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Repair questionable, unfinished installation, or start all over again?
I'm trying to build a clean installation to use as a zero-day image for future system restores. I haven't finished installing, and already problems are cropping up. Is there a way to repair the present system, without starting all over again ?
Stage reached
- All Windows Updates installed, except 19 deliberately excluded (for pushing Windows 10, doing telemetry or being obviously irrelevant ; blocked some Windows Update Client updates).
- All drivers (last versions).
- Various system customizations.
- Almost no application software (except a few to help with install).
- Data not yet restored.
ProblemsWindows running slowSome actions that were immediate with my previous, 5-year old install now take several seconds or more.In Control Panel
- Device and Printers is not populated before the green loading bar finishes.
- Same thing for Installed Updates (except for .NET updates which are displayed immediately).
- Turn on or off Windows features displays a wait message for a very long time before the contents appear.
In Windows ExplorerI have 2 removable disks. One connected through USB 2.0, the other through SATA in a rack. When I click on either, I have to wait for the folder structure to appear (at least the first time). This takes more time on the USB disk than on the SATA disk. I'm positive there was no delay at all with the SATA disk in my previous install.In the System TrayIt takes ages to have the Safely Remove Hardware menu appear, after clicking the appropriate icon.Waking up from Sleep difficultPC often hangs up when waking up from Sleep. Restarting needed. This one happened with my previous install. Reinstalling was supposed to correct this...Disappearing Internet Connexion PropertiesThe Sharing tab of my Internet connexion displays this :"Windows cannot display the properties of this connection. The Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) information might be corrupted. To correct this, use System Restore."I did not do this, for fear of uninstalling some Windows Updates or drivers, or removing system customizations. Executing winmgmt /verifyrepository returns the message : WMI repository is consistent.Possibly relevant circumstances
- Windows Updates were difficult and frought with incidents. At least one install was interrupted by shutting off the PC while message said you shouldn't do so.
- Several Windows Updates were refused.
- Many cycles of installing/uninstalling drivers, with possibly unhealthy results. A registry scan by C-Cleaner shows many allegedly faulty entries (I took care not to clean anything, however).
- Drivers replaced by more up-to-date versions.
Many thanks in advance !
Last edited by Clairvaux; 28 Oct 2015 at 04:43. Reason: Layout adjustments