Tag Archives: Troubleshooting

Windows 10: How to fix update error 0x80080008

Posted on 2017-01-02 by guenni

Some users are receiving an update error 0x80080008 under Windows 10 and the installation is aborted. Within this blog post I give some hints how to fix this error.

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Windows 10: New update troubleshooter app and site

Posted on 2016-12-28 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has made another step to assist Windows users to fix update errors. A new trouble shooting website and an extended trouble shooting app for Windows 10 users are offered.

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Windows 10 Anniversary Update trouble shooting

Posted on 2016-08-09 by guenni

Windows 10 Anniversary Update (Version 1607) causes on some system serious trouble during install. This blog post accumulate a few hints to solve several update issues.

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Update KB3159398 breaks Group Policy in Windows

Posted on 2016-06-16 by guenni

[German]Microsoft's update KB3159398, released on patch day June 14, 2016, is causing serious problems in Windows Group Policy. Remark: Microsoft has updated the KB-Article with a decription of the workaround posted below. And there is a power shell script to … Continue reading →

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How to repair Windows Performance Monitor

Posted on 2016-04-03 by guenni

Windows provides a Performance Monitor to analyze some system parameters like CPU load, Memory usage or other parameters. But what's, if Performance Monitor is broken? This blog post discusses, how to repair perfmon.

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Microsoft Access 2010 Update KB3085515 has been pulled

Posted on 2016-03-10 by guenni

[German]Update KB3085515 for Microsoft Access 2010, issued at 3/8/2016, has been pulled by Microsoft. This update killed Microsoft Access 2010 and it's ability to access some  DLL-References.

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Windows 10 upgrade: On-Screen-Keyboard/Touchscreen fix

Posted on 2015-08-24 by guenni

Some People updating a Windows 8.1 tablet pc or hybrid-device with touchscreen will be confronted with a negative surprise: The On-screen keyboard doesn't popup anymore, if the user select an input box in tablet mode. I've had this situation on … Continue reading →

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Windows 10: Upgrade error 0xC1900101 – 0x20004

Posted on 2015-07-31 by guenni

Some users are receiving error 0xC1900101 – 0x20004 during upgrade from Windows 7/8.1 to Windows 10 (GA). Here are a few tips and workarounds to overcome this error.

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Google Chrome lags and freezes

Posted on 2013-03-04 by guenni

[German Edition]I'm facing an annoying problem using Google Chrome browser under Windows 7. The browser freezes for a few seconds, when I open a new web page. During this short period I can't do anything within the browser window. After … Continue reading →

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Windows 8 Upgrade: Troubleshooting and analysis

Posted on 2012-11-05 by guenni

[German version]A lot Windows users are facing troubl, installing a Windows 8 upgrade. In best case, a rollback to the previous installed Windows performs. After I has seen many cases in German Microsoft Answers forum, I try within this article, … Continue reading →

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