UPDATE: Windows 11 now has a built in feature for doing pretty much the same thing as the in-place repair install I describe at 6:43 . It's found in Settings > System > Recovery , and is called "Fix problems using Windows Update". It's not in Windows 10, only Windows 11 24H2, or 22H2 and 23H2 with the optional February 2024 update (KB5034848 apparently)
It says "You'll need to be an administrator to go back to a previous version of Windows. Please contact your support person for more info." Should I ignore it?
Mostly this is good advice however the chkdsk procedure needs to be run early in the process not later. If your storage device has file allocation errors then all those sfc and dism procedures can actually just make things worse! Open a command prompt as admin, type chkdsk c: /f and enter yes to run at next reboot and then do reboot the system. It's much better to attempt Windows repairs when you know your system drive is free from errors. PS, you could also use the /r option but that takes much longer than /f.
@@vadnegru I am aware of that option, it seems to be related more to files checking and I've found it sometimes reports the drive as "OK" but CrystalDiskInfo shows SMART errors are present on the drive indicating degradation with certain SMART parameters, this is a more informative technical test.
@@johnbufton1487 chkdsk have nothing to do with your disk stats. It only fixes file system errors. If your S.M.A.R.T. are bad only thing you can do are backup and buy another drive.
Good show Mike. I love seeing industry vets jump in these guide videos and add to or correct or explain things a bit further. Doing this without internet malice (like you did) makes all of us in the field look better. Much love m8
I know I'm late to the game, but this man allowed me to recover a lot of data I would have lost otherwise. Good videos for people who are novice and not computer savvy.
Thank you. This worked to correct my "Could not complete your updates" problem. It took the "The Last Resort" option in your video, but it did fix the problem without having to do a clean reinstall.
After a crappy MS update last year, which corrupted my image files and required a rollback, I said screw it. I turned off all updates via registry, except Defender. Stopped updating everything. My life is so much easier now!
Believe it or not, using God Mode from an earlier post of yours solved (so far!) an issue I was experiencing where my PC would just shut down exactly 30 minutes after start-up. It was annoying as that I would fix it, then it would go back to shutting down again. I am glad you have the heart of a teacher...Great post!
@world away You are correct. It did turn out to be a hardware issue. I replaced the motherboard, and that solved the problem. It was an issue with the mobo bios...
Thank you. A whole lot of my windows system apps (e.g. get help, microsoft store, etc.) were not working and I thought some very very hidden system files got corrupted after a freeze-up and force reboot during windows update. Turn out to be a corrupted user profile. This saved me a lot a lot a lot of time.
I usually don't comment, but had to on this one. I have been building computers since the 90's and take care of everyone's computer I know. I can usually solve just about anything that comes up. Despite this, I was having zero luck with the Windows 10 KB5011487 update on my Acer laptop. Watched it reboot a few times a week saying, "Update Couldn't Be Installed, Rolling Back Changes". Was at the precipice of reinstalling Win 10 when I came across your video. Started watching at 6:30, as a blog user indicated, and reinstalled the image that was created with Media Creation Tool, and I was in shock when KB5011487 finally installed successfully! This looks like a comprehensive approach to solving a lot of problems, as the title of your video suggests. All I can is. . . Thank you!!!
I've been struggling with an update that fails EVERY DAY. The reinstall windows process at 6:40 worked like a charm! It also updated me from 21H1 to 21H2. Thanks Joe!
@@stealth-bh9ep Try the repair upgrade, it's the only thing that fixed my failed Windows updates. Absolutely nothing else worked and I was trying to fix it for months to no avail.
Same issue with windows update (mine: 0x80071160 error on KB500821) and it was solved! sfc could not fix corrupted files it had found and DISM gave an error 4448. The Win 10 reinstall process (with an ISO) did the trick. No more issues with sfc and DISM after. Big thnx to ThioJoe.
Sir you dont know the beginning of it. Recently I found a windows optimizing prodigy named Khorvie Tech he has a really keen sense with computers and made my 8 year old x99 motherboard work really fast, cpu automatically went to constant 3.7ghz (xeon i7 6900-k LOL) the base ghz is 2.4-2.5 before I messed around and my total boot time into unsupported win 11 on old hardware is less than 15 seconds. I do have a 3090 but it is ddr4 at only 3300mhz which I believe is the max stable megahertz or close to it for ddr4. Edit: I left out the best part. Nothing is overclocked besides the ram with a very cool temp which is why I daily'd it. The boost on the CPU maxes at 3800mhz or 3.8Ghz using intel turbo boost and a few youtubers have gotten it to 4.0-4.1ghz. Apparently it seems when you remove windows OS bloat it allows the hardware to communicate easier or at the very least quicker.
Pro tip when creating a local user. If you want to avoid the ridiculous "security questions". Don't set a password when creating a new user. Wait till you login to that account. Then to set a password go back to settings-> accounts->sign-in options->password
Dude, you are such a good explainer of tech, I'm glad you moved on from the joke videos. I mean they were indeed funny, but you have the capacity to provide content that'S actually useful to many people. As a non-native speaker, I also find your accent and manner of speaking easy to understand.
I had a boot problem not too long ago where all of these options failed so solve the issue. What ended up solving it for me was by taking a look at the system partitions in DISKPART. The boot partition was showing “raw” instead of “fat32” for the file system. Using a usb with the windows recovery environment, I was able to format that partition back to fat32, assign it a drive letter, and using bcdboot, rebuilt the EFI boot partition back onto it. Hope this helps someone.
@5:27 You mention to create a new profile on your computer, how would you do this if the computer isn't booting? Please help I'm not understanding how you are able to do this things on a computer that won't boot? I'm using a second computer to watch this video and can't seem to figure out how he's able to do this things on the same computer that doesn't boot?? You also mentioned to NOT create a USB drive with the boot info but to save it directly to your computer?? How is this possible if the computer is not booting up to get into any of these screens. All I did was connect a mic and now I cannot boot back up? I've tried everything and nothing works is my computer dead because of a mic?? If anybody is reading this can you please help me...:(
PRO TIP: If you see the progress bar has stopped, you may have clicked on the CMD window and stopped it rendering. It will continue running, and to see the progress just press ESC to stop selecting and unfreeze the window.
