I’v had a few break-fix & business clients with issues ranging from corrupt Windows user profiles , driver issues, Outlook issues, Dropbox issues etc.
This seems to fix every machine, everytime:
- CMD > net user administrator /active:y (press enter)
- sfc/scannow (enter)
2.1) wait - If issues found and fixed, reboot.
3.1) Run SFC/scannow again , it should report no issues found.
If SFC doesnt fine anything:
1)CMD
2) DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth
Should report no issues, but if it does report an issue then:
3)DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth
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DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
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sfc/scannow (should find and fix issues now)
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Reboot and run sfc /scannow again.
Thats it. Should take 5-90min depending on system (HDD/SSD and if initial SFC/scannow fix’s the issue which it does 80% of the time).