Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Windows 10 Common Problems and How to Fix (Troubleshooting) Them

Microsoft windows 10 without a doubt is one of the most advance and user friendly operating system out there and user response to windows 10 is quite positive so far.  The 75 million active users of windows 10 are not wrong and lot improvement is made like new start menu, the Edge web browser advance security feature in short everything that window 8 was lacking.

In spite of all this users still facing some issues and problems with windows 10 that need to be solved or troubleshoot.

Windows 10 Common Problems and How to Fix


Problems Upgrading to Windows 10 [Resolved]

The first and most noticeable problem users facing now days is upgrading to windows 10. If you are a genuine user of windows 7 or 8 you are eligible for windows 10 free upgrade. We have already made a detail post on how to upgrade to windows 10 which will help you to resolve this common windows 10 problem.

Windows 10 Activation Error (Issue Resolved) 

If you have just upgraded to windows 10 from your previous version of windows 7 Service Pack 1 or Windows 8.1 or upgraded to windows 10 for free then follow the blew mention steps to activated your windows 10:

From start menu button select Settings ->> Update & security and then ->> Activation.

Windows 10 product key


If you’re seeing this message ‘Connect to the Internet to activate Windows’ then please make sure that you are connected to the internet. If you are not connected then first connect to the internet and select the option above to activate windows.

There could be another reason that windows activation server might be busy and you have to wait for a while and try to activate after some time.

windows 10 activation problems


Experiencing (error 0xC004F061) or (error 0xC004C008) while Activating Windows 10


If you facing error (0xc004c003) (0xC004F061) or 0xc004f034 while activating windows 10 then follow the below steps: 


  • You’re trying to activate windows 10 from a previous version which was not genuine windows 7 or 8.
  • If you have formatted your hard drive or removed your genuine version of windows 7 or 8 then you also unable to upgrade using a window 10 product key. In this case you have to reinstall old copy of genuine window and try again activating.
windows 10- activation error

PC Laptop Won't Wake Up Won’t Turn off in Windows 10 [Resolved]

Most of the windows 10 users complaining about the issue that they are unable to wake up their laptop or PC from sleep mode and also laptop unable to turn off in windows 10.

You need to disable hibernation option to get this issue resolved. Follow these instructions below to turn of hibernation in windows 10

PC Won’t Turn off in Windows 10
  1. Type cmd in search box right click select Run as Administrator to launch elevated Command Prompt.
  2.  Type this command powercfg /h off and press Enter
  3.  Restart you PC/Laptop
If you facing any other common problems/issues regarding windows 10 please let us know in the comment section!