So all I did was your first step. It told that it found a corrupt file and successfully repaired it. I shut it down and restarted and my issue is gone. Im speechless. Thank you.
i remember in win98,the sfc was so much easier and had gui..you were able to specify the address to the installation source "which always worked " unlike now and i never had any "not be able to fix" .... also reinstalling windows with keeping files always worked unlike the newer versions where sometimes it forces you to have clean installation
I believe starting in win 10 rebuilding a user profile requires a registry edit (key or dword delete) to completely get rid of the old user so the new one can have the same name (if that matters). Great info man.
You should also go over fixing an installation that wont boot. Like using WinPE to rebuild the BCD file or fixing MBR. Windows installation media also has a repair/ recovery tool, when you boot from it. It is in the bottom left corner on the language/ keyboard selection screen.
@@OstenTV_DK I was referring to WinPE I don't know what it is. But I meant I wish I knew about that as it may have helped. Whereas I did a super manual route of recovery.
@@Ballissle it is a Microsoft tool that you can boot from. It is like the windows installation except it only has basic tools. You can also use the windows installation and press shift +F10 to get to CMD. The bootrec command is very useful to fix that kind of issues.
There are a lot of unmentioned steps to be taken before a reinstall. The average PC user should run troubleshooting or the specific FixIt to correctly diagnose/fix their issue. Use the tools available to you if you aren’t a “guru”. Also, if you suspect it’s a profile issue, make sure you’re not logging into a temp profile.
ran SFC SCAN "could not perform the requested operation" ...... next dism /online cleanup restorehealth "error 50" DISM does not support servicing windows PE with the /online option ......
I have purchased a new laptop previous month and facing problems with it such as programs were suspended, brave gets hang, vs code corrupts , etc. Even my laptop's specs is not that low end. Ryzen 5 4500U 8gb ram 256 GB SSD But I couldn't get any solution and after performing the steps mentioned in your video, I can find the errors and fix them. Thank you so much for the help. Your videos are always helpful. ❤️
Uh... Then the solution is to only reinstall windows (and if you're thinking using an Microsoft official iso and installing using it will not ruin your product key. It will activate itself online 😎😎😎)
@@ray.upside-down i can make a guess 32 gigs of ram 4.5 TB SSD ryzen 9-5700x Nvidia rtx 3080-ti gaming I have 12gigs of ram (upgraded by harvesting 4gbs of ram from my old laptop it's different MHz and i consistent but it still works for me it was originally 8gbs) Intel core i5 comet lake And a not bad Nvidia GeForce mx130 It's a hp 15s laptop i regret buying a laptop because at the time i bought that laptop i could have built an high performance beast for the same price but at that time i had an new system but built with 2007 specs for under 70$ at that time i thought laptops were better And i was not making content i thought I would just use it for online class and s**t And now If i build the same pc the cost would be almost 4x higher it will 4,00,000 inr USD:approx 4,000$!!! And also he's not flexing his laptop he's just telling the specs so no probs 😎😎
@@techtriggr Actually you are super low, its a Ryzen 9 5950X, 128GB of ram, 8TB Chungus Sabrent nvme drive, 16TB Seagate disk, Dual RTX 3090 (yea I am the one responsible for the shortages as people say). He was indeed trying to flex corruption has nothing to do with specs and if he is a coder he should know that even better!
To avoid corruption turn off Write-caching for drives that contain the OS. If you don't then any type of crash or power failure will result in system file corruption.
This is one of those esoteric settings that not many people talk about. I have (on two occasions) lost files after a crash or cold reboot, presumably because the file was "saved" but pending its actual write to disk, meaning when I booted up the system the file seemed intact from the outside, but contained no actual data (a hex editor showed only null bytes for the entire stated length of the file).
I have been struggling with a 'Preparing Automatic Repair' loop for days. Somehow I managed to make an alteration that enabled boot up - but indicated 2 operating systems!! After many other attempts I found your clear and concise video. I have been trying to fix my PC for days, but have only now fixed it as a result of your video. The option that worked for me was to download the 'windows.iso' file and use the 'mount' command. Only problem was getting the 'mount' command to work, but when it did everything worked out beautifully. Thank you.
When I first watched this video I was in an absolute panic. I thought I lost my 4+ years worth of files , videos, shenanigans & creations that I've made and collected over time . I was absolutely devastated when I saw how screwed I thought I was. I still remember this video and I came back to say thank you for even posting this. I'm for sure going to back everything up twice onto separate SSDs if I have to.
So, I was having a problem where my Dell E6420 would freeze before windows started. It was somewhat intermittent, which I can't explain, but after managing to get it to boot to windows I ran the SFC command and got a report that it had found and corrected some problems. I then ran DISM which completed without reporting any problems. I restarted successfully and ran SFC again. This time it reported no problems found. I have now shut down and booted from power off successfully 3 times. It appears you have helped me fix the issue I was having. I have now subscribed and will sing your praises everywhere I go. 1000 thanks!
with the assistance of MS support i was able to fix corruption on around 15 servers running server 2008 and/or 2012. the process was the painstaking one you had to follow, retrieving good copies of the cabs from other computers, windows iso's or downloading the specific versions of KBs that came with them. In some cases Microsoft had to provide some of the KBs as they are no longer available to the public. These older operating systems are harder to fix as the build info is not documented (words of the ms tech). server 2019 and windows 10 now has this info published so tracking down the required updates is alot quicker. The corruption issues i faces were due to either machines being rebooted whilst an update was installing or the machine rebooting with pending patches whilst the C drive was completly full (never reboot with a full disk).
Thank you ThioJoe! The "Last Resort Repair Upgrade" method fixed my "broken component store" issue. No amount of dism commands or SFC commands could fix Windows. After the installation, SFC and dism came up clean! Perfect! Cheers!
I'm glad to find this video. 6:43 - The 'Last Resort' Repair Upgrade, resolves all of my problems in windows 10. My taskbar was not responsive, i can't right click on the start button, search, sound, time/calendar, action center. and all default application like email, calculator, preview photo/video, microsoft store etc I love you man
Thank you! I was struggling to figure out what was wrong with my PC for weeks and I was so sure it was a hardware fault (random freezes and very bad performance and stuttering constantly) using the windows ISO to reinstall windows + keeping my files and apps worked PERFECTLY and everything feels back to it's good old self! 👍👍
One other possibility if all else fails: restore a system drive backup made when everything was running as it should. If that doesn't work, start suspecting a hardware problem. Since I do fresh backups often and keep the last 5, that's something I might try before I did a repair install.
