How Do I Fix Windows Update? has the instructions. The next step in that case is to attempt to fix it. Of course, sometimes rather than being the solution, Windows Update is the problem, if it’s not working for some reason. Visit the Settings app, click on Updates & Security, and click on Check for Updates to let Windows Update do its thing. Many problems can be resolved by making sure that Windows is, itself, completely up to date. Using Windows Disk Cleanup will show you how. Some of the steps we’ll perform next may require, or at least work more efficiently, with the extra disk space a good cleaning can provide. There’s an additional motive for doing this, however: disk space. Browser caches, temporary folders full of old files, and more can all impact your system. It may seem a little odd to start with disk cleanup, since on the surface it doesn’t attempt to repair anything - it just gets rid of unnecessary junk and files no longer needed.ĭepending on what you’re experiencing, it’s not uncommon for all that junk to contribute to the problem. No matter what breaks in any of the following steps, you can always restore to this backup image and be no worse off than you were to begin with.īackups are your safety net.You can recover your data from this, should you elect to proceed beyond Step Five and reformat and reinstall anyway.Take a complete image backup of your system before beginning. It’s Step Zero of any process, particularly when we’re about to run some tools with the potential to make major changes to your system. When all else fails, a complete wipe and reinstall might be your only option.
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