• Got a misbehaving Windows 10?

    Posted on December 25, 2020 at 21:26 CST by • Comment in the Forums

    If you ever have a misbehaving Windows 10 that just will not install and update no matter what dism or sfc or powershell command or anything that you’ve tried, what’s the best (and quite frankly easiest) way to fix a system to get it working with Windows update again?

    By doing an inplace repair over the top.

    You will not lose data.  (that said, I would still recommend to back up your computer)

    Once upon a time I would run the Windows update troubleshooter or numerous googling on the web.  Now if I get a machine that won’t respond to a number of reputable steps on the web to fix the issue, I will simply do an inplace repair over the top.

    Remember…”If you have Windows 10 version 20H2 installed, then it is required to have KB4586853 for build 19042.662 or higher installed to be able to do a repair install and keep everything.”

    This is one of the reasons I recommend to always download an ISO of whatever version of Windows 10 that’s out and store it for a rainy day.

    Windows 10
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