Let's face it, most people do not bother with backups. If you ask if they've mad a backup they will glare at you as if you were speaking Silbo Gomero. Even if they have made one, they wouldn't know what to do with it. People just want the system to work and do the the things they want without all the hassle.
@@telebubba5527 True my main C drive is a 4TB nvme with 3.1 filled up, Where should I copy that metric shit ton of data I mean yes I have a nas and yea I have unlimited google drive but it really gets impractical
You should outline the other parameters of SFC and or Sscannow. There are a number of different commands that can be run that go beyond the basics that you mentioned! As a tip if you enter SFC /RUNNOW a list of optional commands will display that show you what I am talking about.
Don't use SFC /RUNNOW to see the commands-. That is because /Runnow is not a valid parameter, so it will show you them, but it is not the proper way to. Use SFC /? for help.
My pc in the Preparing automatic repair loop if I can't figure out how to fix it i get take it to a shop or remove all and have to put everything i had on again
I’ve been having issues installing updates, when I go to restart my pc to update it would reach about 30% and reboot, after rebooting it would eventually reach 99% and say - something didn’t go as planned undoing changes, and it would restart and repeat this twice, eventually booting to windows. So I’m stuck in a loop where there’s a bunch of updates that need to install but can’t. Im hoping reinstalling windows fixes the issue
One of the things I love the most when having issues with Windows and you take to Googling the issue.. You come across Official Microsoft guides and forums and they post their guide.. then, you see “Run Windows Troubleshooter”… WE ALL should know by now that Windows Troubleshooter has NEVER fixed anything. Well crafted Video overall! I’m a proponent of DISM and SFC for finding and resolving Corrupt Window Files
I would be interested in learning more about how these files and settings get 'corrupted' since actual literal file corruption on the HDD or SDD is far less common than is used to be.
If you crank the CPU voltage up too much when you overclock it can cause it to not function 100% correctly. Thus as files are being written and read constantly it would be easy for one or two to become corrupt.
@@theHardwareBench That's not always the case lol... corruption of windows begins if your cpu or especially your ram overclock is beyond unstable and you continue to run windows like that for weeks. It will slowly start to corrupt everything within windows to the point that it becomes unusable over time in which you need to completely reinstall it fresh.
Great informative video! Would be also great if you could do part 2, where you would use mentioned chkdsk, bootrec, bcdedit, diskpart and similiar. Also, something related with repairing Windows boot partition or boot in general (I know there are plenty of videos, but yours are pretty enjoyable!) Thanks for the video!
the windows setup is saying it has trouble determining if this pc can run windows 10, even though I AM running windows 10 (my issue is that settings crash whenever i open it, windows search doesn't work, and everything opens horrifically slow)
The repair install finally let me get rid of that Windows Update Error 0x80073701, which could not be fixed by the 'problem solver', nor by SFC, nor by DISM. Great advice!
To, Theo Joe, Sir, can we use Windows System Restore Point Feature to sove these problems/issues that you've mentioned in this video? As we all know that, The Windows OS related problems/issues actually don't have any end to it, they keep come, each time with unbelievably completely unknown territory. So, can we fix such issues by using Deepfreez or System Restore Point??
If I run SFC /scan now and it says “windows resource Protection could not perform the requested operation” is this another way of it saying “could not start the repair service?”
Also I tried C:Windows\logs\CBS\CBS.log and it says “The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process” please help if you can
I had the exact same Problem you are describing in the Corrupted Windows Profile Section, but I didn't know that this was the issue, so I just reinstalled Windows. Thanks for the help on figuring out what my issue was now I know that it was most likely not a hardware issue.
Bro u r an angel. The last resort upgrade worked, I always knew it existed but didn't knew it actually makes a difference. All the viruses are gone. Back to peace.
Many thanks, TJ. The first option found some corrupted files, repaired them, and now my Windows updating problem has been solved. It's great to have you here to help ignoramuses like myself who know nothing about computers!😉
Was having issues with some SCCM deployments a while back on my legacy windows infra (non Intune/Azure)... Came across your video and saw the "Servicing Stack" updates portion.... Nowhere in my deployment and failure logs was this particular thing mentioned, but sure enough, this was the culprit... Your videos have helped me tremendously when I need a "second opinion" on things haha.
Awesome video! Super good advice. Not sure if it is the *exact* same procedure, but you can go settings>update & security> recovery>reset this PC. Always found that a bit easier/quicker than downloading the media creation tool.
7:13 I know you can do that, But will the UEFI Screen Resolution and The OEM Logo And Apps Be there? (My OEM is Dell) Its because than than they will find out I reinstalled windows Using a ISO.
I want to thank you for this, Joe. I had a Dell laptop with a 2 year install of Win 10 Pro lose the sound. I thought maybe the sound chip had gone bad, bought a used Dell, swapped the hard drive over, and nope, the bad sound went with it. Put a different hard drive in the old one, and that sound chip worked fine. So, I tried the SFC, that found corrupt files, but didn't fix the sound issue. DISM couldn't run because it couldn't find an image, I've run check disk, etc. So, I've had to resort to the Install/Repair option. It's running REALLY slow, so I don't know how it's going to work out. I'll update this if it works. I don't want to do a clean install, that is such a pain for me. But, you're video has been helpful, so thank you for that.
THANK YOU SO MUCH Something on the kernel was corrupted an my pc wouldn't boot and startup recovery couldnt fix it So i went on the advanced settings of repair openned cmd and ran sfc /scannow Instantly found corrupted files and fixed it
12:30 big thing to note is that most browsers store all your browser state data in %appdata%. If you're on Chrome, you can sign into Chrome Sync and make sure it's synced and you should be good. Firefox sync is similar but is peer-to-peer I believe; you'll need to have another computer set up with Firefox sync in order to get the same result. Or, you could just export bookmarks and note down all your passwords, that's usually all most people need anyway. Edge is probably similar to Chrome, just sign in and it should sync to Microsoft's cloud service instead of Google's.
