{"id":5191,"date":"2020-07-22T14:37:07","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T14:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/?p=5191"},"modified":"2021-10-30T12:27:59","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T12:27:59","slug":"mucking-around-until-it-breaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/mucking-around-until-it-breaks\/","title":{"rendered":"Mucking around until it breaks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This took a lot of time, I wanted to reduce the occurrence of my <strong>BSOD &#8220;UNEXPECTED STORE EXCEPTION<\/strong>&#8220;. This involved reinstalling my anti-virus product, changing it&#8217;s passwords and then repairing my fingerprint reader driver as a result of a Code 19 error on my fingerprint reader. I then worked through <a href=\"http:\/\/kunmii.blogspot.com\/2015\/09\/possible-solutions-unexpectedstoreexcep.html\">the steps suggested here<\/a>. This led me to suspect the hard disk (SSD) and finally to reset the operating system. I had been postponing the last item as previous experience had been terrible. (Once I got to the right version of the reset program), it was easier than I expected. I document the <a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/my-newest-w10-build\/\">reinstallation of packages<\/a> here. Otherwise here are my notes.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The big lesson here is that you may need to reinstall\/reset windows. It&#8217;s much easier than it once was.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Google has articles blaming the anti-virus product. So I updated it and then reinstalled it using a link issued by their support desk, who took 45 minutes to respond.<\/li>\n<li>This process required using the password, and I couldn&#8217;t read my hand written version, so I needed to reset it. &#x1f620;<\/li>\n<li>When it rebooted, Windows Hello&#8217;s fingerprint sign on wasn&#8217;t working, using the <code>Device Manager<\/code>, I found under <code>biometric devices<\/code> that the device driver had a <code>Code 19<\/code>, which is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a registry error<\/span>; I removed\/uninstalled it and the reboot reinstalled the device and re-enabled the login method.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Dealing with the Code 19<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>When it rebooted from the previous reconfiguration , Windows Hello&#8217;s fingerprint sign-in wasn&#8217;t working; using the <code>Device Manager<\/code>, which I found under <code>biometric devices<\/code> I discovered that the device driver had a <code>Code 19<\/code>, which is a registry error; I removed\/uninstalled the device driver after checking it was up to date and the consequent reboot reinstalled the device and re-enabled the login method.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Links on Store exception<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/helpdeskgeek.com\/windows-10\/how-to-fix-unexpected-store-exception-error-in-windows-10\/\">https:\/\/helpdeskgeek.com\/windows-10\/how-to-fix-unexpected-store-exception-error-in-windows-10<\/a>\/, at help desk geek, I tried some of these suggestions and found them unhelpful,. although he does say to check the hardware first.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kunmii.blogspot.com\/2015\/09\/possible-solutions-unexpectedstoreexcep.html\">Possible Solutions: UNEXPECTED STORE EXCEPTION &#8211; Windows 10 <\/a>by Kunmi, who talks of ensuring your software is up to date, cleaning up the disk by using chkdsk etc,, performing a boot level AV scan, reinstalling windows FFS &#x1f621; and finally checking aspects of the hardware.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>This maybe hardware related &#8230;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/answers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/forum\/all\/stop-code-unexpected-store-exception\/36902ac0-1cbe-4faa-bb72-d1facb860089?auth=1\">https:\/\/answers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/forum\/all\/stop-code-unexpected-store-exception\/36902ac0-1cbe-4faa-bb72-d1facb860089?auth=1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/community.acer.com\/en\/discussion\/467448\/unexpected-store-exception-error\">https:\/\/community.acer.com\/en\/discussion\/467448\/unexpected-store-exception-error<\/a> &#8211; suggests it might be memory<\/li>\n<li>While <a href=\"https:\/\/helpdeskgeek.com\/windows-10\/how-to-fix-unexpected-store-exception-error-in-windows-10\/\">this<\/a>, suggests it might be the disk, which in my case is an SSD, however, the diagnostics they recommend have already been used.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Links on Memory Management<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/answers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/forum\/all\/windows-10-memory-management-bsod-source-of\/d5ada4ba-0a63-43a0-85ab-65d8bf10c8d9?auth=1\">https:\/\/answers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/forum\/all\/windows-10-memory-management-bsod-source-of\/d5ada4ba-0a63-43a0-85ab-65d8bf10c8d9?auth=1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/answers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/search\/search?SearchTerm=bsod%20memory%20management%20w10&amp;tab=&amp;status=all&amp;advFil=&amp;IsSuggestedTerm=false&amp;isFilterExpanded=undefined&amp;CurrentScope.ForumName=windows&amp;CurrentScope.Filter=windows_10&amp;ContentTypeScope=&amp;page=1&amp;sort=Relevance&amp;dir=Desc\">https:\/\/answers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/search\/search?SearchTerm=bsod%20memory%20management%20w10&amp;tab=&amp;status=all&amp;advFil=&amp;IsSuggestedTerm=false&amp;isFilterExpanded=undefined&amp;CurrentScope.ForumName=windows&amp;CurrentScope.Filter=windows_10&amp;ContentTypeScope=&amp;page=1&amp;sort=Relevance&amp;dir=Desc<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lmgtfy.app\/?q=bsod+memory+management\">q: bsod memory management<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Reinstalling Windows FFS &#x1f644;<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>I am left with little option, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itpro.co.uk\/operating-systems\/microsoft-windows\/358036\/how-to-reinstall-windows-10-without-losing-data\">How to reinstall Windows 10 without losing data <\/a>, from IT Pro<\/li>\n<li>hen I run the installer, I get an error message, 0x80072f76 &#8211; 0x20016, helpfully Microsoft <a href=\"https:\/\/answers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/forum\/all\/windows-10-setup-error-code-0x80072f76-0x20016\/19de8d9f-a740-481d-ac2c-936f23a7f337\">have a page<\/a> on it, although I am not sure it&#8217;s so useful, their first take is that the recovery program is corrupted. amd comments suggest it might be bitlocker; do I have it?<\/li>\n<li>However it is be that I used the wrong program, [Settings] \u2192 [Reset my PC] seems to work. What sort of shit build has two installers, one that doesn&#8217;t work. I reset the PC today <em>14 Sep 2021.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>See also<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/my-newest-w10-build\/\">How I built it<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This took a lot of time, I wanted to reduce the occurrence of my BSOD &#8220;UNEXPECTED STORE EXCEPTION&#8220;. This involved reinstalling my anti-virus product, changing it&#8217;s passwords and then repairing my fingerprint reader driver as a result of a Code 19 error on my fingerprint reader. I then worked through the steps suggested here. 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