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I only noticed this when after updating my CPU Chipset drivers, in HWInfo64 that my boot drive was doing a lot of writing while I was monitoring CPU temps. MsMpEng.exe, whenever the PC is idle for more than a few minutes, starts writing. This coincides with the, "Windows Defender Cache...

In the Local Group Policy Editor, in the Automatic Update Setting, option 2 is selected – Notify before downloading and installing any updates. I think it's not worth explaining this point, especially due to massive problems after installation (KB5041585). But with this setup, the Update of the...

I recently did a full scan with Windows Defender, but it stuck at the end. (after, clear all exceptions). But, in notifications I received message that a "full scan is complete". And after reboot, I looked in a Defender's logs and the log is saying that a full scan is completed even though the...

I'm running Windows 10 and have been using Format Factory to convert video and audio files without incident. Last week I downloaded a new release v9.* and could not get it installed because Windows Defender threw up a window saying it found a potential virus. As I was searching for a solution, I...

I just realised that Windows Defender is turned off for some reason. I don't know when it turned off because when I installed Windows 11 it was working fine. Windows Security is blank: The service for it is also stopped and cannot be started. View: https://imgur.com/a/Yzl0cST Also this is...

Hi Dears. I have windows 8 or 10 ... Im not sure whitch version I have. I saw windows defender on my pc after I installed the Antivirus. do I need another antivirus beside windows defender? Or I uninstall windows defender and use a security packege like ESET Internet Security? do u think windows...

Hi there, So I have recently tried to get into bitcoin mining with NiceHash, I am able to install the miner and everything but when I got to whitelist the folder in windows defender I am being blocked. I need to do this so the program does not get blocked. I have tried to just restore the...

Can i have only windows defender on my pc is that enough? Also ccleaner? Because in planning to delete avast cuz it takes some of my pcs performance..

Why would Windows Defender log dropped packets to and from IPs outside of my home subnet? I enabled logging of dropped packets a few minutes ago to troubleshoot an unrelated issue and noticed numerous packets to and from IPs that aren't in any way associated with my network. My home network...

I had just installed two ram sticks to my pc and when I hooked it all back up and turned on nothing was happening, not lights except for my head phone usb, but I won't display or anything. Pc specs before the update: Asrock B150M Pro4 motherboard Intel i5-6500 Vengeance LPX DDR4 8GB 600w Bronze...

Sup... My specs: RTX 2060 FE Ryzen 5 2600 16gb ddr4 3000Mhz B450 Aorus Pro Wifi mobo 500gb SSD Would the Seasonic Focus plus be enough for my PC?? Could i overclock with it??

Is my graphic card dead? I can't even play low specs game now it freezes randomly and never resumes unless i restart the game. It will have random green pixels flckering around and then it starts to freeze.

I'm still desperately clinging to my 660. It's been fine in most games, but recently I installed Prey (2017). Initially, I played with the in-game Low preset, but with FXAA enabled, and it seemed to run very well. I noticed today that GeForce Experience had support for the game, but would refuse...

So my PC crapped out on me but my HDD is still perfectly healthy. Is there any way at all for me, when I do get a new PC, to perfectly clone or transfer everything from it to the newer HDD? or get it working on the new PC without losing any data? Basically I'm just asking if it's possible to...

About two months ago, I started getting error pop-ups, " Windows script host ", Can not find path script file "C:\Windows\h.vbs. I don't really know why or how it began, and so on. It pops up every 15 minute or so, and I have just been ignoring it, but it's actually getting pretty annoying...

I know, I know, the fx9590 is a stupid really hot CPU and I really want to replace it but I just don't have the money right now. My specs are: FX9590 MSI 990FXA 16GB ram ASUS 1050ti corsair H115i Problem 1: When gaming my computer will completely freeze with no sound or anything and I have to...

Hey guys I got a new laptop it's Intel I7-6600U 2.6GHz it can be go upto 3.1GHz using turbo boost feature so guys how can I do that & is it safe ?

Hi, on asus Rampage page on memory specifications say that will work even 4133mhz ram OC on 6 and above cores CPU (i have 8 cores 7820X) ... And if i put 4200Mhz Ram? It will work fine? This motherboard is top of the line of 2066 socket so should work all the ram, even 4500mhz on 8 cores cpu no...

Ethernet doesnt have a valid ip configuration error, windows troubleshoot fixes it but it happens again after 2-3 hours and again and again. How to fix this ?

Hi guys and thanks to anyone who reads this. Before I go into the details here are my Specs! CPU: I7 5820k 3.3ghz Currently stock clock speeds. GPU: Asus Strix GTX 1080 OC edition. Ram: 16GB of DDR4 2133 Mhz Hyper x Predator PSU: RM 850x Corsair Gold standard SSD: Kingston 240gb SSD HD...

