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I have auto update MS Store updates turned off. I wonder if they would update if auto update apps in enabled rather than a manual check? I know that many apps are updated in the background particularly the "Runtime" ones. Last week when I had a problem updating the apps I saw that other apps...

Thanks again for your help. This forum is invaluable and a great source of help, especially Brinks Tutorials, for those of us trying to fathom Windows. Thanks Mitch.

Thanks very much for the advice, much appreciated. It was the "Burn ISO To DVD part that confused me. So if I double click the ISO in "This PC"/Explorer that will start the install process? Is the Fix Windows Using Windows Update method as effective as using the ISO to repair windows although...

Apologies for this basic question but I'm hoping someone can double check the steps to do a repair install of W11 - my advancing years are catching up with me. The Tutorials I think cover the W11 ISO but i want to use the Media Creation Tool to "keep recommended options for this PC" and don't...

Just as a follow up to my question about repair installs, is there any difference between downloading the W11 Install Media and the W11 Disk Image ( ISO) to do an in place/Repair Install. We have PC's in US English and English International with UK Language Packs and we want to use the...

Thanks for the replies. Yes we don't want to go overboard on this. She has Defender enabled and uses Malwarebytes Free as an on demand scanner. She also has a Norton 360 sub but recently uninstalled it. Is Malwarebytes Free as capable as the subscription version?

Hi. Hope this doesn't sound paranoid. My daughter had an issue with her laptop which is under warranty. She called the manufacturer's Tech Support line and the engineer connected to her machine to determine the problem. She was then advised to contact the software manufacturer as it was an...

I installed this Update on 4 pcs yesterday not without problems. On 2 machines I had issues with Defender not being able to check for updates- Protection definition update failed" Error Code 8024402e. The only thing I did differently to the other 2 was to run cleanmgr to delete files and old...

@hader Thanks for your reply. I uninstalled and reinstalled the update with the same result. I did an in place reinstall which seems to have solved the freezing problem. Is there any difference in using the "Fix problems using Windows Update" in Settings/Recovery and downloading from the...

I've just installed kb5063060 on our Dell Inspiron 16 5625 and have had constant freezes since then. I've uninstalled the update and have updates paused. I'm really not sure where to go from here and would be grateful for any advice. Thanks.

Just installed kb5060842 and everything went well. However when I check for Defender updates I get this message "Protection definition update failed" Error Code 8024402e. Checking for Windows Updates goes OK and the Services for Defender is running. Everything was working before this...

I haven't installed this Update yet, but I understand that it will limit System Restore Points to the last 60 days. After KB5060842 is installed, does it automatically delete any Restore Points older than 60 days? Thanks.

Hi. Yes, I've been having some issues with MS Store with app updates either queued or Checking Dependencies. The workaround I found was to sign out of either the MS or Local Accounts and sign back in. After that when Checking for MS Store app updates it goes straight to Downloading and installs.

Morning @remover. Glad you got it sorted. Mitch

The AntiVirus version is not updated. The current version is 1.429.133.0. The other thing you can do (and worked for me) is to wait for the next antivirus update from 133 and try again. Sometimes the next version drags the platform update with it. You can check the latest version in the link in...