Boot loop after install on Windows 10 17074

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ebfortin
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Boot loop after install on Windows 10 17074

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PrimoCache version: 3.02
Cache Settings:
Windows OS: 10 17074 (Insiders Preview, Slow Ring)
Hardware Information (CPU/Motherboard/Memory/Harddisks): Dell Inspiron i5557, 128 GB M2 Storage, 1 TB 5400 RPM HDD
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Before anyone answer by a quick "but you are using preview software"! I've ALWAYS been using insider preview version of Windows 10. Without any problem. And with 17074 Microsoft introduced the Meltdown / Specter mitigation, which includes Kernel VA Shadow (KPTI on Linux for the one more familiar). I strongly believe this is the culprit.

First I tried update from 17025 to 17074 and wasn't able to. In the middle of the upgrade Windows Update was just reverting to the previous version with a cryptic error. I then suspected Primocache so I de-installed it and boom! Upgrade to 17074 works! Super. I re-install Primocache reboot and I get into a boot loop. Reset my PC, which removes Primocache. Works again.

I have no direct proof what is the real culprit. But for sure it's Primocache that cause this. And I'm pretty convinced, given the extensive changes mitigiation for Meltdown / Specter brings to Windows, that Primocache is incompatible with these mitigations.
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Re: Boot loop after install on Windows 10 17074

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Perhaps this is the driver signing issue. If possible, you may go to the BIOS and disable "Secure Boot" for testing. We'll also check this.
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Re: Boot loop after install on Windows 10 17074

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FYI. Have been running 17115 for 5 days without any problem, and gave me BSOD afterward. Don't what happened there. Seem to happened when enabling defer caching for either L1 and L2. stupid me deleted the mini-dump
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