If you receive a KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE Stop Error or Blue Screen on Windows 11/10/8/7, then this post has some troubleshooting steps you may want to try out. This error is usually caused due to Memory or Driver incompatibility issues or corruption of system data.
The KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE bug check has a value of 0x00000139. This bug check indicates that the kernel has detected the corruption of a critical data structure.
What causes a Kernel crash?
Kernel crash occurs due to faulty software or drivers. In addition to this, kernel crash can also occurs due to incompatible or faulty hardware, like memory problems. When the Kernel crash occurs on your system, it is advised to disconnect all the external hardware to know if it occurred due to a hardware or software issue.
Is Kernel Security Check Failure serious?
Kernel Security Check Failure is a serious issue. It is a Blue Screen of Death error. There are multiple causes of BSOD on a Windows PC, like memory issues, system file corruption, hard disk errors, etc. Since it is a serious error, you should not ignore it and troubleshoot it ASAP. If possible, repair your Windows Operating System.
Fix Kernel Security Check Failure BSOD
If you receive KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE blue screen, here are a few things you may want to try. See which applies to your system and proceed with those suggestions.
- Run Windows Update
- Run System File Checker
- Run the Driver Verifier Manager
- Run Memory Diagnostic Tool
- Scan your Hard Disk for errors
- Troubleshoot in Clean Boot State
- Enable the Legacy Boot Policy.
If you can log in normally, good; else you will have to boot into Safe Mode, enter Advanced Startup options screen, or use the Installation Media to boot to be able to carry out these instructions.
1] Run Windows Update
First, install all the latest available Windows Updates and scan your computer with your antivirus software.
2] Run System File Checker
You may want to also run System File Checker to replace corrupted system files if any. You may want to also physically ensure that your RAM, Hard Disk, and other hardware components and accessories are connected properly.
3] Run the Driver Verifier Manager
Run the Driver Verifier Manager to check for corrupt drivers. If need be, uninstall and reinstall or update the drivers.
4] Run Memory Diagnostic Tool
Windows 10 has a Memory Diagnostic Tool which you can use to check for possible memory problems, including testing of the Random Access Memory (RAM) on your computer. Run it and see if it throws up any issues.
5] Scan your Hard Disk for errors
Scan your Hard Disk for errors. To run Check Disk on your System Drive (C), type the following in CMD and hit Enter:
chkdsk /f C:
If required, restart your computer.
6] Troubleshoot in Clean Boot State
Boot in Safe Mode or Clean Boot State and see if the problem disappears. If the problem does not occur then you will have to manually identify the offending program or driver and uninstall it.
7] Enable the Legacy Boot Policy
If you cannot log in to your Windows computer, boot into Advanced Startup Options and open an elevated command prompt window. The process is explained there in detail.
Once at that screen, select Troubleshoot > Advanced options > Command Prompt. Using the CMD, you can access the more advanced built-in Windows tools easily.
If you wish to directly access these Advanced startup options when working on your Windows 10, you can do so via the Settings app of Windows 10 > Update & Security > Recovery > Advanced startup and click the Restart now button.
Now you will have to enable the Legacy Boot Policy. Type the following command and hit Enter:
bcdedit /set {default} bootmenupolicy legacy
Now you will be able to log into your Windows desktop or Safe Mode to carry out the troubleshooting suggestions mentioned above.
All the best!
See this post if you receive a Critical Process Died error in Windows 11/10.
Pls mine will not even boot. It hangs on the way without getting to the desktop. What should I do?
I’m at a loss, I can’t do any of these suggestions because I’m getting the error on a newly built PC. It gives me the error everytime I try and install the OS. Would driver incompatibility include drivers for your motherboard?
Try booting in safe mode usually hitting f8 key after firmware message
I’m also at a loss let me know if you’ve ever found the solution
ive tried everything here and my computer still runs into these errors
could It be my hard drive should I just buy a new one and see how it goes?
