settings (Win + I), > Windows Update > select Update history.

You will see a complete list of updates, driver updates etc. Look back 2 months ago. If shit was updated, that is your problem.

Uninstall the updates.

Or