Category: Windows Technologies

Desktop, Repackaging, Windows Technologies

Uninstalling HP ProtectTools Security Manager and DigitalPersona Pro

Scenario: You are upgrading your HP ProBook laptop running Windows 7 to Windows 10 to avail the Free Windows 10 upgrade feature. During the Windows 10, install you’ll be prompted to uninstall both “HP ProtectTools Security Manager” and “DigitalPersona Pro” software as they found to be incompatible with Windows 10.  However, when you attempt to uninstall “HP ProtectTools Security Manager” it results in various errors like: This action is not valid for your Operating System This action is only valid for products that are currently installed The msiexec verbose uninstall log reports “MSI (c) (B0:C0) [15:20:43:475]: MainEngineThread is returning 1605” […]

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Active Directory, Desktop, Windows Technologies

Upgrading OEM Licensed Domain Joined Windows 7 System to Windows 10

Scenario: You want to Freely upgrade your existing Windows system to the latest Windows 10 version. Your systems specifications are: Running Windows 7 SP1 x64 bit OS Windows 7 is OEM licensed. That is, you got your Windows 7 pre-installed and licensed/activate by the laptop manufacture vendor itself.  You don’t have the Windows 7 activation key to do a fresh OS install and activation. Its a domain joined system, that is, its a member of an Active Directory domain. You have Office 2010 installed and activated by your IT department using your corporate office license. It’s running Symantec Endpoint Protection […]

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Desktop, Windows Technologies

Fix: Windows 10 Store Error: Something went wrong. The error code is 0x80073D0A, in case you need it.

Scenario: On Windows 10 desktop, when you launch the store and attempt to download and install/update any applications, the installation fails with error message Something went wrong.  The error code is 0x80073D0A, in case you need it. Below is a error message screenshot:   Solution: Most of the Windows 10 Store application download/install errors are caused if Windows Firewall service is Disabled or Not Running on your system. To fix any of these store errors, you need to ensure that Windows Firewall service is Enabled, Started and set to run Automatically every time System restarts. Then attempt to download and […]

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