Using Inventor (CAD software) when trying to open a new drawing it causes Inventor to hang/freez. Thanks to this video I've came to conclusion I've had a corrupted user profile. I've decided to clean and wipe my laptop to new and started up with a new user profile and new microsoft account and downloaded again my CAD programms from my Autodesk account. Keep it up the good work👍
HELLO TJ! Am an avid Subscriber, you are my first 'Go to' when diagnosing PC issues! I recently built a new Computer in my old Tower with a new Raidmax Vampire 1000W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply, an MSI Z390-A PRO Motherboard with an Intel Pentium Gold Processor G5400 CPU @ 3.7GHz! Next added 64.0 GB DDR4 3200 Ram! Also a ZOTAC GAMING GeForce GTX 1 Video Card! Recently upgraded all my HHD's with an Intel 660p Series M.2 1 TB SSD Drive C and two WD I TB internal SSD's! My Computer now boots up completely for a cold start in 30 seconds!!!! (Once in a while when I turn it on, it Boots into the Bios Screen)!!!(But when I wont to boot into Bios, no matter what key combination I press it wont go into Bios on Command)! Windows will not display on my Digital Monitor but I can see the Bios Screen on another HDMI Output to my 32 inch TV! Am running XMP Mode and Gaming Mode on the MSI along with allocating 3/4 of my Ram to Process my Adobe Premiere 2022! My Question is: How do I get the computer to Boot into Windows EVERY TIME? And secondly, How do I get my computer to boot into Bios on command?
2 years later and I came across this video after a corrupt entire system. It helped to use the log and at least now we fortunate to get windows updates straight for the MS Catalogue!!! 👊👊👊
I dont really have time to try this TODAY (cuz its 7pm for me rn), but I'll try. But yet I wanna describe to you my situation: My PC is and was running considerably slow, so I moved the needed stuff to what i think was a safer place in my files and went for Recovery but keeping the files. Guess what? "No changes were made". I tried using the CMD in that Shift + Restart menu (I think its called Safe Mode but im not sure) but NOT EVEN CMD RUNS THERE ANYMORE. Basically no troubleshooting options there work. It ends up in a blue screen (not the BlueScreen of Death one) and it says winload.efi is corrupted or missing (but yet i can find it in the System32 folder), and it mentions the Error Code "0xc0000225". Pls help bro idk much of what to do. Imma try your tutorial tomorrow likely (10/16/24) but i still want ur answer to make sure it wont be worthless. Thx :)
using the iso file solved more than just corrupted files for me! ive had issues with being unable to update to 22H2 for a good year with no solution online that worked. thank you!
Your two tips in combo worked today after dozens of cmd attempts from other TH-cam tuts. Note the indexing of the C drive search logs and shortcuts gets corrupted over long use (temp files get huge and are hidden). We need a way to see WHERE that bloughted search strings temporarily is stored and users should be taught to manually search for that to remove an old index that is corrupted. Once rebuilt re introduce your two first powershell steps to correct. In My case the window popped up for a fraction but not long enough for me to notice it was failing on every attempt to type in the search box. In my case the errors began shortly after a MS Security update
We need more views for this video. It might not be any use for some people right now, but I am very sure this would save tons of people even lives, who knows what could have happen the moment you turn your back against your PC.
UPDATE: Windows 11 now has a built in feature for doing pretty much the same thing as the in-place repair install I describe at 6:43 . It's found in Settings > System > Recovery , and is called "Fix problems using Windows Update". It's not in Windows 10, only Windows 11 24H2, or 22H2 and 23H2 with the optional February 2024 update (KB5034848 apparently)
It says "You'll need to be an administrator to go back to a previous version of Windows. Please contact your support person for more info."
Should I ignore it?
@@ThioJoe how would you do this while stuck on the blue screen of death?
I believe we will achieve World Peace before Windows fixes all of its bugs and issues.
Yeah, nah. World Peace is not in the cards. Gotta go to Heaven for that one.
Yea making a bug free program that's even remotely complicated is hard. And a os system makes it almost impossible.
@DEEJMASTER 333 me interviewing everyone ever to find who asked
@@imSterling yo r u okay?
Any bug fix will double the number of bugs there are. Just they will be different.
Mostly this is good advice however the chkdsk procedure needs to be run early in the process not later. If your storage device has file allocation errors then all those sfc and dism procedures can actually just make things worse! Open a command prompt as admin, type chkdsk c: /f and enter yes to run at next reboot and then do reboot the system. It's much better to attempt Windows repairs when you know your system drive is free from errors. PS, you could also use the /r option but that takes much longer than /f.
This should be pinned
(Edit: ayo he actually pinned!)
@@anonded yes
@@vadnegru I am aware of that option, it seems to be related more to files checking and I've found it sometimes reports the drive as "OK" but CrystalDiskInfo shows SMART errors are present on the drive indicating degradation with certain SMART parameters, this is a more informative technical test.
@@johnbufton1487 chkdsk have nothing to do with your disk stats. It only fixes file system errors. If your S.M.A.R.T. are bad only thing you can do are backup and buy another drive.
Good show Mike. I love seeing industry vets jump in these guide videos and add to or correct or explain things a bit further. Doing this without internet malice (like you did) makes all of us in the field look better. Much love m8
Thank you. Had I have seen this video 4 years earlier, My father would have not beaten me down to hell.
Relatable 🙂
He copied the Video
@@Mr_._Matt ? What
😂😂😂😂😂
@@freezinfire he copied the video
I know I'm late to the game, but this man allowed me to recover a lot of data I would have lost otherwise.
Good videos for people who are novice and not computer savvy.
One year and no one commented lol
@@TheKingOfE Why would that be a source of amusement?So,you take time to even bother to point this out?
@@nash984954 i said that flippin 5 months ago and dont even remember commenting this-
@@nash984954 Yet, YOU, sir, take time to even bother to point THIS out ?
Leave the dude alone.
Thank you. This worked to correct my "Could not complete your updates" problem. It took the "The Last Resort" option in your video, but it did fix the problem without having to do a clean reinstall.
Did you keep all of your files and apps?
After a crappy MS update last year, which corrupted my image files and required a rollback, I said screw it. I turned off all updates via registry, except Defender. Stopped updating everything. My life is so much easier now!
Wannacry wants to know your location.
Believe it or not, using God Mode from an earlier post of yours solved (so far!) an issue I was experiencing where my PC would just shut down exactly 30 minutes after start-up. It was annoying as that I would fix it, then it would go back to shutting down again. I am glad you have the heart of a teacher...Great post!
