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To track known issues in Windows 10 that Microsoft is aware of and actively resolving, you can use a Windows 10 Health Dashboard tool. Released on April 30th, 2019, Microsoft's Windows 10 Health Dashboard tracks the known issues in various versions of Windows 10, and even older versions such as Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. The Windows Health Dashboard is broken up into different sections based on the version of the operating system. This site allows Windows users to track the issues related to the feature update they currently have installed or are trying to install. For example, when the Windows 10 May 2020 Update was released, the operating system became Windows 10 version 2004. At the top of each section, Microsoft provides a brief message related to that version of Windows, including the status of the feature update's rollout and whether it is nearing the end of support. As you scroll further down the page, you will be shown the known issues being investigated, what cumulative update caused the problem, and when information about the issue was last updated. Finally, under each entry in the known issue list is a 'See details' link. When clicked on, this link will bring you to a more detailed description of the issue that may contain steps to resolving the issue. This detailed information will state if the issue has a 'compatibility hold' that would block a Windows user from upgrading to this new version of Windows.  We will discuss compatibility holds in the next section. As Microsoft releases new feature updates, they also tweak the operating system or add new security features. The changes could cause conflicts with hardware drivers, antivirus software, or other programs that worked fine in the previous version of Windows 10. These conflicts can cause Windows 10 not to start, have degraded performance, cause games not to work, or even cause a blue screen of death (BSOD) crash. When a known conflict occurs, and a Windows user is affected, Microsoft blocks that user from upgrading to the new version of Windows 10. This upgrade block is called a compatibility hold. As it is not always clear if your device is on a compatibility hold, Microsoft has started to notify users if they are blocked from upgrading. If you are are not being offered a new Windows 10 feature update or Windows is having problems after upgrading, the Windows Health Dashboard can be a useful tool. It is useful because the dashboard will display all the known issues that are causing a hold or problems in Windows, and offer guidance on how to resolve them. For example, using the Health Dashboard, we learn that NVIDIA drivers older than version 358.00 is causing a compatibility hold. Using this information, a blocked user can upgrade their NVIDIA graphics drivers to a newer version and see if that removes the hold. Another example was when Microsoft used the Health Dashboard to warn about a bug preventing the 'Reset this PC' feature from working correctly. Until the issue was fixed, Microsoft offered a workaround to get it working again. We have more complete details along with images posted on OUR FORUM.