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Windows 10 How do I get a list of apps to reinstall after a "reset"
My computer is running Windows 10H2. It was upgraded from Windows 7, I have no install media. The "run as admin" doesn't work so I may need to do a "Recovery", "reset". If I reset I need to reinstall a lot of programs, "Apps and Features" says 173! How do I get a full list of these so I can...- Peter Hill
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- admin rights app computer issues exe files features installation media program list recovery reinstall reset software system restore tech support troubleshooting upgrade user guide windows 10 windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Have I Killed my SSD?
Win 10 on my laptop. Yesterday I decide to go thru and delete files to recover space. When I got done, I ran a couple different disk cleanup programs. At this point my free space, instead of increasing, dropped from about forty something percent free space to a little over 2 GB free. What...- JerryC58
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- disk cleanup file deletion free space laptop performance recovery ssd storage issues troubleshooting windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 10 Stuck at this screen!
My Windows 10 PC was working just fine all along. But now, it gives me this screen with no option to proceed. No buttons, nothing. I tried to do a System Restore but now, the DVD drive (which used to appear in the boot menu before) is no longer appears in the boot menu. Any ideas how I can...- FireMarshalBill69
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- computer issues dvd drive error loop help recovery stuck screen system restore troubleshooting windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Restore Windows to last milestone.
One of my PC has an issue with software and it is not recovering. Also i have tried to recover using last milestone but didn't get any milestones. Where to check the same?- hostguycom
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- check help issues milestone recovery restore software troubleshooting windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Back in my old drive
I.m back in my old drive where i was getting the message undoing changes made to your computer . What do i do to fix the problem . Uninstall updates what ?. I don't know how i got here . I downloaded disk genius v5 , i put it in the cd drive . And thought i'd give it a go , first try i got...- NettleWarbler
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- change computer diskgenius drive problem recovery software solutions uninstall update
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 What have I done ??
Hi Thanks for calling in. I thought I'd be clever and 'have a go' at installing Android on my Windows Machine 'not a good idea' as half way through the installation it threw its legs up and decided it was not going to install. Now when I boot into Windows 10 I get GRUB and have to EXIT twice...- PeterD
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- android asus bios boot issues boot order community compatibility dual boot grub installation legacy machine recovery reinstall windows ssd system restore tech support troubleshooting user help windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Dual boot Windows 10 and 7
Want to add Windows 7 to my Windows 10 computer so I can run some of my old games that are not compatible with 10. So far I've had bad luck. Install starts but then fails and I lose the bootloader for 10. Had to do recovery install of 10.- JFRUCH
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- bootloader compatibility dual boot games installation recovery troubleshooting windows 10 windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Dual boot Windows 10 and 7
Want to add Windows 7 to my Windows 10 computer so I can run some of my old games that are not compatible with 10. So far I've had bad luck. Install starts but then fails and I lose the bootloader for 10. Had to do recovery install of 10.- JFRUCH
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- bootloader compatibility dual boot games installation recovery windows 10 windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 How to Upgrade this computer to Windows 10?
I have a VAIO core i5 laptop that died, seemingly of some sort of hard disk issues (or possibly a virus? ... However, McAfee didn't alert me to any virus problems). I tried lots of fixes (including using a bootable recovery USB that I had created in the past. For some reason, however, that...- Hyakubun
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- bootable usb chkdsk hard drive laptop licensing mcafee product key recovery startup issues system repair tech support upgrade vaio virus concern windows 10 windows 8 windows 8.1 windows installation
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 8 Reinstall / Product Key Trouble / Upgrade?
I have a VAIO core i5 laptop that died, seemingly of hard disk trouble. After trying lots of fixes (including using my bootable USB, which just wouldn't work), I finally managed to get the computer to initiate recovery via 'VAIO Assist' and to do some hard disk repair, and then it seemed to work...- Hyakubun
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- bootable usb computer issues hard drive invalid key laptop licensing product key recovery reinstall repair disk tech support troubleshooting upgrade vaio windows 10 windows 8 windows 8.1 windows activation
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 10 How to eliminate recent Microsoft offer
An offer from Microsoft Windows popped up a few weeks ago and I downloaded it on the expectation of it being an improvement but instead it has made life more difficult and I’d like to reverse the action. The download changed the background of many items so that the contrast was lessened, and...- Joe27
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- accessibility activity log background contrast cyberlink download icons improvements microsoft programs recovery restore point settings software issues system changes troubleshooting user experience visual impairment windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 BootMGR is missing.
I've tried everything, from bootrec /rebuildbcd to trying to launch system restores but saying they don't exist, it can't detect my windows installation BUT it says when i do dir C:\ that my files exist.- akabl4ck
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- bootmgr bootrec command line diagnostics error file access missing recovery system restore windows installation
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Which partition should I delete?
I tried using Ubuntu with a dual boot on my lower end system and found out I'm too stupid for it. I need to remove the partition it's in, but I'm not sure which one it is.- wurzt
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- delete dual boot partition recovery storage system ubuntu
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Boot issue: i cannot run windows anymore, after conneted another SSD
i think i just dont get the idea of how boot works, though i have years of experience with computers. I have an SSD drive (connected via NVMe) work fine up until: - i connected another SSD drive (via SATA), then it booted into other windows OP on the sata drive. - i disconnected the sata drive...- danezeq
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- boot issues computer experience drive selection nvme recovery sata ssd troubleshooting windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 My laptop shutdown when I put it to sleep
- My laptop just shutdown and leds stay off and dont recognize anything when I put it to sleep by close lid or use hotkey. Only if I hold the power button for few second and everything work again. Beside of this, everything else is fine. Help me guys !!- quanhui812
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- hardware hotkeys laptop led power recovery shutdown sleep troubleshooting windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Windows 10 Boot Issue After Update: Missing winload.efi File
Hi...after installing the latest windows 10 update, i cannot get my pc to boot. Actually, it boots, but only into a recovery environment. It says that it is missing a file, \windows\system32\winload.efi. I am trying to avoid doing a full reset, because I really don't want to lose the hundreds of...- trippster2
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- apps preservation boot issues missing files recovery reset avoidance system32 troubleshooting update windows 10 winload
- Replies: 14
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Deploying a completely new machine to windows 10 will not work.
I just got a new machine and it already has windows 10 pre-installed. you have to choose the language. And the same thing goes on over and over again. I will not be able to use the machine when I have not yet been able to restore these initial settings. Some solution!- Rapaaja
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- deployment installation language machine pre-installed recovery settings solutions troubleshooting windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 10 Help! I've lost my permissions on Windows 10 and I can't get them back.
So, I was tinkering around w/my Dell Latitude E6440 laptop some weeks ago, let's say a month now and I mistakenly changed my permissions. Now almost no programs work, not even Windows Explorer. See the attachments for the messages I get... "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or...- ConnorMarc
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- access denied admin account boot tools command prompt default programs dell file access file issues photo viewer recovery software issues system restore tech support troubleshooting user account windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 EFS certificate lost , please help
Hello All, I have windows 8.1 pro, Before 4 years my friend did clean install of windows 8.1pro from windows 7 , I have 5-6 documents which i had encrypted with efs . My friend forgot to take back up of efs key certificate, Now i can't open without efs key certificate, Please help me to...- tirthraj
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- certificate data loss efs encryption pro recovery windows 8.1
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Windows Media Player
I have this past weekend lost 3/4 of the songs I had stored on my WMY. Can anyone help.- 2muchnoise
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- files help loss media player music recovery songs storage windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support