@world away You are correct. It did turn out to be a hardware issue. I replaced the motherboard, and that solved the problem. It was an issue with the mobo bios...
Thanks!
Thank you. A whole lot of my windows system apps (e.g. get help, microsoft store, etc.) were not working and I thought some very very hidden system files got corrupted after a freeze-up and force reboot during windows update. Turn out to be a corrupted user profile. This saved me a lot a lot a lot of time.
I usually don't comment, but had to on this one. I have been building computers since the 90's and take care of everyone's computer I know. I can usually solve just about anything that comes up. Despite this, I was having zero luck with the Windows 10 KB5011487 update on my Acer laptop. Watched it reboot a few times a week saying, "Update Couldn't Be Installed, Rolling Back Changes". Was at the precipice of reinstalling Win 10 when I came across your video. Started watching at 6:30, as a blog user indicated, and reinstalled the image that was created with Media Creation Tool, and I was in shock when KB5011487 finally installed successfully! This looks like a comprehensive approach to solving a lot of problems, as the title of your video suggests. All I can is. . . Thank you!!!
I've been struggling with an update that fails EVERY DAY. The reinstall windows process at 6:40 worked like a charm! It also updated me from 21H1 to 21H2. Thanks Joe!
What error did u get when trying to update?
@@tomschannel27 what problem did u have
@@tomschannel27 ohh I have the same problem but nothing works
@@stealth-bh9ep Try the repair upgrade, it's the only thing that fixed my failed Windows updates. Absolutely nothing else worked and I was trying to fix it for months to no avail.
Same issue with windows update (mine: 0x80071160 error on KB500821) and it was solved! sfc could not fix corrupted files it had found and DISM gave an error 4448. The Win 10 reinstall process (with an ISO) did the trick. No more issues with sfc and DISM after. Big thnx to ThioJoe.
This video put an end to months of pain and stress. My PC literally boots up in less than a minute. Subscribed. Thanks.
My Linux machine boots in 7 sec.
@@simonzinc-trumpetharris852 using linux takes more time tho 🥴
@@simonzinc-trumpetharris852 5 Sec and Less...
Sir you dont know the beginning of it. Recently I found a windows optimizing prodigy named Khorvie Tech he has a really keen sense with computers and made my 8 year old x99 motherboard work really fast, cpu automatically went to constant 3.7ghz (xeon i7 6900-k LOL) the base ghz is 2.4-2.5 before I messed around and my total boot time into unsupported win 11 on old hardware is less than 15 seconds. I do have a 3090 but it is ddr4 at only 3300mhz which I believe is the max stable megahertz or close to it for ddr4.
Edit: I left out the best part. Nothing is overclocked besides the ram with a very cool temp which is why I daily'd it. The boost on the CPU maxes at 3800mhz or 3.8Ghz using intel turbo boost and a few youtubers have gotten it to 4.0-4.1ghz. Apparently it seems when you remove windows OS bloat it allows the hardware to communicate easier or at the very least quicker.
Pro tip when creating a local user. If you want to avoid the ridiculous "security questions". Don't set a password when creating a new user. Wait till you login to that account. Then to set a password go back to settings-> accounts->sign-in options->password
Thank you for this video! The "last resort" method worked, everything is now running OK! Keep up the good work! : )
Brilliant most of which I do, but you have given some extras and collated it all in one place for us to use, Huge thanks Joe
thank you!
Of course!
Dude, you are such a good explainer of tech, I'm glad you moved on from the joke videos. I mean they were indeed funny, but you have the capacity to provide content that'S actually useful to many people. As a non-native speaker, I also find your accent and manner of speaking easy to understand.
Even after a year that this video is out this man is still saving computers like mine
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Well looks like you uploaded this video at the right time. Seemly I'm having trouble with my Windows 10 computer.
DUDE YOU ARE A LIFESAVER, I NEARLY WANTED TO RESET MY PC BUT THEN I FOUND YOUR VIDEO AND BOOM IT FIXED ALL OF MY PROBLEMS, DUDE THANK YOU SO MUCH.
How
I had a boot problem not too long ago where all of these options failed so solve the issue. What ended up solving it for me was by taking a look at the system partitions in DISKPART. The boot partition was showing “raw” instead of “fat32” for the file system. Using a usb with the windows recovery environment, I was able to format that partition back to fat32, assign it a drive letter, and using bcdboot, rebuilt the EFI boot partition back onto it. Hope this helps someone.
@5:27 You mention to create a new profile on your computer, how would you do this if the computer isn't booting? Please help I'm not understanding how you are able to do this things on a computer that won't boot? I'm using a second computer to watch this video and can't seem to figure out how he's able to do this things on the same computer that doesn't boot?? You also mentioned to NOT create a USB drive with the boot info but to save it directly to your computer?? How is this possible if the computer is not booting up to get into any of these screens. All I did was connect a mic and now I cannot boot back up? I've tried everything and nothing works is my computer dead because of a mic?? If anybody is reading this can you please help me...:(
PRO TIP: If you see the progress bar has stopped, you may have clicked on the CMD window and stopped it rendering. It will continue running, and to see the progress just press ESC to stop selecting and unfreeze the window.
thank you lol
So all I did was your first step. It told that it found a corrupt file and successfully repaired it. I shut it down and restarted and my issue is gone. Im speechless. Thank you.
@@LexLutha not really my friend
@@eddiew2325 what?
i remember in win98,the sfc was so much easier and had gui..you were able to specify the address to the installation source "which always worked " unlike now and i never had any "not be able to fix" .... also reinstalling windows with keeping files always worked unlike the newer versions where sometimes it forces you to have clean installation
I loved XP
I believe starting in win 10 rebuilding a user profile requires a registry edit (key or dword delete) to completely get rid of the old user so the new one can have the same name (if that matters). Great info man.
Finally I can fix without reinstalling
the amount of times those two simple commands have helped fixed my pc, honestly it should just run those two every time you restart your computer.
You should also go over fixing an installation that wont boot. Like using WinPE to rebuild the BCD file or fixing MBR. Windows installation media also has a repair/ recovery tool, when you boot from it. It is in the bottom left corner on the language/ keyboard selection screen.
There is an app to fix the MBR?
I had to do that once and did it manually through console commands. Took me a whole weekend.
@@Ballissle an app wouldn't help if you can't boot. Is it for WinPE?
