start menu and windows update

You are logged in to a "special profile." Windows blocks updates and upgrades ("deployment operations") when you are logged in to a special profile. The term "special profile" refers to roaming accounts, temporary accounts and guest accounts. That isn't the type of user account you should be using.

When Windows 10 sets itself up, after you press the Power button for the first time, it leaves you with a password-protected Administrator account. The Administrator account is not intended for regular, everyday computing. You sign in to the Administrator account only when you need to do something on the computer that requires elevated permissions like installing software, making substantial changes to the computer ... and setting up user accounts.

We're supposed to use the password-protected Administrator account that Windows 10 gives us to setup Standard user accounts for everyone who will be a regular user of the computer. This is a crucial safety measure that is too often forgotten.

If you don't recall setting up a Standard user account for yourself, you were probably still using that original Administrator account. From there you somehow managed to get into one of the special profiles, where something has gone very wrong that can't be fixed from the type of account you are using. And since you are aware that you are a novice, it's not a good idea to try to repair the damage on your own. You need to start all over. So here's what I think you should do:

1- If you have personal files that you don't want to lose, show the computer to a professional, who will save those files for you. Then you can start all over.

2- To start all over, use the computer manufacturer's procedure for resetting the computer to the way it was when it left the factory. You can find the procedure on the manufacturer's website and they will help you. This will erase everything now on the computer, and the computer will look and work exactly as it did after you pressed the Power button for the first time.

I tried both of those things. The first one had a bunch of red lines which I assume is not a good thing. The second one most things worked but did solve the issues.

honestly I have no idea what a standard user account it. I am a novice when it comes to this type of stuff. Basically the laptop came out the box and not much has been changed or modified that I am aware of. Is there a way to check what type of user account I have without opening the start because it will not work.

Hi and thanks for reaching out. My name is Bernard a Windows fan like you. I'll be happy to help you out today.

I understand the issue you have, nothing to worry I am here to help, I know some of these steps are already done, you have just skipped it if you think it will have the same result.

For us to fix this we need to repair the start menu by following the steps below:

Method 1. On Powershell(admin), copy and paste the command below:

Get-AppXPackage | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

-Once done restart the device and check.

Method 2. repair Windows apps and update components

Open Powershell with Admin or CMD with Admin (Press Windows key + X then click Windows Powershell(Admin))

Copy each line of command to Powershell then press enter (one line at a time)

net stop bits

net stop wuauserv

net stop appidsvc

net stop cryptsvc

Del "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Network\Downloader\*.*"

rmdir %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution /S /Q

rmdir %systemroot%\system32\catroot2 /S /Q

regsvr32.exe /s atl.dll

regsvr32.exe /s urlmon.dll

regsvr32.exe /s mshtml.dll

netsh winsock reset

netsh winsock reset proxy

net start bits

net start wuauserv

net start appidsvc

net start cryptsvc

-Once done restart the device and check.

Let me know how does it go and I hope that helps.

Bernard

Independent Advisor

" ... special profile deployment is not allowed. please try logging into an account that is not a special profile."

Is your Windows 10 user account a Standard user account?

A Standard user account is what we should be using for regular, everyday computing. That's how Windows 10 was designed to be used.