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I suppose all Windows 10 users got an operating system update yesterday. If you have not seen it yet, rest assured you will in the near future.
Since the update I keep getting an obscure console warning every time I start up the computer: "Me Fw Downgrade Request MeSpiLock Failed"
Great! That tells me absolutely nothing!
An hour's worth of Googling and I learnt it most probably was an issue with my display adapter driver. I have a NVidea GTX745 display adapter in a Dell XPS8900.
To cut a long story short: The solution was to roll back the driver to the previous version, restart the machine and upgrade the driver to the latest version. This seems to have cured the problem. It seems the display adapter driver must be re-installed AFTER the latest Windows updates. At least that worked on my particular setup.
By the way: Many Dell customers complained that their tech support did not have a clue how to solve the issue. For some the issue was so bad their Dells froze up on startup. Elephanting Dell and their useless tech support!
I post this here in case it may be of assistance to other Dell users.
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Cornelius Henning wrote: Since the update
I only install critical updates (i.e. those issued by Microsoft). Updating non-critical components is asking for trouble, IMHO.
/ravi
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This issue was caused by a Microsoft update! 
The underlying cause may have been caused by NVidea or Dell. Who knows?
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Sorry, I misunderstood. I thought you upgraded your driver.
/ravi
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No problem! 
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote: I only install critical updates (i.e. those issued by Microsoft). Updating non-critical components is asking for trouble, IMHO.
In Windows 10 realm, the major issue is the critical updates.  You have no way to run but to keep the machine running for a longer while.
On a side note: My laptop runs continuously without restarting or shutting down for 15-30 days on average. This makes me focus on work and to leave behind any tensed thought that I may have of driver issues. Besides, Ravi, did you not notice that every second complaint with Windows 10 is the updates and how these updates mess around with drivers. If someone as simple and beginners as me can understand, then why can't Microsoft developers understand this?
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan wrote: every second complaint with Windows 10 is the updates
Hmm... more reason for me to hold off upgrading to WinX.
/ravi
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I really thought that after 6 months Windows 10 would be a good upgrade. But time span gets closer to a year and yet Windows 10 is not my recommendation.
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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So it was not just me after all. For my laptop, update did the worst. There was like a timer of 5-10 minutes after which the laptop would itself just shut down (straight-away shut down without any "Shutting down..." message). It happened when yesterday I updated the machine to "latest software".
I have gone through a reset and it seems to be back in working state. I really think Microsoft releases the updates without checking what PCs it is going to be installed on.
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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I have to upvote for posting a solution, But have to down vote for using Win 10 to start with 
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Go ahead and downvote if you can! I'd like to know how you did it.
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Oh that awful trickey 
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Cornelius Henning wrote: Since the update I keep getting an obscure console warning every time I start up the computer: "Me Fw Downgrade Request MeSpiLock Failed"
You must have been rolled back to a driver from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Quote: You must have been rolled back to a driver from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away
Idea, you have no.
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Is a cation the purrfect meowlecule?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I don't think you're feline well.
/ravi
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I think he is cataonic today.
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Maybe his better half had a problem and he had to whisker away.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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You've gotta be kitten!
/ravi
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Fur sure, I was.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Pawbably yes.
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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When I am sad, the clawsest cure is a couple of whiskers.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Was one of those a panda?
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