Windows Help & Advice – May 2019

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Windows 10

Your PC reborn

Give Windows a health check

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There are 47 repairs in total – switch to the Repair Info tab

and use the drop-down menu to select one for more information

about it. Select the repairs you wish to attempt, tick Restart/

Shutdown System and choose Restart, then click Start Repairs.

After rebooting your PC will hopefully be healthier. Q

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View repairs
Switch to the Repairs – Main tab. There are some options
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permissions, Windows Update and ‘common’ problems, but a
better bet is to click the Open Repairs button, which will enable
you to manually see which repairs are available.

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Check hard drive for errors
Close the window to return to the main Windows Repair
screen. Click ‘>’ followed by Check to perform a disk check. If
errors are found, click Open Check Disk At Next Boot, then restart
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done, return to this screen and click ‘>’ again.

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Run System File Check

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it may fail. Once done, click ‘>’ and create both a Registry Backup

and a System Restore point using the buttons provided.

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Setup and reboot to Safe mode
Download and install Windows Repair from http://www.
tweaking.com – launch the tool, let it perform initial checks and
click ‘I Agree’ when prompted. At the main screen, click ‘Reboot
to Safe Mode’ to restart your PC in Safe mode. Then go to Step 2:
(Optional) and click Open Pre-Scan.

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Scan for errors

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potential issues – click Start Scan. Reparse or environment errors

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update.microsoft.com to download and reinstall missing

packages (search by KB number).