Zwift has suddenly started to freeze during the startup process and then locks up my entire PC (windows 10) forcing me to do a hard reset. It was working fine a couple of days ago. The log files don’t show any errors, everything just freezes until I hard reboot the pc. I’ve tried resintalling every…

Hi guys! after coffee I had to ride I just hyperfocused on solution of this for almost three hours, OMG I traced that the issue is also now with other services such as steam, its the latest windows update unfortunatelly, after uninstalling and reseting PC the zwift loads up without problems. I w…

That sounds like the computer I use. It’s an older gaming computer.

I tried to System Restore that did not worked and I was about to give up. Thanks I found this forum! I uninstalled the latest Windows update KB5077744 (Windows Update > Update history) that got from last week and my Zwift works!!

I believe everyone’s PCs are configured in their own unique ways to meet individual needs. As a result, Windows Updates may behave differently across different setups, affecting the outcome stemmed from tweaking the various versions of these updates. I had an educational experience on this topic wh…

if you use OneDrive and it is up to date 25.194.1005.0003. It is part of the problem and needs to be updated

Hi, I did the uninstall last week, Zwift worked. Today, same problem. Grabbed my win 11 laptop and no issues. The uninstalled update was back again, deleted, again and now its working. This is clearly not a stable solution for Win 10. Is there a perminant solution??

[image] Mark: The uninstalled update was back again, deleted, again and now its working. This is clearly not a stable solution for Win 10. Is there a perminant solution?? Not sure I’d call it a permanent solution, but have you tried installing the updated described in Zwift freezing during st…

I haven’t installed any new updates since uninstalling the original problem KB5073724 a couple of weeks ago. Came here to see if the pending updates are still causing problems and it seems like they are? I guess I’ll keep holding off on installing them until I see a positive outcome

Yeah, doesn’t seem like this should be marked as “solved”.

If your Update check does not show the update, you can also download the standalone patch KB5078127 from here the X64 versions for Windows: Microsoft Update Catalog Note: Use this method only if you know what you are dealing with. Alternatively, you may want …

Windows 10 22h2, Nvidia GTX 960m, Zwift 1.105 KB5078129 installed. This update removed from my system KB5073724 ….but Zwift all the time freezing. Unfortunately now I don’t have KB5073724 to remove it manually. Earlier it was workaround solution. I’ve spent too much time trying to do something w…

Zwift freezing during startup and locking Windows [January 2026]

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Steve_Hammatt (Steve) January 26, 2026, 3:03pm 131

Not sure I’d call it a permanent solution, but have you tried installing the updated described in Zwift freezing during startup and locking Windows [January 2026] - #118 by Nikolay_Hristozov ?

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