Recent content by gardenman

Welcome to the forums. Open C:\Windows\minidump and ZIP the minidumps up. Upload them to a file sharing site like Google Drive or OneDrive and post the link here. Be sure it's a public link available for anyone to download.

This is likely to be an issue with a single drive, or cable for a drive. Do as Colif said first, test the drives. Hardware tests are not perfect and can give passing results for failing hardware. Next try unplugging all of the drives except your main OS drive. Test for a few days to see if the...

Keyboard shortcuts in Brave: https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360032272171-What-keyboard-shortcuts-can-I-use-in-Brave I don't see any such thing built into Brave itself. So my guess would be that it was a popup menu built into a specific website / webpage...

Hi, welcome to the forums. Look in the following folder for minidump files: C:\Windows\minidump You should have 1 or more .DMP files in there. Zip them up into a single file and upload them to a file sharing service like Google Drive or OneDrive and provide a public link here to download them...

I use CCleaner for many purposes. Custom Clean - Removes a GB or so from my system before I do a backup. This saves space on my backup drives, and saves on wear/tear of the disks. You wouldn't believe the junk left behind by apps such as Malwarebytes, and obviously any web browser. Registry...

The info from Microsoft says it is for a Bit Locker vulnerability. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb5034441-windows-recovery-environment-update-for-windows-10-version-21h2-and-22h2-january-9-2024-62c04204-aaa5-4fee-a02a-2fdea17075a8 Therefore one can assume that if you don't use Bit...

CCleaner doesn't have a registry repair option. It has a registry cleaner which removes outdated/unused entries left in the registry. It's very unlikely to fix any issue, and can cause issues if it deletes a valid entry. I'm not sure how your issue was fixed, however I'm glad it was fixed. If...

I'm fully updated and Windows Explorer has not changed. Try removing any flash drives or any other non-necessary drives to see if that helps. See the green bar? This usually means Explorer is trying to read a drive. If it's slow, or stops, there is likely an issue with the drive. Try scanning...

A couple of utilities which may help: Show USB devices and info about them: https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html Show a LOG of USB devices actions such as connect or disconnect: https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_log_view.html

Welcome to the forums. You should install Windows while ONLY 1 disk is installed. Unplug/remove the other one, temporarily, while installing Windows. When done, shutdown and add the 2nd drive. If you don't, you may have issues later on with the boot partition being placed on the 2nd drive...

Welcome to the forums. I've been experimenting with offline updates the last few weeks. Yes, you are doing it right. Here's what I do: - Open Defender, click on Virus & threat protection - Near the bottom, you will see the Last Update: Date + Time - Write that down if you like. - Close Defender...

Open Device Manager and uninstall the keyboard and reboot. On reboot, it should be reinstalled. This may/may not help, just a starting point. Reference: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/windows-10-keyboard-repeat-rate-went-from-normal/ad4ca76a-348b-4379-9129-9a7ede0a1e36 A...

Bitdefender Agent WatchDog - If you are using BitDefender and it runs when your system starts, it's unlikely you can disable this. It will probably be re-created each time. You can look around in any options it has and maybe it will allow you disable it. I think "watchdogs" usually watch for an...

I would go to Control Panel / Device Manager (press Win+R to open the Run dialog and type in control and press OK), find the driver listed in the Display Adapters section, right click on it and go to properties, choose the Driver tab, choose "Roll Back" which will roll back to the previous...

Are these desktop.ini files? They are always there, and usually hidden. It's likely that a File Explorer setting has been changed that allows you to see all system files. Open Explorer, go to File Options, View tab, be sure that: "Hide protected operating system files" is checked. Edit: The...