@@OstenTV_DK I was referring to WinPE
I don't know what it is. But I meant I wish I knew about that as it may have helped. Whereas I did a super manual route of recovery.
@@Ballissle it is a Microsoft tool that you can boot from. It is like the windows installation except it only has basic tools. You can also use the windows installation and press shift +F10 to get to CMD. The bootrec command is very useful to fix that kind of issues.
@@OstenTV_DK thank you a ton for making me aware of this tool
I love the Micro store. This is the first place I have ever seen promoting them.
There are a lot of unmentioned steps to be taken before a reinstall. The average PC user should run troubleshooting or the specific FixIt to correctly diagnose/fix their issue. Use the tools available to you if you aren’t a “guru”. Also, if you suspect it’s a profile issue, make sure you’re not logging into a temp profile.
Troubleshooting or your fixit doesn't solve the problem, it just creates an illusion that it fixed but it's not...
@@sauliusjance6300 that’s sometimes the case, but for someone that knows nothing about Windows, it’s a step.
ran SFC SCAN "could not perform the requested operation" ...... next dism /online cleanup restorehealth "error 50" DISM does not support servicing windows PE with the /online option ......
I have purchased a new laptop previous month and facing problems with it such as programs were suspended, brave gets hang, vs code corrupts , etc.
Even my laptop's specs is not that low end.
Ryzen 5 4500U
8gb ram
256 GB SSD
But I couldn't get any solution and after performing the steps mentioned in your video, I can find the errors and fix them.
Thank you so much for the help.
Your videos are always helpful. ❤️
Uh... Then the solution is to only reinstall windows (and if you're thinking using an Microsoft official iso and installing using it will not ruin your product key. It will activate itself online 😎😎😎)
Nice way to flex with your not too awesome laptop. If I said my specs you will get obliterated but I ain't in mood to flex.
@@ray.upside-down i can make a guess 32 gigs of ram 4.5 TB SSD ryzen 9-5700x Nvidia rtx 3080-ti gaming
I have 12gigs of ram (upgraded by harvesting 4gbs of ram from my old laptop it's different MHz and i consistent but it still works for me it was originally 8gbs)
Intel core i5 comet lake
And a not bad Nvidia GeForce mx130
It's a hp 15s laptop i regret buying a laptop because at the time i bought that laptop i could have built an high performance beast for the same price but at that time i had an new system but built with 2007 specs for under 70$ at that time i thought laptops were better And i was not making content i thought I would just use it for online class and s**t
And now If i build the same pc the cost would be almost 4x higher it will 4,00,000 inr
USD:approx 4,000$!!!
And also he's not flexing his laptop he's just telling the specs so no probs 😎😎
@@techtriggr Actually you are super low, its a Ryzen 9 5950X, 128GB of ram, 8TB Chungus Sabrent nvme drive, 16TB Seagate disk, Dual RTX 3090 (yea I am the one responsible for the shortages as people say). He was indeed trying to flex corruption has nothing to do with specs and if he is a coder he should know that even better!
@@techtriggr That setup costed a fortune, but I ain't gonna tell you the exact price but it was more than $10,000
I don't usually comment on vidoes but THANK YOU. This was very comprehensive and finally fixed a corrupted OS due to faulty RAM.
I had the same issue! Can you tell that if we need an activation key on windows reinstall?
To avoid corruption turn off Write-caching for drives that contain the OS. If you don't then any type of crash or power failure will result in system file corruption.
This is one of those esoteric settings that not many people talk about. I have (on two occasions) lost files after a crash or cold reboot, presumably because the file was "saved" but pending its actual write to disk, meaning when I booted up the system the file seemed intact from the outside, but contained no actual data (a hex editor showed only null bytes for the entire stated length of the file).
I have been struggling with a 'Preparing Automatic Repair' loop for days. Somehow I managed to make an alteration that enabled boot up - but indicated 2 operating systems!! After many other attempts I found your clear and concise video. I have been trying to fix my PC for days, but have only now fixed it as a result of your video. The option that worked for me was to download the 'windows.iso' file and use the 'mount' command. Only problem was getting the 'mount' command to work, but when it did everything worked out beautifully. Thank you.
When I first watched this video I was in an absolute panic. I thought I lost my 4+ years worth of files , videos, shenanigans & creations that I've made and collected over time . I was absolutely devastated when I saw how screwed I thought I was.
I still remember this video and I came back to say thank you for even posting this. I'm for sure going to back everything up twice onto separate SSDs if I have to.
Yo did you save your stuff?
@@ericonion3561 we will never know
@@ericonion3561..."i thought I was".. which implies that they did fix it :)
So, I was having a problem where my Dell E6420 would freeze before windows started. It was somewhat intermittent, which I can't explain, but after managing to get it to boot to windows I ran the SFC command and got a report that it had found and corrected some problems. I then ran DISM which completed without reporting any problems. I restarted successfully and ran SFC again. This time it reported no problems found. I have now shut down and booted from power off successfully 3 times. It appears you have helped me fix the issue I was having. I have now subscribed and will sing your praises everywhere I go. 1000 thanks!
You saved me 100s of dollars. I accidentally wiped windows 10 and could not get my old pc to boot. Thanks for the video!
This video is GOLD!!
I saved it in case I need it.
Thanks mr. Thio :D
Mr ThioJoe is cool
@@VedantTech7 yes he is
He answers all the questions that goes in my head.
ThioJoe gave me all computer info and it's in my head forever
THANK YOU BRO I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS FOR DAYS
with the assistance of MS support i was able to fix corruption on around 15 servers running server 2008 and/or 2012. the process was the painstaking one you had to follow, retrieving good copies of the cabs from other computers, windows iso's or downloading the specific versions of KBs that came with them. In some cases Microsoft had to provide some of the KBs as they are no longer available to the public. These older operating systems are harder to fix as the build info is not documented (words of the ms tech). server 2019 and windows 10 now has this info published so tracking down the required updates is alot quicker.
The corruption issues i faces were due to either machines being rebooted whilst an update was installing or the machine rebooting with pending patches whilst the C drive was completly full (never reboot with a full disk).
My lap top won’t let me upgrade to windows 11 until I watch your video and now I just got it updated. Thank for sharing
Thank you ThioJoe! The "Last Resort Repair Upgrade" method fixed my "broken component store" issue. No amount of dism commands or SFC commands could fix Windows. After the installation, SFC and dism came up clean! Perfect! Cheers!
