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• A post-reinstall checklist for Windows 10

  Posted on October 11, 2020 at 21:10 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  LANGALIST

  By Fred Langa

  After a Win10 reinstall, the order in which you set up a PC’s drivers, updates, apps, and data can fundamentally affect its stability, performance, and ease of use.

  Here’s how to get a Win10 reinstallation off on the right foot — solid, fast, glitch-free, and running as well as it possibly can!

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.40.0 (2020-10-12).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, LangaList AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Post-reinstall checklist, System Restore, Win10 system setup

• Langalist: When a Win7 “no reformat reinstall” is not the way to go

  Posted on May 6, 2019 at 02:08 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Fred Langa’s back with more advice about wiping out your system when you re-install Win7. It isn’t as simple as it seems.

  He also looks into System Restore on non-system drives.

  LangaList out this morning to Plus members in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.16.0.

  Tech Help AskWoody Plus Newsletter, LangaList, System Restore, Win7 no reformat re-install

• Win10 Anniversary cumulative update KB 3213986 triggers System Restore error 0x80070091

  Posted on March 2, 2017 at 07:13 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  There’s a fix, but it ain’t pretty.

  If you ever wondered why Restore Points don’t work all that well in Windows 10, here’s the culprit.

  InfoWorld Woody on Windows

  Windows Patches/Security 0x80070091, KB 3213986, System Restore

• How well is System Restore working in Win 7 – not theoretically, but really?

  Posted on September 15, 2016 at 14:21 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Inquiry from DO:

  Can rolling back a System Restore point fix Windows Update problems? Before installing updates, Update says it is ‘creating Restore Point’, but can it be depended upon to fix any subsequent problems (or unwanted changes) the update might cause? I haven’t tried it — the implication is that it can, but my experience with System Restore is it’s not all that dependable. (I’m running Win7/64 SP1, but this would apply to any Windows system I think.)

  Anybody else have some real-world experience?

  Windows News System Restore