Fix for Windows 10 Upgrade not appearing

So you've waited and waited, and have finally gotten bored of waiting for your Windows 10 Upgrade to appear... I found a useful comment on the here which did the trick for me; Open up Regedit. Locate the registry key: [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="yes" overflow="visible"][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" [...]

By |2017-07-24T08:33:16+01:00August 28th, 2015|Tips, Windows, Windows 10, Windows Update|0 Comments

Possible Fix for Upgrading Windows 10 build 10122 to 10130

If you’re having issues trying to upgrade your Windows 10 from Build 10122 to 10130 try the following steps prior to upgrading; First Check your System Health, by running the following three commands from an elevated Command Prompt; dism /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth dism /online /cleanup-image /checkhealth dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth   Then try cleaning out [...]

By |2017-07-24T08:33:16+01:00June 1st, 2015|Bugs, Tips, Windows, Windows 10, Windows Update|0 Comments

svchost.exe consumes 100% CPU on Windows XP, caused by Windows Updates

I reinstalled Windows XP on a clients PC recently, and came up against an issue where I couldn’t update Windows using Windows Update. I then noticed that the PC had slowed down to a crawl. Opening up Task Manager, Processes and Sorting by CPU, I found that svchost.exe was consuming 100% CPU. I tried killing [...]

By |2017-07-24T08:33:17+01:00October 1st, 2013|Bugs, Internet Explorer, Tips, Windows, Windows Update|0 Comments