I’ve been getting these frequently on a 6 month old HP laptop. Started in mid April and got so bad that it would hang at boot. Could not auto correct so I used my rescue software. Ran both Chkdsk and memory check and found no problems. In the end I had to do an entire reinstall back to original state. Took several days to reload and update all the software and drivers I had on this and it worked fine for another 4 days and then got another one of these BSOD messages. I’m beginning to think there is a hardware problem. When I reinstalled I used a different security package and ran a full scan which took several hours – it found no problems.
None of these fixes work (haven’t found anything weird in Safe Boot, but I’m not sure.), and all my desktop apps seem to re-arrange themselves every time that BSoD appears
I’m pretty sure there’s a problem with Windows 10. I’ve checked everything and found nothing. Never had a problem with Windows 7, I’m guessing some of the hardware and software isn’t 100% compatible with 10 just yet. May be easier to go back to 7 for another year or so.
What if I checked my pc and doesnt has any problem but still getting error like this. What should i do
Im having the same prob…im trying to move from win 10 32 bit to win10 64bit n itt says your kernel missing…..email me to try and work outthis probb….Rhino875@outlook.com thats my email
I’m on vmware. This happened when i resumed the vm. All is good.
I am also having problems… Windows 10 shuts down by itself often, I’ve checked all the energy/suspension options. No luck. The hardware on my pc is 9 months old. These problems started about 1 month ago. Any suggestions?
At firt my computer does not boot it just shows this blue screen and restats
And i have tried every posible way to go into safe mode but it just does not go into safe mode
I also tried a booted usb to repair window but still it does not work
Please give me a fix fast
i as well have an hp laptop. i literally only get the error message when i bump or apply any sort of pressure to the left hand lower corner of the laptop. must be hardware im thinking hdd issues
Turned out to be a hardware issue. When I called HP service they had me do a quick diagnostic of the laptop, including memory, which showed no problems, however even after I did a reset, I got more problems so then I did an extensive memory diagnostic and it failed, so I sent the laptop in for service as it was still under warranty and they replaced the memory. I’ll admit they did it pretty quickly -originally I was thinking about doing that myself but unlike other laptops, there is no consumer friendly way to replace your memory SO-DIMMs.
Having similar problems I tried all possible things only way to make it work is use earlier restore point to restore or reinstall windows. I would suggest to go with first one is any restore points available otherwise you will lose all documents and installed programs.
My wife’s laptop worked fine (after using System Mechanic on her new, HP laptop with OEM Windows 10 installed) until the latest Windows update – which she kept putting off until Microsoft just did it anyhow. Now we’re getting every BSOD error available. Microsoft Windows really is complete and total crap. I’m sick of Microsoft hobbyware.
All these steps are just busy work. The problem is corruption and the Microsoft Hobbyware crap is always corrupting itself. It’s total crap. It always comes down to reboot and then reinstall (and cross your fingers when doing it). Pure garbage.
So I seem to only get it when launching a game. And it only happens on this 1 little game. No other games, including War Thunder and 7 Days to Die do it. And by the way, I have every single driver installed and updated, so I have no idea what in the heck is going on! In fact, my pc runs fine with no blue screens, until I launch that stupid game.
In the end my problem turned out to be a hardware problem with faulty memory. However the memory passed all the normal diagnostic tests that HP tech support had me run. It wasn’t until I ran an extensive memory test (that took 4 hours) which I did at the suggestion I got from someone on one of these blogs (Not HP tech support), that I discovered that. It may be that that one game is the only one that gets to the specific region of memory or some other hardware issue that is causing your problem. Try running extended diagnostics, not just the ones that Tech Support tell you to do.
Ok thank you, I will try this
i have just the same issue on my dell xps laptop. whenever i move the laptop swiftly or apply pressure the screen turns blue and it says kernel security checkup failure. any solutions?
In my case it was a USB wifi adapter causing the random bluescreens and shutdowns. Many of these adapters have problems working correctly on Windows 10 64 bit, even with updated drivers.
Verify the hardware by seeing if you can install Ubuntu or another OS.
Mine was faulty ram