Most Common

Problems in
Windows OS
 Wi-Fi Connection is not
showing

This happens to me several

times already. I literally
followed all tutorials in
Youtube on how to solve
Windows 10 wi-fi is not
showing. But here are 2
methods that really worked for
me.
Method 1: Run Network 5.If the above didn’t fix the issue
then from the Troubleshoot window,
Troubleshooter click on Network Adapter and then
click on Run the troubleshooter.
1.Press Windows Key + I to open
Settings then click on Update &
Security.

2.From the left-hand menu

select Troubleshoot.

3.Under Troubleshoot click

on Internet Connections and then
click Run the troubleshooter.

4.Follow further on-screen

instructions to run the
troubleshooter.
Method 2: Uninstall
Wireless Network Adapter
Drivers
1.Press Windows Key + R then type
“devmgmt.msc” and hit Enter to
open Device Manager.
2.Expand Network Adapters and
find your network adapter name.
3.Make sure you note down the
adapter name just in case
something goes wrong.
4.Right-click on your network
adapter and select Uninstall.
5.Restart your PC and Windows will
automatically install the default
drivers for the Network adapter.
6.If you’re not able to connect to
your network then it means the driver
software isn’t automatically
installed.
7.Now you need to visit your
manufacturer’s website and download
the driver from there.
8.Install the driver and reboot your
PC. By reinstalling the network
adapter, you can get rid out of this
Wi-Fi Network Not Showing Up on
Windows 10 issue.
Windows 10 Black Screen With
Cursor
Last night I saw my laptop has an
windows update. Even I’m sleepy by
that time I still decided to update it
knowing my little brother is still
awaken and I let him to take a look on
my laptop since it has started to
update. Tomorrow morning, I opened my
laptop and after I typed in my lock
screen password, everything was just
black and cursor. So I was worried and
I immediately went to browser and
search on how to solve it.
Method 1: Run Startup 6.On the Advanced options screen,
click Automatic Repair or Startup Repair.
/Automatic Repair
7.Wait till the Windows Automatic/Startup
Repairs complete.
1.Insert the Windows 10 bootable
installation DVD and restart your PC. 8.Restart and you have successfully Fix
Windows 10 Black Screen with Cursor
2.When prompted to Press any key to Issue.
boot from CD or DVD, press any key to
continue.

4.On choose an option screen,

click Troubleshoot.

5.On Troubleshoot screen,

click Advanced option.

Method 2: Update your
Graphics Card Drivers
1.Press Windows Key + R then
type devmgmt.msc and hit enter to
open Device Manager.
2.Next, expand Display adapters and
right-click on your Graphics Card and
select Enable.
3.Once you have done this again right-
click on your graphics card and select
“Update Driver“.
4.Select “Search automatically for
updated driver software” and let it
finish the process.
4.Select “Search automatically for
updated driver software” and let it
finish the process.
5.If the above steps were helpful in
fixing the issue then very good, if not
then continue.
6.Again right-click on your graphics card
and select “Update Driver” but this
time on the next screen select “Browse
my computer for driver software.“
7.Now select “Let me pick from a list of
available drivers on my computer.”
8.Finally, select the latest driver from
the list and click Next.
9.Let the above process finish and
restart your PC to save changes.
Stop too much data usage in On metered connection, Windows will
the background only download priority updates and apps
will use data when they are in the
foreground. 
One thing I immediately noticed
after upgrade to Windows 10 was the
unknown increase in data usage. I
was using mobile data over the
hotspot so Windows suddenly
chugging on the limited data was
very noticeable.

If you have a network with limited

data or you don’t want Windows to
use data in the background that
could affect your foreground apps
and games, then it’s better to set
that connection as metered.
Stop too much data usage in
the background
Here’s how to set a network as
metered connection:
4. That’s it, now Windows will treat
this connection as metered and minimize
using data in the background. If you
connect to a different connection,
you’ll have to go through the same steps
again to set it as metered.

1. Go to Settings from the Start

menu and click on Network &
Internet.

2. Here click on Wi-Fi in the left

panel and select your network.

3. Now turn on the toggle button

below Set as metered
connection to enable it.
Minimize notifications

Using the default notification

settings, Windows 10 always has 2-3
new notifications for you whenever
you open up the PC (at least it was
like that for me). And most of
these notifications aren’t useful,
and even annoying if you are not
using the app/service it is
notifying about.

If are also annoyed by too many

notifications in Windows 10, then
you should stop apps from sending
notifications.
 3. If you only want to block
Minimize notifications notifications from specific apps, then
scroll down and turn off the button next
1. To do so, open the notifications to the app/feature from which you don’t
panel and click on Manage want to see notifications. This list
notifications at the top. includes both native and third-party
apps.
2. If you are like me and don’t
want any notifications at all,
then simply turn off the toggle
button below Get notifications
from apps and other senders and
this will disable all
notifications.
Access Safe mode Actually, there are 
multiple ways to access Safe mode in W
indows 10
Going into safe mode is necessary to , but I am going to show the easiest
solve many problems like driver one.
issues, file corruption, and virus
infections, etc. However, the
previous go-to methods of accessing
Safe mode won’t work in Windows 10.

Especially, if you are upgrading

from Windows 7, then you’ll be
surprised that the usual method of
going berserk on the F8 key while
Windows starts to open safe mode
won’t work in Windows 10.
Access Safe mode

1. While inside Windows 10, go to

the Power option from the Start
menu. Here hold the Shift key and
click on Restart.

2. This will restart the PC and

Windows Recovery Environment will
open up. Here go to Troubleshoot
> Advanced options > Startup
Settings > Restart.

