Reboot loop in Windows 11

[stevehurcombe]

What You Are Seeing?

This is a clean install of Windows 11 on a Dell laptop.

I've just installed choco and boxstarter and I want to use boxstarter to configure my dev machine.

I'm using a simple script, thus:

choco install -y Boxstarter

Then I would run:

Install-BoxstarterPackage -PackageName install.ps1

This causes a reboot loop.

What Is Expected?

install my applications using the powershell script, with reboots if needed.

How Did You Get This To Happen? (Steps to Reproduce)

choco install -y Boxstarter

Install-BoxstarterPackage -PackageName install.ps1

Where install.ps1 contains:

Get-Command -Module Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive

Output Log

[flcdrg]

I seem to have reproduced this today. Clean install of Windows 10, upgraded to Windows 11. Then ran

Install-BoxstarterPackage -PackageName https://gist.githubusercontent.com/flcdrg/87802af4c92527eb8a30/raw/11b1179afd7145c4b17d55d342af6ae8e2ce7b8a/boxstarter-bare-v3.ps1 -Credential $cred

Attached boxstarter log
boxstarter.log

[flcdrg]

I think this might be because I have some files that are supposedly pending a rename, but multiple reboots isn't clearing them.

Computer           : DELPHINE
CBServicing        : False
WindowsUpdate      : False
CCMClientSDK       :
PendComputerRename : False
PendFileRename     : True
PendFileRenVal     : {\??\C:\Program Files\Waves\IntelOpenVINO1\plugins.xml_, , \??\C:\Program
                     Files\Waves\IntelOpenVINO1_, ...}
RebootPending      : True

[flcdrg]

This is caused by the Intel audio driver incorrectly marking that a reboot is needed. Latest drivers should have resolved the problem.

See https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/10fas8x/intel_openvino_causing_daily_reboots_related_to/?rdt=54860 for more info

[stevehurcombe]

Thank you for that.
I don't suppose there's any way to adjust the logging to surface the cause? This will help if something else does the same thing.

[flcdrg]

Interesting suggestion. I'll create a separate issue for that