Windows Self-Healing repairs Anniversary Update freeze issues

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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The arrival of theWindows 10 Anniversary UpdateOS has proven to be a complete nightmare for many users. The most severe issues are the annoyingsystem freezesthat have affected tens of thousands of users.

Microsofthas officiallyacknowledged this issue, but hasn’t been able to offer a permanent fix to helpWindows 10users to solve this problem once and for all. According to Insiders, the tech giant has actually already developed a tool to repair theAnniversary Update freezeissues. The name of the tool isWindows Self-Healing, and it’s still in the testing phase. This is whyMicrosofthasn’t pushed it with the system update rollouts yet.

The existence of this toolwas revealedby an Insider who contacted the Surface Tech Support to solve the freeze issues on hisSurface device. He revealed the tool can be downloaded fromthis address, and the whole troubleshooting process may last for about 40 minutes.

Windows Self-Healing displays a series of prompts, guiding Windows users through a series of checks and fixes, and then asks them toreboot. The tool may also ask you to confirm the time zone you are in.

Then, if it has installed correctly and fixed corruption and missing files, it will ask (like it did for me) to check the option to perform a new System Update. I did that and rebooted two times. HOWEVER, after performing these actions which took about 40 minutes on my 512 Surface Book, the MS Tech had me go to the Troubleshooter and run, as Advanced/Administrator, the Troubleshoot problems withWindows Update. It came back that there were still missing or corrupt Registry Files and I was directed to choose the option to APPLY FIX. I did that and all the freezing has stopped.

Since the Windows Self-Healing tool is still in the testing phase, it also causes issues of its own, less severe than the actual system freezes. Insiders have reported thedisplay randomly flashesafter running the repair tool. This is not a very annoying issue, the flashes last only for a split second, showing the rectangle box that appears when the OS is reloaded.

If you’re still experiencing OS freezes, but don’t want to roll back to your previous Windows OS, you can run the Windows Self-Healing tool at your own risk.

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