Windows 10: windows lockdown on many things after double update

My laptop has an SSD as C drive, and a Std. SATA as E drive in the secondary drive bay.

I'm Running Windows 10 - 64 bit.

Around a week ago, I got quite a large Windows update (after download - around 30 / 45 minutes of install and 3 reboots before logon screen).

One day later - another smaller update, of slightly less time, and one reboot.


Since these updates, various things have happened :

(PS. I am the sole user. There is only my account on the machine. I am still the Administrator. I have double checked that.)

1. first thing I noticed - wifi adapter turned off at every reboot. I did fix that in settings, changed back to automatic, but now it has reverted to manual all by itself !

2. Suddenly (Once the wifi is back on !) I'm unable to download anything - music, Jpeg, programs, you name it, from either Chrome, or Edge, or IE.

Makes no difference which program is used.

All these things do appear to download as normal, but once download finishes I get "You don't have the relevant permissions to save".


3. All my folders are now defaulted to "read only". I have spent hours and hours - drilled right down to all levels of removing read only,

including setting all files as visible, right click on drive, /select all/properties/ uncheck "read only" from there,

thus deselecting the "read only box", for both my on board drives, and waited over an hour for it all to run through, but to no avail.

4. I then went to do a system restore.

lo and behold, although restore is always set as "ON", every restore point has vanished !

There isn't even one there for the latest updates !


If this was actually caused - as it would appear to be -by the latest 2 updates, then they couldn't have done much worse if they had sent me a bucket full of trojan-worms !

Don't get me wrong. the machine runs fine in all other respects. Online is fine. email is fine. at least - these are the issues found up to press.


I have just held [shift] and re booted, and uninstalled the latest "Quality" update.

Problems still exist as before.

I do have AVG internet security ultimate, and thought that may well be the problem.

I decided to shut it down completely, - but the problem remained.

folders still refuse point blank to stay off the read only button.

something is making the folders all default back to "read only" , after unchecking, and as soon as you hit [OK].

i.e. -go immediately back to folder properties, and the tick box is already re-checked !

all the other issues are still there too, and wifi adapter has returned to manual start !

Running out of ideas now.

My "PC expert" friend is also at a loss. He tried all the Attribute stuff. still no joy.

Has to be something these updates caused.It was fine before.

Can I assume other people are suffering the same issues ?

I really don't want to do a clean install - too much stuff on here to lose. To be fair - I don't see why I should !

After exhausting everything I can find or think of to do - I'm now shouting for help.

:)

 

Windows Updates failed to instal

I'm not sure how differant XP media center Edition is but you could clear the history \ cache if these folders are there.

Step 1 Register DLL files.

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By trying this step, we can check if the update engines are working properly.



1. Close all instances of Internet Explorer.

2. Click Start and Run, type "Regsvr32 atl.dll" (without quotes) in the Open box and click OK.



Note: There is a space between regsvr32 and atl.dll



3. Similarly, one by one, register the files listed below:



Regsvr32 msxml3.dll

Regsvr32 wuapi.dll

Regsvr32 wuaueng.dll

Regsvr32 wuaueng1.dll

Regsvr32 wups2.dll

Regsvr32 wucltui.dll

Regsvr32 wups.dll

Regsvr32 wuweb.dll

Regsvr32 qmgr.dll

Regsvr32 qmgrprxy.dll

Regsvr32 jscript.dll



Note: If you encounter errors while registering any of these files then skip that file and continue with the next one.



If the issue persists, let's move on to the steps below to verify Windows Update services and temporary folders.



Step 2 Verify the relevant Windows Update services.

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1. Click Start->Run, type "services.msc" (without quotation marks) in the open box and click OK.

2. Double click the service "Automatic Updates".

3. Click on the Log On tab, please ensure the option "Local System account" is selected and the option "Allow service to interact with desktop" is unchecked.

4. Check if this service has been enabled on the listed Hardware Profile. If not, please click the Enable button to enable it.

5. Click on the tab "General "; make sure the "Startup Type" is "Automatic" or "Manual". Then please click the button "Stop" under "Service Status" to stop the service.

6. Then please click the button "Start" under "Service Status" to start the service.

7. Please repeat the above steps with the other services:



Background Intelligent Transfer Service

Event Log

Remote Procedure Call (RPC)



Note: Event log service is enabled on all of the hardware profiles; this service does not have an option to enable or disable on certain hardware profile.



If it still does not help, let's proceed to step 3.



Step 3 Reload the Update temporary folders.

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One possible cause is that the temporary folder for Windows Update is containing corrupted files. Let's erase all the files there to get the system clean.



1. Click Start, Run, type: cmd and press Enter. Please run the following command in the opened window.



Net stop WuAuServ



2. Click Start, Run, type: %windir% and press Enter.

3. In the opened folder, rename the folder SoftwareDistribution to Sdold.

4. Click Start, Run, type: cmd and press Enter. Please run the following command in the opened window.



Net start WuAuServ



Please test the Windows Update website and let me know the result. If the issue persists, to clarify the issue and provide more accurate troubleshooting steps, please assist me in collecting the following information.

 

Windows Updated(16299.309).KB4088776 Restart is required to complete.


Hi dalchina. Good news, I followed your suggestion and reinstalled the update and now it appears as "installed correctly" *Biggrin Maybe it was not necessary to run the Windows Update Troubleshooter or maybe if necessary. But using it I do not think it could have worsened something. The installation was very fast, unlike the first time it showed step 1 and step 2 completed.

Thanks for the suggestions and for the time to respond Best regards.


And thanks for the tip of that program, I'll have it on my list.

 

Computer in lockdown

I have done all of the troubleshooting steps that you provided and I still can't get Windows to start because it won't accept my password which I know has been entered correctly I know my password Works to get into my Microsoft account on my android phone.
Previously tried to make a reset password but Windows 10 will not allow it and i had a lot of other problems. Now I can't even restore or do a clean install because it always asks for a password