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Security and Maintenance/Action Center should become your base of

operations when something goes wrong on your Windows PC.

Try This! Security and Maintenance

If you haven’t had a chance to explore Security and Maintenance in

Windows 10, now’s the time, so try this! Open the app in Control Panel or

directly by typing Secur. . . in the Search field and selecting the shortcut

that pops up. Are Windows Firewall and Windows Defender active? Do

you have any messages under Maintenance that need addressing? What

behavior can you change when you select Change Security and

Maintenance settings? Finally, while you’re at the app, click on the File

History related app (lower left corner) and segue into exploring that tool,

too.

Application Problems

Programmers want to write applications that work well, enable you to

accomplish a specific task, and be good enough to earn your money. But PCs

are complicated and programmers can’t get it right every time with every

combination of hardware and software.

Application problems show up in several ways. The typical scenario has

the application failing to install or uninstall. Operating system version issues

can cause compatibility problems. Another typical scenario is where an

application tries to access a file and that file is either missing or won’t open.

The least common problems come from sloppy or poorly written code that

causes the application or the operating system to crash. Finally, corrupted

applications can corrupt data too, but Windows has tools for recovering

previous versions of files and folders.

EXAM TIP Every once in a while you’ll get an application that reports an

error if the clock settings in Windows don’t match. This can cause the

application not to run. Likewise, if a computer has a failing battery and is

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