Hi Bob,
Some interesting problems to be sure. It would be helpful for us to know a couple of more things about your computer's enivonment.
1.) What is the exact model of the Lenovo you have? Is it a desktop PC or laptop?
2.) We could use full hardware/environment specs; if you don't have, please download free
SPECCY diagnostic and post output text result back here.
3.) What version of Windows Server is being run by your Corporate Server? (i.e.: Windows Server RT2008).
4.) What BIOS version is your Lenovo at?
I don't know whether this will uncover anything different than you've already found, but we are operating without quite a bit of information about your computer environment. You mentioned several apps installed on your computer, and said you took weeks to install the rest; we would need
ALL of them.
SPECCY will help with that.
I have some other observations as well:
1.) Have you tried creating a
LOCAL login to your Lenovo machine; in other words a non-Domain login. If you cannot do that, it's quite possible that the Domain controllers at your Office are causing 1 or more of these problems. If your IT department installed the W10 on your laptop for you, chances are very likely that they disabled this feature. (the
LOCAL login). If this is the case, you are stuck reporting these issues to them and having them fix them. Since you've found them elsewhere online in other forums, it's likely that they will have to wait for Microsoft to resolve which could take months or even years. (that's not helping, I know). But the bottom line is here, your computer is essentially controlled by your Office, and not by you regardless of whether you own the Lenovo machine or they do. In either case,
legally the ownership is theirs since it's on their Domain. You may not be aware of this. Case law is very specific about this. The fact that you are attempting to test W10 apps for your job or just for you does not mean that you can leave your IT out of the loop--you must involve them; else request to remove your laptop from their Domain, or if they own the Lenovo machine, give it back to them, buy your own W10 machine and test on that!
2.) If your Lenovo machine came from Lenovo with a Win10 Pro installed, chances are you cannot downgrade, you actually have to call and find out that from Lenovo support. Some machines can do it, others cannot. Next, if your IT department has not concluded testing on their Domain with W10, and you don't have permission to do so, in writing, this can be causing them serious problems! No offense, but, if the IT guys at your Office haven't asked you specifically to help them with W10 testing, this can be a violation of your corporate IT policy. It can crash their servers as well as their network, and you would face then the consequences of any such unauthorized action. You need to be aware.
3.) As far as the "Recovery Drive" goes, you should also look at Mike's suggestion of using a backup image software such as
EASEUS, or
Macrium Reflect that can create a backup dvd disk media as well as USB stick. Microsoft's USB Media Creation Tool (
MCT) pretty much does not work, unless you have the right USB burning tool and the right machine. It took me 6 months to get one to work! DVD bootable discs are much easier to make. However, you can download the Microsoft W10 Pro ISO from Microsoft MCT page and that will work. But, for me I had to use the
WiNTBootIC burning tool to get a working bootable USB stick. The real matter at hand will be, if you deploy this tool it will erase your hard drive and all your apps & configurations you've since installed on it. Even with a good Image Backup made using either
EASEUS or MACRIUM, this is not a good idea, since your machine is essentially owned by your Office IT department. I would suggest rather, that if you own that machine, you physically
REMOVE the factory Lenovo Hard Drive, purchase another new one of similar type and capacity, and then reinstall your W10; and test for the other 2 problems you encountered (Temp file creation, and the Registry Search failure).
**THIS IS CRITICAL**; after your W10 PRO is reinstalled on this Test drive,
make sure to create a local login (no Domain user account), and
UNPLUG your Ethernet cable from your router or broadband modem or
DISABLE YOUR WIRELESS adapter on your machine. Also, do
NOT install all your apps; run the W10 Pro in a clean a state as you can get it-then retest for your other 2 issues. If the issues abate, that will tell you pretty much either your IT department is using deployed apps that could be causing your issues, or specific apps you are attempting to install and test in the W10 environment are causing. From this point, you should install
1 APP AT A TIME, RETEST FOR 2 ISSUES, then install next App; retest for issues; repeat. If you have say 30 apps previously installed on your factory Lenovo drive; after installing these same 30 Apps, you cannot reproduce either of the issues, chances are very good your IT department's Domain configuration is causing them. That being said, it certainly wouldn't be surprising if that occurred, since they haven't approved the W10 machine you are using on their Domain; or have they?
Having run several corporate IT department networks up to 5,000 computers in size, you have several questions you really need to answer for us here in order to help you further. I think the 2 questions we need answered right away are
#1: Do you have written permission to attach a W10 machine to your Corporate Domain, Yes or No?, and
#2: Who actually owns that Lenovo machine you say you are using for Beta testing of Apps on W10, you or your Office? Answers to these 2 questions will tell us much; but I suspect you are trying to resolve these issues on a Corporate network without the involvement of your IT department!
In some companies this can get you banned from the Domain, as well as several other disciplinary measures, up to and including termination. I'm only mentioning this to provide you with knowledge that you could be doing something wrong and not be aware of it. Furthermore, if you are a Principal of this Business, or a Manager, or a Director, and your actions crash that corporate network,
you may face civil legal action and even be financially responsible for any losses suffered from downtime of the corporate network or lost sales or services.
Thanks for listening,
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