Greetings, so a few months back I invested in a computer to destroy my old computer issues. Yet it does not preform as it should when taking the components it hold. I suffer from a slow browser, windows, FPS drops going from 150+ to solid 3 without temp issues. And this problem haven't always...

There appears to be some kind of small scratch in the inside of my laptop monitor, where I see a bit of red. I am a bit worried about it as I have not seen it before and noticed just now. Picture of it : https://imgur.com/FyZfd9C Someone please tell me it's not as bad as I think :(

So i need to buy a new psu, i looked up the list of psu and this is on the list, i dident kno u could get as fully modular psu and quite decent for under $100. this is what i'm getting.. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16817438054 thoughts??

So ive been crimping CAT 6 cabling to custom lengths with solid core specific, 3-piece guided RJ45 connectors with only 50% success. Half of my cables are perfect and the other half show up in Windows Network and Sharing Centre as "Identifying" for a split second followed by a couple seconds of...

Hello. The laptop my family uses broke. When I arrived home to find the reason why it broke, I shook the laptop a bit and I heard a strange noise. I opened it up and the GPU was unstuck from it's place. My question is: can I glue the GPU back on the motherboard? <<and how can I go about doing...

Sent to me in a screen photo (yes, I know). I already tried Google Image Search and the Chrome Extension Store. Thanks.

Hello, guys. Thank you for clicking on this thread. The following is my build: (Note: My CASE comes 2 fans inbuilt) CASE: Silverstone - Redline RL05 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor MOTHERBOARD: Asus - PRIME X370-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard GRAPHICS...

My steam copy of GTA V was suffering from stuttering while moving at high speeds. I looked up a fix that told me to disable the pagefile. I found out the hard way that you absolutely should NOT do this. I figured this out when I started GTA V again and it crashed. I turned pagefile back on...

Greetings! I've got a buid based on Gigabyte X79-UD3. Does x79 capable of using modern NVMe drives via PCIe x4 adapters and is it possible to boot from such drive om x79?

Hi. :wahoo: [So, the ultra budget rig, using some parts I already have, has the purpose of running latest games better than my old 1700€ laptop (the games that the laptop still launches successfully)... the rest is bellow] I play in an old Clevo P170HM with a Radeon 6990M [specs here] (but...

My motherboard:Gigabyte H61M-DS2 with lga1155 processor socket Processor: Intel Pentium G860 3GHz dual core Ram: 4 GB HDD:500gb * TOSHIBA OS: Windwos 8 Video Card: AMD Radeon R7 250 I would like to upgrade this old PC by purchasing a new processor and since going to Intel i3 will improve the...

Which would be the best laptop when used mainly with google services such as docs, classroom etc? need an answer within 2 hours, cheers :) Laptop 1:http://www.ebuyer.com/752484-hp-probook-455-g3-laptop-x0p69es-abu Laptop 2:http://www.ebuyer.com/749383-hp-250-g4-laptop-t6p04es-abu

OK so essentially my father is getting the GTX 1070 for his computer, and he said I could have his 780 Ti previously installed on his computer. I know this most likely won't work because of the insane amount of wattage the 780 takes up, but I wonder if there is any way to be able to fit it in...

Is there really any difference between the 4300mhz vs the 4500mhz memory clock? Using a FE GTX 1070 and i realized it wont go much higher past a +300 on the memory.

I am having the same problem as other users, have downloaded numerous drivers but still have the same problem. "nvidia open gl driver" Unable to recover from a kernel exception. the application must close error code 3 (subcode2) this problem was not happening in my previous windows 8.1...

Hello, I just ordered a MSI gtx 750 ti low profile card for my small form factor PC and looking at the motherboard, I'm a bit worried because some large capacitors (tall metal things) are very near to the pci-e slot and I'm worried that the gpu might not fit or it might touch the capacitors. -...

Hey there i recently bought all these parts for my 1st pc build i would really appreciate your opinion on it and how i can improve in the near future also i am planning to over clock my cpu and graphics card i don't have an exact unit for each but i would like some suggestions and do you think i...

So I'm trying to build a complete system, and essentially I'm stymied. I started with an ASRock 980ED3/U3S3 motherboard, an AMD FX 6300 CPU, 8GB of memory, Gigabyte Radeon R7 370 graphics card, and a Corsair CS450M power supply. Everything worked great, POST worked - but it can't see the...

Doing my first computer build so being cautious rather than jumping straight into it and cocking something up, I have a asus b150 chipset pro gaming mobo and according to the Asus website you can use crossfire but not SLI which is fine by me, that I understand, what I am unsure about is if it...

My CPU usage and temp is out of control. It jumps up to 100% whether I am watching a livestream, playing games, or just videos. Z97 Anniversary Motherboard i5 4690K 3.5GHz Processor Powercolor AMD Radeon R7 250 8GB A-Data Ram Windows 10 - not activated 350 W PSU