Category: Windows 10

After following this post, you will be able to solve an issue with Windows 10, where your PC might suddenly restart (OR) might give you an error out of the blue upon restart of power up your Windows 10 based computer. The error reads like: Your PC did not start correctly. This error might also occur after you update or upgrade Windows.

Fix: Your PC did not start correctly Windows 10

Scenario 1: Your PC was working fine & suddenly started throwing this error

Scenario 2: Your updated, upgraded Windows & started receiving this error (see Below) | also if you added a hardware or updated drivers

Method 1: Safe Mode | Startup repair

Safe mode is a troubleshooting option for Windows that starts your computer in a limited state. Only the basic files and drivers necessary to run Windows are started. The words Safe Mode appear in the corners of your monitor to identify which Windows mode you’re using.

Follow the steps given below and check if that helps.

• Type Update and recovery in search on Start menu.
• Click Update and recovery, and then click Recovery.
• Under Advanced startup, click Restart now.

If you are unable to login to your PC, or if you PC is stuck on the lock screen:

• Press & hold the Shift button on your keyboard

• Click on the power button
• While holding the shift button,
• Click on restart
• On the Choose an option screen,  click Troubleshoot.

• Click on Startup Settings
• If you don’t see the Startup Settings option, click advanced options.

• click Startup Settings.
• click Restart.
• On the Startup Settings screen, choose the Safe Mode.
• Sign in to your PC with a user account that has administrator rights.

Now, If your computer starts normally in SAFE MODE, try Startup repair, follow the instructions below

Startup repair

To run Startup repair from Advance boot option, follow the below steps:

• Press and hold Shift key and click on Restart under power (as Shown Above)
• Click on Troubleshoot.
• Click on Advanced Options.

• Now click on Startup Repair.

If the troubleshooter is able to solve the startup issue, good enough.

If in case the troubleshooter throws an error saying:

Follow Method 2.

Method 2: Rebuilding BCD | Boot configuration data

To check & rebuild the Windows BCD:

• Follow the steps above to open the Diagnostic Menu in Windows 10
• OR
• Insert the original Windows DVD/USB and boot from it
• Click Troubleshoot
• Click on Advanced Options
• Click on Command Prompt

• Now,
• Type bootrec /fixmbr
• Press Enter
• Then,
• Type bootrec /fixboot
• Press Enter
• Then,
• Type bootrec /rebuildbcd
• Press Enter
• Now, Type Exit

• Restart your computer

Scenario 2: Your updated, upgraded Windows & started receiving this error

Method 3: Using system restore

Click here (Using System restore Windows 10)

Now, If nothing seems to help & you have your data backed up, it is time to Reset Your PC

Method 4: Reset Your PC

• From the Diagnostics Menu (as show above)
• Click on Troubleshoot
• Then, Click on Reset this PC

• Resetting your PC will delete all data & personal setting, apps from your PC
• Make sure you have everything backed up
• Click on Reset
• Let Windows Reset your PC
• After everything finishes up. Your PC should work fine.

If in case, you still face an issue, please post a comment or use contact form to leave me a message. Will try to further troubleshoot your issue.

Follow the steps below:

• Press Windows logo key + X to bring up the power menu in Windows 10

• Now, Press A
• Click on Yes, when prompted (This opens up an elevated command prompt)
• Type in Regedit

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• Now, Click on Computer

• Go to the File menu & Click on Export

• Browse to your desired backup location
• Type in a desired backup name
• Make sure to select ALL at the bottom
• Click on save

If you have any questions or comments, please use the comments box.

This post helps you create a virtual switch in Windows 10. A virtual switch is used to enable the virtual machines to communicate with your physical network. A Virtual switch is mandatory for any Virtual Machine to communicate with the network, so it’s a bridge between your VM & Network. Below are the steps to create a network switch.

• Open up the Hyper-V manager
• 
• Type Hyper-V manager in the start screen | Start menu
• Now, Click on the server name on the Left hand side pane
• 
• Then, Click on Virtual Switch Manager
• Now, Click on New Virtual network switch
• 
• Click on External
• Click on Create Virtual Switch
• Now, Give a name to your switch
• Click on Apply
• 
• You will get a notification like the one shown below
• 
• Click on Yes
• Changes will be applied
• To check whether your virtual switch is working or not,
• Right Click, the Network icon in your taskbar
• 
• Click on Open Network and Sharing Center
• 
• You should see the name of your virtual switch listed here.

 

Hope this post helps, your comments & suggestions, if any, can be shared through the comments section.

After reading this post you will be able to restore a checkpoint that you made earlier. Checkpoints are a feature of Windows 10 hyper-V, where you can very conveniently undo the changes made to a Virtual machine. It’s something like system restore, but deals with a rather different model, known as standard checkpoints & Production checkpoints. Learn how to create a checkpoint in Windows 10 using this post. Now, below is the method to Restore this checkpoint:

• Open Hyper-V manager
• Go to the Start menu | start screen
• Type Hyper-V manager
• 
• Now, Select the server from the left hand pane
• Start any of your VM that you previously created a Checkpoint on
• Now,
• Click Action menu at the top
• Click on revert
• Click on Revert
• 
• By doing this your VM will now revert to the state in which you created a checkpoint
• 

This post concentrates it’s focus on an issue that comes when either you have a computer that’s running Windows 10 RTM (Build 10240) or you have upgraded your computer to Windows 10 version 1511 (Build 10586). In both of these scenarios, you might receive an error “Namespace ‘Microsoft.Policies.Sensors.WindowsLocationProvider’ is already defined as the target namespace for another file in the store.  when you try to run gpedit.msc & try to click on either User or computer configuration. You might not get this issue if you are upgrading from Windows 7, Windows 8.1 directly to Windows 10 version 1511 & skipping Windows 10 RTM. I recently faced this issue when visiting a Microsoft conference at Hyderabad and thought to post a solution to it.

The screenshot of the example looks like this:

The error reads:

Namespace ‘Microsoft.Policies.Sensors.WindowsLocationProvider’ is already defined as the target namespace for another file in the store.
File
C:\WINDOWS\PolicyDefinitions\Microsoft-Windows-Geolocation-WLPAdm.admx, line 5, column 110

This usually happens when the the files “Microsoft-Windows-Geolocation-WLPadm.admx” & “LocationProviderADM.admx” present in C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions\ and “Microsoft-Windows-Geolocation-WLPAdm.adml” and “LocationProviderADM.adml” present in C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions\en-us gets rewritten or corrupted during up gradation.

Below are the steps to Fix: Namespace error with gpedit.msc Windows 10

Solution: Delete these files mentioned above

First Step: Taking ownership of all these files:

takeown /F ” C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions\Microsoft-Windows-Geolocation-WLPAdm.admx” /A  

takeown /F ” C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions\en-US\Microsoft-Windows-Geolocation-WLPAdm.adml” /A

takeown /F ” C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions\LocationProviderADM.admx” /A

takeown /F ” C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions\en-US\LocationProviderADM.adml ” /A

• Now, Change permissions
• Go to C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions
• Find the file LocationProviderADM.admx and Microsoft-Windows-Geolocation-WLPAdm.admx
• Right Click the file & Click on Properties
• Go to the security tab

• Click on Administrators
• Click on edit
• Now, again click on administrator
• Check the checkbox that says full control
• Click on Apply and ok
• Now, repeat this step for the remaining three files
• Now, delete all four files
• Done
• Try opening gpedit.msc

Hope this helped you, if you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to write to me.

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