I'm glad to find this video.
6:43 - The 'Last Resort' Repair Upgrade, resolves all of my problems in windows 10.
My taskbar was not responsive, i can't right click on the start button, search, sound, time/calendar, action center. and all default application like email, calculator, preview photo/video, microsoft store etc
I love you man
Thank you! I was struggling to figure out what was wrong with my PC for weeks and I was so sure it was a hardware fault (random freezes and very bad performance and stuttering constantly) using the windows ISO to reinstall windows + keeping my files and apps worked PERFECTLY and everything feels back to it's good old self! 👍👍
I had that same error too it was such a pain to fix
I having my windows update since years ago, finally solved the problem after viewed your video
One other possibility if all else fails: restore a system drive backup made when everything was running as it should. If that doesn't work, start suspecting a hardware problem. Since I do fresh backups often and keep the last 5, that's something I might try before I did a repair install.
Let's face it, most people do not bother with backups. If you ask if they've mad a backup they will glare at you as if you were speaking Silbo Gomero. Even if they have made one, they wouldn't know what to do with it. People just want the system to work and do the the things they want without all the hassle.
When a Windows Update hosed my system restoring from a system drive backup saved me many hours of having to reinstall Windows and 3rd party software.
@@telebubba5527 True my main C drive is a 4TB nvme with 3.1 filled up, Where should I copy that metric shit ton of data I mean yes I have a nas and yea I have unlimited google drive but it really gets impractical
My microsoft store was broken. Troubleshooting, sfc, dism, powershell commands, nothing worked. Last option in this video fixed it. Thank you sir 👌
You should outline the other parameters of SFC and or Sscannow. There are a number of different commands that can be run that go beyond the basics that you mentioned! As a tip if you enter SFC /RUNNOW a list of optional commands will display that show you what I am talking about.
Don't use SFC /RUNNOW to see the commands-. That is because /Runnow is not a valid parameter, so it will show you them, but it is not the proper way to. Use SFC /? for help.
My pc in the Preparing automatic repair loop if I can't figure out how to fix it i get take it to a shop or remove all and have to put everything i had on again
I’ve been having issues installing updates, when I go to restart my pc to update it would reach about 30% and reboot, after rebooting it would eventually reach 99% and say - something didn’t go as planned undoing changes, and it would restart and repeat this twice, eventually booting to windows. So I’m stuck in a loop where there’s a bunch of updates that need to install but can’t.
Im hoping reinstalling windows fixes the issue
One of the things I love the most when having issues with Windows and you take to Googling the issue.. You come across Official Microsoft guides and forums and they post their guide.. then, you see “Run Windows Troubleshooter”… WE ALL should know by now that Windows Troubleshooter has NEVER fixed anything.
Well crafted Video overall! I’m a proponent of DISM and SFC for finding and resolving Corrupt Window Files
I would be interested in learning more about how these files and settings get 'corrupted' since actual literal file corruption on the HDD or SDD is far less common than is used to be.
If you crank the CPU voltage up too much when you overclock it can cause it to not function 100% correctly. Thus as files are being written and read constantly it would be easy for one or two to become corrupt.
@@theHardwareBench That's not always the case lol... corruption of windows begins if your cpu or especially your ram overclock is beyond unstable and you continue to run windows like that for weeks. It will slowly start to corrupt everything within windows to the point that it becomes unusable over time in which you need to completely reinstall it fresh.
@@Bazo712 Exactly what I said, same thing with the CPU especially if the cache is overclocked or the motherboard VRM's can't take it.
Thank you for an easy to follow tutorial. It gave me enough confidence to jump in and fix some long standing issues.
Did it work
Every average Windows user needs to watch this. Thanks mate.
Windows Resource Protection could not perform the requested operation. (For SFC scan)
@@lutzier7310 run it as admin
The first command fixed my wifi problem after windows update! Thanks a lot!
Great informative video!
Would be also great if you could do part 2, where you would use mentioned chkdsk, bootrec, bcdedit, diskpart and similiar.
Also, something related with repairing Windows boot partition or boot in general (I know there are plenty of videos, but yours are pretty enjoyable!)
Thanks for the video!
The last resort solution saved my PC after a week of frustration. Thank you! Keep up the great work!
Video kinda starts here 1:54
the windows setup is saying it has trouble determining if this pc can run windows 10, even though I AM running windows 10 (my issue is that settings crash whenever i open it, windows search doesn't work, and everything opens horrifically slow)
Excellent tutorial. Very helpful. Thank you.
Thank you ThioJoe for the video, windows was acting really funky and you saved me the trouble of having to reset
Did I just get Carlos Mencia'd
Straight up copied you lol.
man knows what he’s doing
He needs to do his own content and not steal yours Nico
REINSTALLING FROM YOUR LINK WORKED THANKS
sfc /scannow solved the problem in my case. Thank you!
The repair install finally let me get rid of that Windows Update Error 0x80073701, which could not be fixed by the 'problem solver', nor by SFC, nor by DISM. Great advice!
To,
Theo Joe,
Sir, can we use Windows System Restore Point Feature to sove these problems/issues that you've mentioned in this video?
As we all know that, The Windows OS related problems/issues actually don't have any end to it, they keep come, each time with unbelievably completely unknown territory.
So, can we fix such issues by using Deepfreez or System Restore Point??
If I run SFC /scan now and it says “windows resource Protection could not perform the requested operation” is this another way of it saying “could not start the repair service?”
Also I tried C:Windows\logs\CBS\CBS.log and it says “The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process” please help if you can
@@l4k3y28 did u fix it?
@@mac4408 yh i unplugged one of my hardrives and it suddenly started working again must be something wrong with the hardrive lol
cmd doesnt even run neither does powershell
I had the exact same Problem you are describing in the Corrupted Windows Profile Section, but I didn't know that this was the issue, so I just reinstalled Windows. Thanks for the help on figuring out what my issue was now I know that it was most likely not a hardware issue.
This is Copied from Nico knows tech man :(
3:24 mine says Windows Resource Protection could not perform the requested operation. 😢
Bro u r an angel. The last resort upgrade worked, I always knew it existed but didn't knew it actually makes a difference. All the viruses are gone. Back to peace.
Great tutorial ! Spent months trying to fix Windows update errors and this finally worked perfectly . Thank You !
