Windows 10: Latest Windows update makes my computer unusable

Updated my computer last night just before heading to bed, woke up this morning and started up my computer. I immediately noticed my desktop image was changed and at least one app Spotify wasn’t loading up as usual on startup. But the real problems are as follows: Can’t open any apps or the Start menu with left click.When I try to open files or folders with double left click nothing happens other than a spinning blue wheel.Right clicking on apps or files/folders does nothing.Right clicking on Start brings up a menu with Installed Apps at the top, Desktop at the bottom. Only thing on th

:)

 

Update Makes Dell Touchscreen Unusable

Hi
RandEdwards

Step 1: Windows Version & Latest OS Build

• To check your latest build:
  • Windows Key + R
  • Run window will open
  • Type:
  • winver
  • And press enter to open About Windows
  • Cross check whether you have latest Version & OS Build
  • Till Today: Windows 10 Version 1607 & OS Build
    14393.82
• You may achieve latest version through steps 2.
• If you have a latest version, go to step 3.

Step 2: Windows 10 Anniversary Update(Version 1607):

• To download & install Windows 10 Anniversary Update, follow any of the mentioned methods

Method 1:
Microsoft - "Update now"




Method 2:
Microsoft - "Download tool now"(Recommended)





Though you have upgraded to latest version of Windows, please proceed to step 3.

Step 3: Windows Update(OS Build 14393.82)

• Once again update through Windows Update
• Follow this steps:
  • Click on Windows Key
  • Click on Settings
  • Click on Update & Security
  • On left panel click on Windows Update
  • On right panel under Windows Update click on Check for Updates

If still getting an error proceed to step 4

Step 4:
Check & Restore windows integrity

• Click on Windows Key
• Type Command Prompt
• Right click on Command Prompt
  and run as Administrator
• Command Prompt window will open and type the following command and press enter
• DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Scanhealth && DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth
• Please refer a screenshot
  
  
• Do you get any error or message??

Step 5: Scan your system

• Scan your system by Windows Defender(Recommended) or antivirus program

If still getting an error proceed to step 6

Step 6: OEM Support

• Visit OEM Website -
  DELL Support:
  • Download latest software & drivers
  • Use Diagnostic test
  • You may also contact them for support

Step 7: Please let us know

• Please let us know if the issue is Resolved or Not. Please feel free to communicate by replying if you have need more help

 

Bloatware updates make system unusable

A couple of things just occurred to me.

The way a software update works is in two steps. The first step is to
download the files, and the second step is to install the files. The
problem I've been describing is that installing the files for Windows
apps (bloatware) takes over the whole machine, and makes it almost
unusable.

The Windows OS updates are installed by requiring a restart, and then
the installation takes place during the restart ("23% completed --
don't turn off your computer"), and that take a few minutes or a
couple of hours, depending on the size of the update,

The bloatware updates are similar, except that they don't require a
restart. Instead they simply make your system almost unusable for a
couple of hours. In other words, the OS updates and the App updates
really both take control of the computer, but the OS updates do it in
the context of a restart.

That shouldn't happen. The app installation should just run in the
background, and allow everything else to run normally. The fact that
it's making the system almost unusable means that the installation is
running at a high priority. If it ran at a normal priority, then
maybe there wouldn't be any problem.

Well, it occurs to me that the Process Explorer program (from
sysinternals) has a "Priority" column. I have Process Explorer up all
the time anyway, so it's handy when there's a problem. So now I've
added the "Priority" column, and I've set the display to show
processes in decreasing order of priority. And wow, there's a bunch
of them running at priority 13 (high), and most of them running at 8
(normal). Interestingly, Firefox and Chrome run at priority 4 (low).

So anyway, next time I get an attack, I'll take a look at the Process
Explorer window, and maybe that will tell me who's causing the
problem. And maybe, just maybe, I can just set that process to normal
or low priority, and solve the problem. (Sorry, I may have crossed
the line into fantasy thinking, but I can't help myself.)

 

Laptop turns unusable after latest windows 10 update

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query in the Microsoft Community.

We have to make sure that the Windows Update is installed properly on your laptop. To check if it is installed already, please follow these steps:

• Press the Win + I buttons.
• Select Update & Security.
• Click View installed update history. The latest update should have been installed and dated last week.

If your laptop does not have the latest update yet, you can manually get the update by following the above steps 1 and 2, then select
Check update.

In case that your laptop has already the latest Windows Update installed, please follow the troubleshooting steps on this

link.

Let us know if any issues arise.