Situatie
If you’re getting error 0x800704DD-0x90016 while upgrading to Windows 10 from Windows 7 or Windows 8, you need to follow this simple solution.
- Windows 10 Media Creation Tool error 0x800704dd 0x90016 – This error usually appears if you’re not using an administrator account. To fix it simply switch to an administrator account and try to run Media Creation Tool again.
- 0x800704dd-0x90016 Windows 10 laptop – This issue can also appear on your laptop. If you encounter this issue, just perform a clean boot and disable your Internet connection during the installation.
Solutie
Pasi de urmat
Switch to the administrator account
- Open the Settings app. You can do that quickly using the Windows Key + I shortcut.
- When Settings app opens, go to the Accounts section.
- Select Family & other people from the menu on the left. Now click Add someone else to this PC button in the right pane.
- You’ll be asked to enter sign-in information for the new user. Choose I don’t have this person’s sign-in information.
- Now select Add a user without a Microsoft account.
- Enter the desired username and click Next.
After you create a new user account, you need to convert it to the administrator account. To do that, follow these steps:
- In Settings app go to Accounts > Family & other people.
- Locate your new account and choose Change account type.
- Set Account type to Administrator and click OK.
Set Account type to Administrator and click OK.
Perform a Clean boot
Third-party applications can sometimes interfere with Windows 10 installation, and if you keep getting 0x800704DD-0x90016, perhaps you should try disabling the startup applications and services. This is quite simple to do, and you can do it by following these steps:
- Press Windows Key + R, enter msconfig and click OK or press Enter.
- System Configuration window appear. Go to the Services tab. Now you need to check Hide all Microsoft services option and click the Disable all button.
- Now go to the Startup tab and click Open Task Manager.
- List of all applications will now appear. Now you need to disable all startup applications. To do that, right-click the first application on the list and choose Disable. Repeat this for all entries on the list.
- After disabling startup applications, go back to the System Configuration window. Now click Apply and OK to save changes and restart your PC.
After doing that, all startup applications will be disabled. Now try to install Windows 10 again and check if the issue is still there.
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