And one last final note from me (before we completely derail this topic (still open to questions/support for OP though!). With premeditated binge watching you're absolutely right but I'm a relentess...

Didn't know about this functionality but just looked it up. Sounds easy enough (just one click and there you go). I use (Win key + P) to switch my entire desktop (or sometimes extend if someone is...

Bree: Astude catch! I must admit I've never liked WMP for it's sluggishness and lack of functionality so I am partially biased.
Also I "stream" my media from my PC (which essentially is my main...

I think this is what a Dutch expression calls" tensioning the horse behind the wagon". First of all I wonder why anyone would still use WMP since it's not even a standard player with windows anymore,...

I set my internet connection as wired (for Win Home this is the easiest without group policies).

I only found out today you can disable driver updates in Win10 but I actually turned off all MS auto updates alltogether as this is the 3rd time in 6 months a MS update messed up my PC in a severe...

Quoting myself here since as of this morning I have the exact same problem again after (what I think is) the anniversary update of Win 10 64x. To my surprise, both device manager and even Geforce...

Just to finish up this thread in a proper way: I did not manage to either reset my passworde nor copy my account with the use of several scenarios. The issue I ran into copying the account primairily...

That's unfortunately what I meant yes, although techincally I didn't activate anything as upgrading to Win10 didn't require me to enter a license during the process. Probably due to the separation...

Well, that option is at least not as bad as a fresh install and I wil certainly consider it as a second last resort but still, I'd prefer to unlock my account.

However, to take a deposit on this...

Update (day 10) This time following the exact instructions as provided by @Brink's link:


1. Created a Repair Flash Disk: "createdrive.exe" (Start/Find/createdrive.exe) but the flashdrive...

Well that's exactly the problem. The selection for PIN/PW isn't available anymore. Some update broke it (I found some threads about some MS updates in november or december doing the exact same thing,...

I could never make much sense of event viewer myself but then again- I never really needed it nor was I curious about it. As @LMiller7 ruled out the Doskey option I have no idea how to investigate...

I see. I didn't realise (as I'm learning along the way) opening the command prompt from pre-login differs from accessing it when already in the OS regarding rights and/or proper access.

This...

Don't mean to keep pushing my suggestion but I hoped you at least looked at ur current schematic under powermanagement right? Could be the upgrade somehow messed things up.

Also the correlation...

Hi Brink,

Thanks for responding!

I did try your first suggestion yes but got a message the SAM file is in use (using an elevated Admin account). Also the /user folder isn't available/visible...

Maybe event viewer has some options for you: http://www.isunshare.com/windows-10/6-ways-to-open-event-viewer-in-windows-10.html

Don't know if this actually works for viewing "system generated...

I don't have a solution for you but since I'm troubleshooting other issues I ran into limitations myself with Hiren and some Linux distros. As far as I know SECURE BOOT should be disabled as well and...

Maybe too obvious but have you chosen the right "Energy Profile"? I once set up a custom balanced profile then came to the conclusion the default profile was still active.

Found a similar thread with a solution: https://www.tenforums.com/windows-updates-activation/56126-cannot-install-kb3172985.html

For my MSI GTX960 the latest stable build was 362.00. I get the same issue with every new driver so far where switching monitors (Win+P) results in an endless loop of the 2 monitors switching -even...

I have read threads where people report issues after de-installing 3rd party codec packs caused by registry leftovers so it might be worth looking into that if other packs also don't work. Here's a...

Nope, exhausted all net user options (as briefly touched upon in my post).

Edit: I do wonder though if the Home limitations should reside on cmd/kernel level too and not just GUI.

I don't have that option. All I can do is change an Admin to regular or delete the account. Could be a Home version limitation.

Hello,

First post, new to the fora, hope this doensn't exclude me from benefitting from your expertise though.
Quite literally I've been troublehooting for almost 100+ hours (I'm an insomniac)...