Recent content by Mechonis

Had Microsoft help me through their online Help Desk chat. They had a heck of a time figuring out what was wrong, but eventually found out that certain components of the Windows 10 install were massively corrupted. Using the Windows 10 installation tool, they reinstalled Windows (keeping all...

As the titles suggests, the area where I can modify an app's location in my Windows 10 Pro installation is grayed out. Using the winver command, I have determined that my version 1511 and the build is 10586.164. I thought version 1511 added the feature to change storage for apps. I've tried...

So, I've been using the same dumb internet service for years and its getting to the point where the available bandwidth and speeds are just to minute for what I do online. Currently, I have 30 Mbps down, 3 Mbps up, and a wretched 250 GB cap. I want to drop the home phone services and get a...

I managed to get everything working again by going to netplwiz and enabling the required password login (I also changed the HomeGroupUser password again to be sure it matched the password of my main account). I then restarted, manually logged-in and then went back to netplwiz and disable...

I recently modified settings in Windows 10 to enable HomeGroup sharing with my XBox One. One of the things a messed around with was the HomeUserGroup$ account via netplwiz. I figured that the account being tied to the HomeGroup would have something to do with getting the HomeGroup working. All I...

I have been trying to record gameplay sessions, via a capture card, of various console video games and have run into an issue pertaining to audio. Doing a solo session is fine, as I can run the game audio though a headset; however, doing a session with multiple people results in having to either...

Updated the initial post again to include a video of online gameplay done while simultaneously running a ping test. The times of lag interruption can be found within the text above the video in the forum or at the end of the description of the video on YouTube.

If this thread is still relevant, I may be able to help you find the source of the issue. If you have a Windows PC, open up a command prompt (Search: cmd) and type the command "tracert -d www.google.com" and the hit enter. This will give you a list of every IP your connection bounces through to...

OK, so I made a thread about this earlier and seemingly found the source of the issue. You can find the previous thread here: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2351763/temporary-packet-loss.html Long story short, I all of a sudden had a complete internet blackout for several hours on...