From bad to worse: A repair goes awry

Sometimes, well-intentioned repairs can actually make things worse than before. That’s what happened to a reader who was trying to correct a Windows login error but ended up with a completely unbootable PC!

Is it possible for him to get Windows running again with its already installed software still intact and working? Or is a full reinstall in his future?

Plus: The care and feeding of that little coin-cell battery on your PC’s mainboard.

Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.17.0 (2021-05-10).

Also in this issue:

  • SAFETY: Anatomy of a malware
  • PUBLIC DEFENDER: Buy the drives you need before ‘chia’ gets them all
  • BEST UTILITIES: Freeware Spotlight — O&O Lanytix
  • ON SECURITY: Is the cloud unsafe?

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Fred Langa

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