Windows is the world's most popular desktop operating system but anyone
who's used it for any length of time knows that it doesn't mean it's perfect
i mean mcdonald's serves over half a billion big macs every year but is far
from the optimal thing to shove down your gullet so today we're going to talk about a few
of the most common and frustrating Windows errors and what you can do about
them other than trying that automatic Windows troubleshooter of course let's start
with the access is denied error you'll sometimes see when you're trying to open
a folder which probably seems a bit silly if it's on your computer this
often happens when you don't have the right owner setup whether it's because
you're trying to access a system folder containing critical Windows files or
whatever other reason to fix this issue first make sure your user account has
administrator rights which it should if you're just working on your own personal
computer and right click the folder you're trying to open hit properties
then security then advanced click change beside the owner field and a new box
will pop up punch in your username and click check names to ensure that you
typed in incorrectly if you did you'll see Windows tack the name of your pc
onto the username click ok then click the option at the bottom of the previous
window that refers to child object permission entries this will make sure
you also have access to any subfolders click ok on all Windows and you should
be good to go and if you're still having problems go back to the security tab we
previously mentioned and make sure that your username has full control over the
folder just click your username select edit and adjust the settings accordingly
you may not want to do this on a critical system folder though next let's
have a look at a common Windows update error that's been around for nearly 20
years sometimes when you try to use Windows updates you'll get this error
code along with this message if you're using a recent version of Windows 10.
there were some problems but we'll try again later what does that mean
thankfully so many people have gotten this message that plenty of fixes for it
are floating around if you go to your Windows directory you'll see a folder
called software distribution rename it to something else
softwaredistribution.old is a good choice so you can find it later if needed and restart your machine then
just try running Windows update again if that error message keeps popping up
check out the two register entries we put in the video description below and
make sure they match what's in your registry exactly all right let's wrap
things up with something that's sure to be extremely frustrating if it ever
happens to you a wi-fi network you want to connect to isn't in the list that
Windows provides assuming that everything is okay with your hardware
and the wi-fi network itself this can be caused if you're using a vpn that isn't
playing nicely with Windows so your first step should be to disable your vpn
temporarily if that fixes the issue ensure that you're running the latest
version of the vpn software as older versions can use a driver that doesn't
work correctly with newer versions of Windows it also won't hurt to ensure
that the driver for your wireless adapter is also up to date but you still
can't see the network you need fire up a command prompt making sure to run it as
an administrator and type in this command
if that doesn't work type in these two commands pressing enter after each one
and we've included them in the description so you can copy and paste them easily so what are your most
frustrating experiences with Windows errors let us know down in the comments
and tell us what you'd like to see in a follow-up episode and regardless of what
problem you're having before you panic just make sure it's not a pb cac error
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