Windows 10: strange boot issue

A friend asked me to look at his daughters computer that wouldn't turn on. There was an error saying Windows restarted unexpectedly. I looked online and found the fix. I pressed Shift-F10, got into regedit and changed HKLM/System/Setup/ChildCompletion to 3.

What would case this? I'm thinking somebody shut the computer off during an update or there was a power outage.

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Windows Shortcut Keys

Hello,

This issue is strange, when the computer boots up (for the first time or after a reboot) the win+r shortcut does function as it is supposed to. But then every attempt of pressing the win+r keys after that does not work at all until either the next boot (cold
or warm).

Any ideas?

Shane

 

Minecraft, strange issue

I thought it would be a good idea to set my kids up with individual microsoft accounts so that we can all play together cross platform.

What a mistake that was! now no one can play with anyone because of the following errors.

"You cannot add friends because of how your XBOX LIVE account is set up. This can be changed in your 'Privacy and online safety settings' on XBOX.COM"

and

"You cannot play online multiplayer because of how your XBOX LIVE account is set up. This can be changed in your 'Privacy and online safety settings' on XBOX.COM"

I have followed every piece of help I can find online and nothing is working. Also when I log in to my Xbox live account I can only see one out of 3 children on the page where you can change their permissions.

Please help,

 

Looking online, the only cause for this error that requires this fix seems to be a failure while running Sysprep, something you friend or his daughter shouldn't really be doing. Maybe someone suggested it may be 'a good thing to try' and they are too ashamed to admit it?

Sysprep win7 install error Solved - Windows 7 Help Forums
TechNet: What is Sysprep?

 

He said that it was working fine one day and they went to use the computer and it wouldn't turn on.

This is the same computer that I fixed late last year that wouldn't do anything. I found that the CPU wasn't seated properly and had three bent pins.

 

The ONLY way that can happen is when the CPU fan is removed and the CPU removed from the socket. Many times I find removing the CPU fan will also pull the CPU out of the socket, easy to bend pins when putting it back.

 

*Roflmao2Thought so, looks like they`re calling on your good nature and not telling you the whole story.

 

If anything happens again I'll be sure to ask exactly what they did. I don't want to accuse them of anything. I'm not sure what happened with the CPU the last time. My friend called me up and said it wouldn't boot (it was his computer at the time). I walked him through some stuff to try. I'm thinking he must have knocked the CPU loose while reseating the memory or unplugging internal USB devices.

Before I give the computer back, should I run some stress tests or anything (maybe make a system image)?