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> At least you can google for the error code

And find what information? Try turning it off and on again, update & reboot, then clean the registry?



On contrary, incorrectly typed generic error message leads to that types of boilerplate. Numeric error code correctly entered and searched usually leads to either description of exact widespread problem and workaround, or absolutely nothing, very binary and efficient.


Oh I'm not really saying that's better, just that the above is the kind of pain I remember from using Windows.


The solution to every error code in Windows these days is sfc /scannow and dism /Online /Cleanup-image




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