Microsoft's having a rotten year with reboot-related problems, and the current SP3 situation is engendering a banner crop of finger-pointing and blame. Let us guide you to the points of light ...

To access Emergency Restart, press the CTRL + ALT + DEL keys on your Windows PC -- a pretty normal action. However, this time, hold down the CTRL key and click the power button in the bottom-right ...

If your computer won't restart after installing Windows Update, you will have to boot into Advanced Options (WinRE) screen and take any one of these steps.