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Reset Windows Update Tool — but you might never use it for that

Posted on October 21, 2024 at 02:43 CDT by Deanna McElveen • Comment in the Forums

FREEWARE SPOTLIGHT

By Deanna McElveen

Like naming your entire toolbox “hammer,” sometimes a name does not do a computer tool justice.

Reset Windows Update Tool (RWUT) is a free and open-source creation by the Colombian developer Manuel Gil that does so much more than its name suggests. Sure, it will fix things when Windows refuses to update, but it will fix some of other the big issues your Windows 10 or 11 install might face.

Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.43.0, 2024-10-21).

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