Troubleshooting and Supporting Windows 11: Creating Robust, Reliable, Sustainable, and Secure Systems

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M. HalseyTroubleshooting and Supporting Windows 11https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8728-6_20

20. Startup and Repair Troubleshooting

Mike Halsey¹  

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Genouillac, France

 

Nothing is more annoying than a PC that won’t start to the desktop, but this is a fate that can sometimes befall a PC. The common solution is to reinstall Windows from scratch or to reimage the PC. I always argue these aren’t good solutions. If you reimage the PC from an image created using software from a company such as Symantec or Acronis, which have always been popular among IT Pros for the creation of image backups, then you will have to update every installed application that requires ...