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    Thanks for correcting my mistake feldorn. Glad...

    Thanks for correcting my mistake feldorn. Glad you got it figured out.

    Anyone know why this winre.wim goes suddenly missing?
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    NP. Thanks for all your tips!

    NP. Thanks for all your tips!
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    FINALLY go Windows Update to run successfully....

    FINALLY go Windows Update to run successfully. Here's what I ended up doing:

    Go to:

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

    Click "Download now" under the section titled...
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    Can I download the the entire installation media...

    Can I download the the entire installation media for free? That's going to be a HUGE file. lol
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    I don't have any Windows media to do that from. I...

    I don't have any Windows media to do that from. I had ran Win10 for years and upgraded to Win10 Pro about a year ago without a media file. It was all done in the background. So, what do I do in this...
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    winre.wim file missing - need help restoring

    Hello, I'm currently fighting a problem related to Windows Update and the update named 0x80070643. While doing research on this problem, I discovered that winre is not only disabled, but the...
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    This is WAYYYY over due, but replacing the power...

    This is WAYYYY over due, but replacing the power supply DID fix my problem.
  8. Thread: Can't run Windows Updated - related to 0x80070643 by hikerguy62
    Forum: Windows Updates and Activation
    Replies 1 Views 767

    Can't run Windows Updated - related to 0x80070643

    I'm currently unable to run Windows Update. It keeps coming back with "Error Encountered" and tells me to search on 0x80070643. I do this and after following a couple of links, I'm taken to a...
  9. Thread: System restore keeps getting disabled by hikerguy62
    Forum: Backup and Restore
    Replies 8 Views 1,474

    That makes sense. I'll keep an eye on that when I...

    That makes sense. I'll keep an eye on that when I receive an update.

    Thanks!
  10. Thread: System restore keeps getting disabled by hikerguy62
    Forum: Backup and Restore
    Replies 8 Views 1,474

    So it's not something that's randomly happening,...

    So it's not something that's randomly happening, it's getting switched off after an update? Why in the world would they do that???
  11. Thread: System restore keeps getting disabled by hikerguy62
    Forum: Backup and Restore
    Replies 8 Views 1,474

    System restore keeps getting disabled

    Several times now the past year, I've gone in to make a restore point only to find that the system restore feature has been disabled. When I re-enable it, I discover I've lost all previous restore...
  12. Thread: Windows 10 Home - can't update the OS by hikerguy62
    Forum: Windows Updates and Activation
    Replies 15 Views 2,612

    I had ran the dism command with no resolution to...

    I had ran the dism command with no resolution to the problem.
  13. Thread: Windows 10 Home - can't update the OS by hikerguy62
    Forum: Windows Updates and Activation
    Replies 15 Views 2,612

    I ended up downloading, installing and running...

    I ended up downloading, installing and running Windows Update Assistant:

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

    After it downloaded and applied the updates, I rebooted, but...
  14. Thread: Windows 10 Home - can't update the OS by hikerguy62
    Forum: Windows Updates and Activation
    Replies 15 Views 2,612

    I did end up going for broke and upgraded to...

    I did end up going for broke and upgraded to Win10 Pro (I thought that was a good suggestion). I have to say the upgrade is, by far, the easiest upgrade I've ever done. It was literally 5 minutes and...
  15. Thread: Windows 10 Home - can't update the OS by hikerguy62
    Forum: Windows Updates and Activation
    Replies 15 Views 2,612

    I should have been clearer. I'm not using that...

    I should have been clearer. I'm not using that icon to upgrade to Pro. I want to get that icon "active" so I can get all the available updates applied to my Home version before I upgrade to Pro. I...
  16. Thread: Windows 10 Home - can't update the OS by hikerguy62
    Forum: Windows Updates and Activation
    Replies 15 Views 2,612

    Windows 10 Home - can't update the OS

    Hello,

    I'm wanting to upgrade from Win10 Home to Pro, so I went to the start area and entered Update, then clicked "Check for updates". The screen that popped up had a few icons in the upper...
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    pepannee, I meant the latter. The screen went...

    pepannee, I meant the latter. The screen went blank, PC went silent, then about 2 seconds later, it restarted.

    I went back to the Event Viewer for a time/date I know it crashed (I was texting a...
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    Since replacing that PSU (with the same exact...

    Since replacing that PSU (with the same exact model) two days ago, my PC has not rebooted once. I'm confident this is the fix. The bad PSU (Corsair TX750W) was bought back in 2011, so I'd say I got...
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    I'm not too concerned with testing the old one....

    I'm not too concerned with testing the old one. If this PC keeps running for another day with no reboots, I'll know the old one was bad. Right now I'm at 22 hours with no reboots, which is a positive...
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    pepannee - I had done that when I first started...

    pepannee - I had done that when I first started tshooting and it didn't help at all. There was nothing in at the time of the reboots.

    UPDATE:

    I replaced the PSU I had in my PC with a new/spare...
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    I'm going to install WUMGR. That sounds like a...

    I'm going to install WUMGR. That sounds like a good utility program to have. Thanks for that.

    I had multiple reboots yesterday and was placing my four memory sticks into slot A2 of the MOBO....
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    Thanks for all that info bratkinson. I did do a...

    Thanks for all that info bratkinson. I did do a clean install of Windows 10 when I upgraded my system (since I was going from an old HDD to SSD).

    I forgot to mention this earlier, but I did look...
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    Frequent reboots since upgrading hardware (new MOBO, CPU, RAM, SSD)

    About two months ago, I upgraded my system (new MOBO, RAM, CPU, SSD) and also installed a fresh copy of Win10 Home Edition. Shortly thereafter, I've had a recurring problem with my PC just randomly...
  24. Thread: File Explorer stopped refreshing by hikerguy62
    Forum: General Support
    Replies 18 Views 81,478

    I can't take credit for the fix (I had the same...

    I can't take credit for the fix (I had the same issue and found it on another website), but glad it fixed your problem!
  25. Thread: File Explorer stopped refreshing by hikerguy62
    Forum: General Support
    Replies 18 Views 81,478

    Open Windows Explorer Click the View tab ...

    Open Windows Explorer

    Click the View tab

    Click Options - this will open the Folder Options window

    In the Folder Options window, click the Search tab

    Check or uncheck one or more boxes,...
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