Many thanks, TJ. The first option found some corrupted files, repaired them, and now my Windows updating problem has been solved. It's great to have you here to help ignoramuses like myself who know nothing about computers!😉
Was having issues with some SCCM deployments a while back on my legacy windows infra (non Intune/Azure)... Came across your video and saw the "Servicing Stack" updates portion.... Nowhere in my deployment and failure logs was this particular thing mentioned, but sure enough, this was the culprit... Your videos have helped me tremendously when I need a "second opinion" on things haha.
Thanks! This button is useful [I hate all ads,but no fault of yours,so...].
Very much appreciated! 🙏
Thanks, this fixed my w10 problem. My system was running very slow but now it is much faster.
Last resort worked perfectly, I cannot express how much I appreciate this tutorial!
he's actually just getting us to corrupt our Windows further for old time's sake.
Awesome video! Super good advice.
Not sure if it is the *exact* same procedure, but you can go settings>update & security> recovery>reset this PC. Always found that a bit easier/quicker than downloading the media creation tool.
@@austendespain5193 it doesn't work, it just failed to reset windows
7:13 I know you can do that, But will the UEFI Screen Resolution and The OEM Logo And Apps Be there? (My OEM is Dell) Its because than than they will find out I reinstalled windows Using a ISO.
I want to thank you for this, Joe. I had a Dell laptop with a 2 year install of Win 10 Pro lose the sound. I thought maybe the sound chip had gone bad, bought a used Dell, swapped the hard drive over, and nope, the bad sound went with it. Put a different hard drive in the old one, and that sound chip worked fine. So, I tried the SFC, that found corrupt files, but didn't fix the sound issue. DISM couldn't run because it couldn't find an image, I've run check disk, etc. So, I've had to resort to the Install/Repair option. It's running REALLY slow, so I don't know how it's going to work out. I'll update this if it works. I don't want to do a clean install, that is such a pain for me.
But, you're video has been helpful, so thank you for that.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
Something on the kernel was corrupted an my pc wouldn't boot and startup recovery couldnt fix it
So i went on the advanced settings of repair openned cmd and ran
sfc /scannow
Instantly found corrupted files and fixed it
12:30 big thing to note is that most browsers store all your browser state data in %appdata%. If you're on Chrome, you can sign into Chrome Sync and make sure it's synced and you should be good. Firefox sync is similar but is peer-to-peer I believe; you'll need to have another computer set up with Firefox sync in order to get the same result. Or, you could just export bookmarks and note down all your passwords, that's usually all most people need anyway. Edge is probably similar to Chrome, just sign in and it should sync to Microsoft's cloud service instead of Google's.
Tried it, had a corrupt file or files, and it fixed it. Works good. Thanks.
Using Inventor (CAD software) when trying to open a new drawing it causes Inventor to hang/freez. Thanks to this video I've came to conclusion I've had a corrupted user profile. I've decided to clean and wipe my laptop to new and started up with a new user profile and new microsoft account and downloaded again my CAD programms from my Autodesk account. Keep it up the good work👍
Brilliant. Fixed my computer following your video. Thanks for posting this.
Iso from the desktop worked brilliantly. Its like my pc is brand new. Thanks man.
The DISM command fixed my corrupted windows. THANKS! Updates are now working normally.
HELLO TJ! Am an avid Subscriber, you are my first 'Go to' when diagnosing PC issues! I recently built a new Computer in my old Tower with a new Raidmax Vampire 1000W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply, an MSI Z390-A PRO Motherboard with an Intel Pentium Gold Processor G5400 CPU @ 3.7GHz! Next added 64.0 GB DDR4 3200 Ram! Also a ZOTAC GAMING GeForce GTX 1 Video Card! Recently upgraded all my HHD's with an Intel 660p Series M.2 1 TB SSD Drive C and two WD I TB internal SSD's! My Computer now boots up completely for a cold start in 30 seconds!!!! (Once in a while when I turn it on, it Boots into the Bios Screen)!!!(But when I wont to boot into Bios, no matter what key combination I press it wont go into Bios on Command)! Windows will not display on my Digital Monitor but I can see the Bios Screen on another HDMI Output to my 32 inch TV! Am running XMP Mode and Gaming Mode on the MSI along with allocating 3/4 of my Ram to Process my Adobe Premiere 2022! My Question is: How do I get the computer to Boot into Windows EVERY TIME? And secondly, How do I get my computer to boot into Bios on command?
2 years later and I came across this video after a corrupt entire system. It helped to use the log and at least now we fortunate to get windows updates straight for the MS Catalogue!!! 👊👊👊
I dont really have time to try this TODAY (cuz its 7pm for me rn), but I'll try. But yet I wanna describe to you my situation: My PC is and was running considerably slow, so I moved the needed stuff to what i think was a safer place in my files and went for Recovery but keeping the files. Guess what? "No changes were made". I tried using the CMD in that Shift + Restart menu (I think its called Safe Mode but im not sure) but NOT EVEN CMD RUNS THERE ANYMORE. Basically no troubleshooting options there work. It ends up in a blue screen (not the BlueScreen of Death one) and it says winload.efi is corrupted or missing (but yet i can find it in the System32 folder), and it mentions the Error Code "0xc0000225". Pls help bro idk much of what to do. Imma try your tutorial tomorrow likely (10/16/24) but i still want ur answer to make sure it wont be worthless. Thx :)
using the iso file solved more than just corrupted files for me! ive had issues with being unable to update to 22H2 for a good year with no solution online that worked. thank you!
same thing here, im gonna try that iso file, fck this update it doesnt happen for me just start on august,
The last one worked. Thank you so much. Image worked. I tried everything.
Your two tips in combo worked today after dozens of cmd attempts from other TH-cam tuts. Note the indexing of the C drive search logs and shortcuts gets corrupted over long use (temp files get huge and are hidden). We need a way to see WHERE that bloughted search strings temporarily is stored and users should be taught to manually search for that to remove an old index that is corrupted. Once rebuilt re introduce your two first powershell steps to correct. In My case the window popped up for a fraction but not long enough for me to notice it was failing on every attempt to type in the search box. In my case the errors began shortly after a MS Security update
We need more views for this video. It might not be any use for some people right now, but I am very sure this would save tons of people even lives, who knows what could have happen the moment you turn your back against your PC.