Login Loop

When I try to log in to Windows, the Microsoft Store or the Xbox app, I get stuck in a loop of password queries

What I've got: Win10 updated to latest, no AV other than MS, Malwarebytes double check, hash for new software via VirusTotal What I did: Installed Zoom desktop. What I expected to happen: Log in with signup account, use Zoom What actually happened: Zoom keeps crashing, sometimes silently eg...

I dropped a bit of thermal paste on the bottom side of the CPU. It looks like this picture. The blue lines are the excess paste that fell off as I moved the paste away from the CPU. I should have moved it away upwards but i was ignorant.the green circle is just there to aid in helping look for...