Recent content by MarkWild

Believe it or not, I still have this same problem. Even though it's intermittent, it happens the majority of the time. And at the moment, the icons are just black-outlined white rectangles. I CAN'T be the only one who experiences this...and I've got to assume someone has solved this already. I...

Good questions. NVME drive has 30+gb free. https://prnt.sc/138kold Data drive HDD defrags regularly and automatically. Currently only 1% fragmented. https://prnt.sc/138kqi7 -M

I've got Windows 10, updated to latest release on a very fast I7, MSI motherboard, NVME boot drive and 4TB Hitachi HDD for data. Recently, File Explorer on my computer has become slower and slower...and slower. Opening new File Explorer windows used to be instant so I could browse the contents...

The short answer is that the Xbox Live Auth service was disabled in services.msc. I set it to start automatically on reboot, and it works!

Yes, Finally! I am the OP of this post and the same one I posted on the Microsoft Xbox Community site. See the same question, plus someone else's full solution, and the shorter solution that worked for me here...

When I try to sign into the Xbox App on my Windows 10 computer, I see a small window flash three times then go away. Here is a screencap video of what happens: https://www.loom.com/share/27f7a9bd2f1f4c289bfe3ab3f613e128 Similarly, if I just run Flight Simulator directly, when I see the "Press...

Thank you, Lucky. As I sit here typing this, I've got 24 browser windows open, photoshop elements, a Word Doc, Skype, Evernote (with 4 windows), Snagit, TimeDoctor, Zoom Video Conferencing running (but with no conference active). I'm at 88% RAM usage (14gb/16gb) and 55% CPU utilization. I tend...

So I have one vote for the i5 and another for the i7. I sure could use a few more experts to chime in here. I'm resolved to use 2400mhz ram now, the only question is the CPU. Is the $120 difference in price (that's a 63% increase) going to make a difference for business use? -M

I see tons of gaming build advice, but can't find any business build advice. Hoping for some insight here. Thanks in advance for your advice. See Back Story below, but here are the recommended "New Build" questions answered first. Approximate Purchase Date: This week Budget Range: n/a (I...