Windows 10 - Beware Shudown is Not a Shutdown if Fast Restart is Enabled

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As Microsoft has said, if you have this issue simply reboot. Don't shut down, reboot.

I bet you're asking... What's the difference between a reboot a shutdown? Aren't they both theoretically the same except that one triggers the motherboard to shutdown? Technically yes, they should be the same but they aren't because of something called "Fast Start".

In Windows 10 a shutdown is really a mini-hibernate if Fast Start is enabled. It stores an image of the main Windows memory in a file on the primary storage device. On power up, it can then quickly reload that image and just partially reset some devices. A reboot is different, it reloads everything as versus a shutdown and power-up.

To disable Fast Start, do the following...

1. Type Control Panel in the search box.
2. Click Control Panel.
3. Click Power Options.
4. Click Choose what the power buttons do.
5. Click Change settings that are currently unavailable.
6. Scroll down to Shutdown settings and uncheck Turn on fast startup.
7. Click Save changes.

reference:

https://betanews.com/2016/12/10/windows-10-suddenly-killing-internet-connectivity-for-some-users/

Windows 10 - internet connectivity dies

Thanks update KB3201845

Might need to reset winsock
    netsh winsock reset

OR
Might need (unbelievable but true - I've seen it)
   scandisk  or
   chkdsk c: /f


Reference
https://betanews.com/2016/12/10/windows-10-suddenly-killing-internet-connectivity-for-some-users/

Windows 10 - reset TCPIP

netsh int ip reset c:\resetlog.txt

And if you notice an element that says not resetting
head to the following key and give full permissions

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nsi\
    {eb004a00-9b1a-11d4-9123-0050047759bc}\26

reference
http://windowsreport.com/windows-sockets-registry-entries-required-for-network-connectivity-are-missing/

Alternate fix sometimes needed:
 
             netsh winsock reset 

This article also show how to remove and then reinstall TCPIP
Hint: export the Netbios key, delete some keys, install protocol, select "Have Disk" and point to C:\windows\inf and pick tcpip.

Sophos antivirus

This is a good program

https:// www.ccri.edu/it/helpdesk/sophos_home_use.html

Gmail from Outlook fails

Late 2016, this is happening more and more as they take steps to secure or lockdown the locations and devices which are used to access the account.

Refer to following article
https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7126229

Allow Less Secure Apps
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255
which leads to:
https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps

or

Perform a captcha step
https://www.google.com/accounts/DisplayUnlockCaptcha

Cloning Hard Disk

The following article recommend Macrium Reflect Free
http://www.ghacks.net/2015/08/29/the-best-way-to-clone-a-hard-drive-least-time-consuming-error-prone/

Get here
http://www.ghacks.net/2015/08/29/the-best-way-to-clone-a-hard-drive-least-time-consuming-error-prone/

Note, it is performed installing in to Windows and running there in live environment.

• Comment there: I've used Macrium Reflect on a bunch of Windows 7 systems, with both BIOSes and UEFIs, with both MBR and GPT drives, and with both internally mounted drives and external USB-mounted drives, and I haven't run into any problems yet (that I can recall, and I probably would if I had). However, the vast majority of what I've done has been cloning, not imaging, so I'm not a reliable judge of Macrium Reflect's imaging performance.

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Comments recommend AOMEI

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Third option, in comments:

• DriveImage XML = Free, lightweight, bulletproof and easy to use.

1. http://www.runtime.org/dixml.htm
2. I have cloned 2 SSD's by plugging into a USB2.0 drive enclosure and they will boot from an AHCI enabled system.
3. Usually can't boot AHCI when I use a USB 2.0 plugin to setup a drive.

Create an Unsecured PDF

Use the following site:
https://smallpdf.com/unlock-pdf

Another way is to upload to Google Drive and let it convert to a docx file.