3. Your PC will restart again and

then you can use numbers keys to
access the right Safe mode type.
Disable Delivery Optimization However, this also means that your
network may be used in the background and
affect your apps and games while using
Windows 10 uses  them. You should disable this feature if
Windows Update Delivery Optimizatio you are noticing network issues like slow
n download speed or high ping.
 (WUDO) system to deliver updates
to PCs. It’s a peer-to-peer
delivery system where Windows may
upload updates already downloaded
on your PC to another PC on the
internet or on the same network.
Microsoft added this to save
bandwidth by using your network for
delivery instead of their own
server.
Disable Delivery Optimization

1. Go to Windows 10 Settings and click

on Update & Security.

2. Now click on Delivery

Optimization in the left panel and
disable the button below Allow
downloads from other PCs.

3. This will completely disable

Delivery Optimization. However, if
you want to use this feature to
update PCs connected to your
network, then you may select the PCs
on my local network option instead.
Hide the search bar

In the previous Windows version, the

search bar was in the Start menu or
Start screen. However, in Windows 10
the search bar (a big one too) is on
the taskbar instead. This can be quite
problematic for many people, especially
if you like having app icons pinned on
the taskbar.
Thankfully, you can both hide or turn
the search box into an icon to make the
taskbar cleaner. Just right-click on
the taskbar and hover your mouse cursor
over the Search option. You can then
select the Hidden or Show search
icon option to get rid of the big
search box.
 Disable background apps

Windows 10 has way too many native apps that run in the background
and keep hogging resources even if you don’t use them. Disabling
them is a great way to get a boost in system performance.
Disable background apps

1. Access Settings from the Start

menu and click on Privacy here.

2. Move to the Background app option

in the left panel and a list of
all the apps that run in the
background will open up.

3. Simply turn off the ones you

don’t want to run in the
background. Although be careful
not to disable app that must run
in the background to offer timely
service, such as the Alarm app if
you are using it for alarms.
 Hibernate option not available in power menu

In favor of the Fast Startup feature, Windows 10 has completely

removed Hibernate from the Start menu power options. You have
to re-enable this feature to be able to hibernate your PC in
Windows 10.
Hibernate option not 4. Afterward, check the checkbox next
to Hibernate option and save the changes.
available in power menu
5. You should now be able to see the
1. You need to access Power options, Hibernate option in the Start menu
and the easiest way to do it is to Power options.
use a Run command. Press Windows+R
keys to open up the Run dialog and
type “powercfg.cpl” here to open
the Power options.

2. Here in the left panel, click

on Choose what the power buttons
do.

3. On the next page, click on Change

settings that are currently
unavailable.
 Trouble installing or updating Microsoft Store
apps

This is actually a recurring problem in Windows 10 where

apps from Microsoft Store either stop updating or don’t
install at all. Thankfully, in most cases, it can be
fixed using the automatic troubleshooter built into
Windows 10. Let’s see how to access and use it.
Trouble installing or updating
Microsoft Store apps
1. From the Windows
10 Settings, click on Update &
Security.
4. This will run the troubleshooter and
it will automatically fix any problems
detected.If that doesn’t help either
then you can also 
reset the Microsoft Store App.

2. Now move the Troubleshoot section

in the left panel and then click
on Additional troubleshooter.

3. Here scroll down and click on Run

the troubleshooter under Windows
Store Apps.
How to Fix Windows Update
Error 80072ee2

You may experience ‘Windows Update

Error 80072ee2’ when Windows
updates itself. This is accompanied
by a message indicating that
‘fault is unknown’ and ‘no
additional information is
available’. This is a common issue
with Windows devices. Nevertheless,
this problem won’t bother you for
long. Through this detailed guide,
we are going to help you fix the
Windows update error 8072ee2.
Method 1: Run Windows Update
Troubleshooter
Note: Before running the
troubleshooter, make sure you are
logged in as an administrator.
1. To open the Start menu search bar,
press Windows + S keys together.
2. In the dialogue box,
type troubleshoot and click on the
first result that appears.
3. Select Windows Update from the
troubleshooting menu. 
4. Then, click on the Run the
troubleshooter button.
5. Windows will now
begin troubleshooting and look for any
issues.Note: You may be informed that the
troubleshooter needs administrative
privileges to check for system issues.
6. Select Try troubleshooting as an
administrator.
7. Restart your computer after the
patches have been applied and verify if
Windows update error 80072ee2 is fixed.

Method 2: Modify Registry
Entries
Changing the registry and removing
several keys is the easiest way of
fixing this update problem. Follow the
given steps to alter registry settings
to fix Windows update error 8072ee2:
1. Press the Window + R keys together
to open the Run dialogue box.
2. Type services.msc in the Run
dialogue box, and then click OK.
3. Locate the Windows Update
service in the services console.
4. Right-click on Windows Update service
then select Stop from the context
menu. Note: You must disable the Windows
Update service before making any
modifications in the registry settings to
rectify the issue.
5. Hold the Windows + R keys once again.
6. Type the below commands in the Run box
and then click OK.
“C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution”
7. Now, Delete the SoftwareDistribution
folder here.
8. Return to the Services Console.
9. Right-click Windows Update service and
select Start.
10. Hold the Windows and R keys to
open the Run dialogue box for the
last time.
11. Here, type regedit and
hit Enter.
12. Navigate to the following
location in the registry editor:
15. Select Yes to continue with your
actions.
16. Again go back to the service window,
right-click on Windows Update, and
select Start.
You can now update without facing any
problem.

13. Look for the

keys WUServer and WUStatusServer in
the right pane.

14. Right-click on each of them then

select Delete.
Thank you for watching!
Presented by: Stephen D. Moron
Section: BSIT2C
Submitted to: Ms. Tarawe