While troubleshooting a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) on a Windows 10/11 workstation, which single action is MOST likely to correct the underlying cause of the crash?
Disable System Restore to prevent rollbacks
Turn off Windows Defender Firewall
Uninstall all user-installed applications
Update or roll back recently changed device drivers
Faulty or incompatible device drivers are among the most common causes of BSOD errors. Updating a problem driver to a stable version-or rolling it back if a recent update triggered crashes-often resolves the issue. Simply uninstalling every user application, disabling System Restore, or turning off the firewall does not address driver or hardware faults that typically generate stop codes. [Blue Screen of Death - Causes, Fixes and Solutions] and [What is the blue screen of death (BSOD) and how to fix it] document driver updates as a primary fix.
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