Blog: Windows 10

Windows 10 Repair Install

Oct 9, 2015, 4:18 PM -05:00

After initially installing I was having many problems with Windows 10. Updates from Microsoft would not install. Drivers for mouse and scanner were not working. The most useful error I could get was a corrupted registry. After much frustration I decided to use the Windows 10 Repair option. To do this, boot to the Windows 10 installation media and choose the "Repair" option. Then choose the option to “Keep Windows settings, personal files and applications”.

This will reinstall and fix most issues with Windows 10. In this case I did not have to reinstall any programs except Microsoft Office.

Here is a detail description of the process. This article was written for Windows 8, but the process is the same with Windows 10.
https://www.winhelp.us/non-destructive-reinstall-of-windows-8-and-8-1.html

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Windows 10 Mail and Exchange Activesync lockout policies

Oct 9, 2015, 3:41 PM -05:00

After installing Windows 10, I decided I wanted to try out the Mail Desktop App. I added my Exchange account in the Settings->Accounts-> Add account. After adding my credentials, I got this message:

This caused the Windows 10 lock out policy to be inherited from the policy that is a part of Exchange Activsync, which locks the device after one or three minutes (depending on the policies set up for Activsync).

By removing the Exchange account from the Windows 10 Mail app, it also removed the Activesync enforcement of lockout and hence the lockout times reverted to being controlled by the power manager application.