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Windows is the world's most popular desktop operating system but anyone

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who's used it for any length of time knows that it doesn't mean it's perfect

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i mean mcdonald's serves over half a billion big macs every year but is far

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from the optimal thing to shove down your gullet so today we're going to talk about a few

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of the most common and frustrating Windows errors and what you can do about

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them other than trying that automatic Windows troubleshooter of course let's start

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with the access is denied error you'll sometimes see when you're trying to open

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a folder which probably seems a bit silly if it's on your computer this

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often happens when you don't have the right owner setup whether it's because

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you're trying to access a system folder containing critical Windows files or

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whatever other reason to fix this issue first make sure your user account has

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administrator rights which it should if you're just working on your own personal

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computer and right click the folder you're trying to open hit properties

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then security then advanced click change beside the owner field and a new box

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will pop up punch in your username and click check names to ensure that you

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typed in incorrectly if you did you'll see Windows tack the name of your pc

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onto the username click ok then click the option at the bottom of the previous

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window that refers to child object permission entries this will make sure

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you also have access to any subfolders click ok on all Windows and you should

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be good to go and if you're still having problems go back to the security tab we

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previously mentioned and make sure that your username has full control over the

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folder just click your username select edit and adjust the settings accordingly

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you may not want to do this on a critical system folder though next let's

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have a look at a common Windows update error that's been around for nearly 20

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years sometimes when you try to use Windows updates you'll get this error

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code along with this message if you're using a recent version of Windows 10.

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there were some problems but we'll try again later what does that mean

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thankfully so many people have gotten this message that plenty of fixes for it

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are floating around if you go to your Windows directory you'll see a folder

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called software distribution rename it to something else

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softwaredistribution.old is a good choice so you can find it later if needed and restart your machine then

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just try running Windows update again if that error message keeps popping up

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check out the two register entries we put in the video description below and

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make sure they match what's in your registry exactly all right let's wrap

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things up with something that's sure to be extremely frustrating if it ever

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happens to you a wi-fi network you want to connect to isn't in the list that

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Windows provides assuming that everything is okay with your hardware

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and the wi-fi network itself this can be caused if you're using a vpn that isn't

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playing nicely with Windows so your first step should be to disable your vpn

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temporarily if that fixes the issue ensure that you're running the latest

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version of the vpn software as older versions can use a driver that doesn't

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work correctly with newer versions of Windows it also won't hurt to ensure

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that the driver for your wireless adapter is also up to date but you still

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can't see the network you need fire up a command prompt making sure to run it as

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an administrator and type in this command

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if that doesn't work type in these two commands pressing enter after each one

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and we've included them in the description so you can copy and paste them easily so what are your most

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frustrating experiences with Windows errors let us know down in the comments

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and tell us what you'd like to see in a follow-up episode and regardless of what

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problem you're having before you panic just make sure it's not a pb cac error

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