Will re-install of windows fix event 10016? Simple question. please reply

[Saiyan]

Getting error 10016 whenever I start up a game and it shuts down my monitor. If i re-install windows will that fix that problem?

[mitch2927]

here's a fix i found over on tomshardware hope it helps

http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-3128597/windows-error-10016.html

[PorkishPig]

Yes, a clean install will resolve the issue. According to a post on Tom's Hardware, 10016 generally will only appear if you're running on a Windows install that has been upgraded from Windows 8. If you're looking to resolve the issue without reinstall, do the following:

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1. Type or paste ‘regedit’ into the Search Windows box.
2. Navigate to ‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole’.
3. Delete these four keys if they appear, DefaultAccessPermission, DefaultLaunchPermission, MachineAccessRestriction, MachineLaunchRestriction.
4. Reboot your computer.

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[Saiyan]

39 minutes ago, mitch2927 said:

here's a fix i found over on tomshardware hope it helps

http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-3128597/windows-error-10016.html

 

37 minutes ago, Homeless Pineapple said:

Yes, a clean install will resolve the issue. According to a post on Tom's Hardware, 10016 generally will only appear if you're running on a Windows install that has been upgraded from Windows 8. If you're looking to resolve the issue without reinstall, do the following:

 

Thank you so much. Currently I'm backing up my files because I looked at the event logs and saw  a bunch about remote user impersonation level impersonator along with all these errors about mtalk.google.com could not resolve dns or something of the like probably because I disconnected my PC from the internet when I saw the prompts about remote access 

[Saiyan]

2 hours ago, Homeless Pineapple said:

Yes, a clean install will resolve the issue. According to a post on Tom's Hardware, 10016 generally will only appear if you're running on a Windows install that has been upgraded from Windows 8. If you're looking to resolve the issue without reinstall, do the following:

 

 

2 hours ago, mitch2927 said:

here's a fix i found over on tomshardware hope it helps

http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-3128597/windows-error-10016.html

a windows re-install didn't work and neither did this delete method.

[PorkishPig]

9 hours ago, Saiyan said:

 

a windows re-install didn't work and neither did this delete method.

Did you run a clean install from a Windows media creation tool? Resetting Windows from settings will often retain issues such as this one.

[Saiyan]

12 hours ago, Homeless Pineapple said:

Did you run a clean install from a Windows media creation tool? Resetting Windows from settings will often retain issues such as this one.

I just installed using the creation tool instead of resetting. Will update when I get/if it crashes when I open a game.