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Troubleshooting

BSOD

CRITICAL SERVICE FAILED

Disable driver signature enforcement

Run SIGVERIF from the RUN menu to check for all unsigned drivers.


Windows Defender

How to disable Windows Defender Antivirus using Registry

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender

Create New DWORD (32-bit) Value in the Windows Defender folder.

  • DisableAntiSpyware
  • Change Value from 0 to 1
  • Reboot

Remove Recovery Partition from Windows Explorer[edit]

  • CMD
  • DISKPART
  • LIST DISK
  • SELECT DISK #
  • SELECT VOLUME #
  • ATTRIBUTES VOLUME SET HIDDEN
  • ATTRIBUTES VOLUME CLEAR HIDDEN - Use this command if you hid the wrong drive or need access to the partition.

SOMETHING WENT WRONG[edit]

When trying to connect to a Microsoft account to activate office or even add a new user to a PC you get the error "Something went wrong"

FIX[edit]

Open Internet Options > Advanced, and select

  • Use SSL 2.0
  • Use SSL 3.0
  • Use TLS 1.0
  • Use TLS 1.1
  • Use TLS 1.2

Click OK