Microsoft tech troubleshooter extraordinaire Gov Maharaj and I help walk you through troubleshooting solutions to your tech support problems. If you have a problem you want to send us, you can use the Problem Step Recorder in Windows (see this for details on how) and send us the zip file to DefragShow@microsoft.com. We will also be checking comments for problems, but the email address will let us contact you if needed.

[03:13] Holiday Tip: Update, install, refresh your devices BEFORE you wrap them, avoid the holiday crush

[04:12] Error 1019 Installing NVidia GPU Driver
[05:15] Turning off Windows Settings Sync for specific apps
[05:52] Reactivating Windows 10 after a clean install
[07:01] Questions about reports from the Get Windows 10 app
[09:24] With all privacy settings on, does Windows 10 still send data
[10:59] Manually installing Windows 10, 1511 (link)
[11:38] Full text indexing and searching for files on servers
[12:44] Why do I have so many Hard Drive Recovery partitions and can they deleted?
[14:10] Windows 10 to 1511 upgrade gets stuck at 40%
[15:30] Windows 10 1511 and USB device issues and fix

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