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Different parts of your computer has different sets of drivers. When your device gets an error, your Windows 10 provides you ways to repair the damaged files. Take for example the error with Bluetooth, when you get an error that says “This device cannot start (Code 10), STATUS_DEVICE_POWER_FAILURE.” It will present you the name of the file you need to fix. Like this:
There was a problem starting C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Bluetooth\btmshellex.dll. The specified module could not be found.

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It might be confusing, how you will insert a USB that you’ve known to be a working USB, into your USB drive and when it starts reading it, you get an error message saying “Please insert a disk into Removable Disk.”

You can’t always solve this this problem by re-inserting the USB drive – but there are a few things you can try to solve this.

Change drive letter

First, try changing the drive letter. It is possible that your computer is causing the issue due to conflict in reading the correct path to the drives. read more

Microsoft’s Windows 10 Upgrade Assistant is an easy GUI based tool for upgrading Windows 7, 8, 8.1 to Windows 10.Other than that, you can also use this to get a Windows 10 ISO for offline upgrade.

It is a nifty tool but like any other softwares, you can at certain instances encounter an error message that says “api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-1.dll is missing from your computer.”

This driver file is not a native file of Windows. Users began experiencing this after the release of Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. read more

You think you shut down your computer correctly, but when you turn it on, you noticed that your OS suddenly went into repair mode. You receive a message saying:

Automatic Repair couldn’t repair your PC .
Press “Advanced options” to try other options to repair your PC or “Shut Down” to turn off your PC.

Log file: C:\Windows\System32\Logfiles\Srt\SrtTrail.txt

So your first reaction would be to try to repair by going to Advanced options. But it turned out, you cannot finish the process because your Windows 10 repair utility fails. What do you do? Quit worrying, here are some troubleshooting steps you can do to resolve this. It may be like a sticky situation that you are having a difficult time getting out of. But help is on the way, just read on. read more

Sudden power outages can cause major damage to operating systems. Desktops are the most vulnerable to this kind of problem, if not connected to back-up power supply. This can cause a Windows 10 computer to get stuck on boot. In this case, only a spinning wheel is visible on the screen so we know that the boot up process stopped where the firmware is about to hand over control of the unit to the operating system. It’s a bit quirky, because there seem to be no other way but to shut the computer down again. Well, don’t resort to dumping that computer yet because here are some easy ways to fix a Windows computer stuck on boot after power outage. read more

It all happens when you shut down your computer. You get an error saying “The exception unknown software exception (0xe0434352) occurred in the application at location 0x77312c1a.” It sometimes comes up with a different location at different instances, some examples of which are 0xe0434352, 0xc06d007e, 0x40000015, 0xc00000d, 0xc0000409, etc. Worry not, the solution is pretty much standard for any of these.

The error may be due to a corrupted .NET Framework installation or a corrupted device driver. So the solutions to this problem are really just some very popular troubleshooting steps used by people, nothing out of the ordinary. Here they are. read more

You may encounter this error while you are running DISM tool. The error description of Error 0x800f0906 – the source files could not be downloaded, tells us that the Windows Image is corrupted. But unlike the other error messages in the previous posting about Corrupted Windows Image, the DISM tool may not completely repair the Windows Image.

You only get the following descriptions on your screen about the problem. So it may somehow make you feel lost for any real resolution to it.

How to Repair the Corrupt Windows Image

It is not an easy task to resolve this problem but with a few commands, you should be able to fix the problem. read more

DISM is a Windows tool used by IT professionals to mount a Windows desktop image and to alter Windows features and settings. This stands for Deployment Imaging and Servicing Management (DISM). This tool is used to correct problems like system inconsistencies, unserviceable Windows image, issues caused by updates or changes, and errors like DISM Error 87, 112, 11, 50, 2, 3, 87,1726, 1393, 0x800f081f.

Troubleshooters execute this tool on a command line by typing DISM.exe and a string of operators or switch. read more

Computer startup happens in a sequence. The hardware portion powers up, then the firmware wakes up to communicate with the hardware and software. This is when full control is handed over to the software while the hardware becomes the slave utility that follows each command run by the user. At times when the computer starts up, an error comes up the screen that reads “Disk Read error occurred, Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart.”

Resolving the problem may seem so simple. That is because it presents you a path to follow when you encounter the error. You can try pressing the key combination and see if your computer goes back to normal processing. However, when you click Ctrl+Alt+Del, it brings you back to the same error screen, as if it were in a loop. read more

You might receive an error message while shutting down your computer saying “The exception unknown software exception (0xe0434352) occurred in the application at location 0x77312c1a” or some other location. It is quite unnerving when you get an alert that something may be going bad and you don’t really know what it is. The good thing about it is that you get a code that tells you exactly how to fix the problem. So, let’s explore the troubleshooting steps you can do to address this problem. read more