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Problems immediately following Windows 10 clean install
I recently began having issues with Windows 10 (problems with the start menu not opening, the troubleshooter not being able to start, indexing repeatedly turning on and off, etc.), so I decided to do a clean install of Windows. I had some issues with the installation at first (kept getting BSoD from CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED"), but I was eventually able to complete the install without this problem. The new Windows 10 installation, however, had the exact same problems as the old one. So, I tried a few things to perhaps fix the installation:
1) Recreating the USB installation media
2) Using a different USB for installation
3) Trying install on a different hard drive
All of these attempts resulted in the same problems as stated above immediately after install (first login). I get an error on startup related to Windows Defender. I can't troubleshoot anything because the troubleshooter won't load. Windows also can't/won't update, and it also won't allow me to do anything with activation (it thinks I'm not connected to the internet, but I can use internet explorer just fine. I've tried using the sfc /scannow command, and it finds corrupt files but can't replace them (happens in safe mode as well). Dism will run, but nothing is fixed.
i wanted to go into device manager to attempt to just reinstall all of the drivers for my hardware in case something just got screwed up, but I keep getting the message that "an administrator has blocked access to this app..." even after using the command prompt to make sure my account had admin privileges. So no luck there.
I'm kind of out of troubleshooting ideas, as simply reinstalling Windows on any hard drive puts me back in the same place. Any input would be appreciated.