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Hello, I have been having an issue with a screen glitch when I boot my pc. It happens during normal boot and also when trying to access bios. When trying to access bios it completely freezes, but when it’s a regular boot it’s a quick glitch and continues to power on. This problem does not happen...

So a couple days ago, my laptop suddenly blue screened when I was going into a game. Immediately after this I noticed that the MX150 in my laptop didnt work. I have tried resetting Windows, and installing a multitude of Nvidia drivers, but nothing has worked so far. After installing any of the...

What's the best way or software to overclock HDD or increase HDD Speed without defragmenting or replacing with SSD? My HDD is too slow.

Yesterday when I opened my PC the razer central was broken and I couldn't open Razer Synapse and Cortex. I tried uninstalling with the instructions from here: How to perform a clean re-installation of Razer Synapse 3 & 2.0 on Windows. When I tried to reinstall the software, the installers...

Whenever I boot up a game and leave it open for long (like 15-to 20 minutes) without issuing any commands, games stutter regardless of the game's system requirements and maximum FPS I can get from the said game starts to lag . (for example If I'm getting maximum of 75 FPS in a game and go AFK...

If i use the Reset option you can find in the Recovery section in the Settings of Windows 10, will it have the same effect as the Secure Erase option you can find in the BIOS, will it erase all information, format the HDD/SSD, and install a new, fresh copy of Windows, without leaving traces of...

I am trying to reinstall windows on a new m.2 drive that I have and I cannot locate my product key. I bought a physical copy from best buy and it is on a flash drive, but I lost the box and am trying to locate the key. I seem to remember years back being able to look in my computer "properties"...

Hi, so uhm a co-worker/close friend wanted me help him test a used computer he is going to buy from a stranger, so right now, what I'm looking for is a program that can benchmark a pc's parts and compare them with simmilar parts to see if they are preforming as expected. I know user benchmark...

Hi folks, just looking for a little advice. Can anyone recommend me a freeware backup tool that will backup a specified set of folders or folder on a schedule but retain each backup rather than overwrite? It only needs to be locally saved. Simply, I want to set a schedule of, say, six hours...

Hello. I want to scan the BIOS for viruses, but i don't know how to do it. This is the BIOS: Brand: Phoenix Technologies Ltd. Version: V1.09 -AMD AGESA StoneyPI V1.3.0.G I need to see if there are viruses in the BIOS. I'm not aware of any anti-virus program that can scan the BIOS. After all...

Hi. My motherboard is for a low-end, not widely known Notebook (Acer Aspire A315-22), so it's very hard to find any helpful information online. Here is the BIOS: Brand: Phoenix Technologies Ltd. Version: V1.09 - AMD AGESA StoneyPI V1.3.0.G Date: 05/15/2020 Here is the motherboard and the...

Do anti-virus programs introduce changes to the files they scan, or do they only read them, meaning it's impossible for an antivirus program to change/corrupt files? For example, if the system crashes or the anti-virus app crashes while scanning a file, could the file become corrupted? If the...

Hi. My Windows key is Retail, according to the results I get from typing "slmgr.vbs /dlv " in CMD. However, someone told me I can't transfer the key, even if it's Retail, if Windows was pre-installed. In fact, Windows 10 was pre-installed and ready to use when I bought the laptop. According to...

Ok so I recently built a PC and it meets requirements for every game that I have ever downloaded or felt like playing. This was perfect for the first few months (I suspect because my SSD was working with a low load but I really don't know), but recently when trying to get back into games like...

Here's my specs Motherboard: asus Amd rog crosshair VIII hero Cpu: ryzen 9 5900x Gpu: asus gtx 1080ti Ram: ddr4, g.skill f4-3000c15q-32gtzr, cl15-16-16-35, 1.35v, 8Gx4 total 32gb Psu: EVGA Supernova 550W G2 80plus Gold Rated Power Supply PSU Fans: DEEP COOL,3 x Fan RF120 120mm,multi-coloured RF...

A few days ago, i opened Windows Defender, and turned the Core Isolation on. Since then, each time I reboot or turn the laptop on, the following window appears: Window's name: "System Settings Change" Windows's text: "Your hardware settings have changed. Please reboot your computer for these...

There is a process called the "Software Reporter Tool", part of Google Chrome. I heard that the process scans not only the Chrome browser, the Chrome history, and the Chrome extensions I use, but all files, everything on my SSD. Is this true? If I have important, copyrighted files, are they...

The software is very confusing and some things like the effect and performance options dont seem to work and I didnt get any help from the manual. Is the software just broken or do I have a bad version or what? Ill answer any questions.

Can a virus be hidden in an empty store, and then infects my files when I paste them into the storage device? For example, if I paste an infected file into my USB flash drive, can the virus be a type that hides in the USB, and becomes invisible and undetectable, meaning that if I delete the...

Every time I boot my PC for the first time in the day it doesn't fully boot and all the hardware doesn't turn on ass well as the CPU fan (The case fans are working). In order to properly boot I have to restart it a few times (Hard Boot from the power button), and sometimes after turning the PC...

I have very important files on my laptop , and I want to keep them safe from viruses and ransomware that can encrypt them and steal them from me. I have several back-ups, but I'm still paranoid. My question, is how to have absolute certainty that my laptop definitely doesn't have viruses? As...

Hello, thanks in advance for any advice given here. My computer keeps crashing with no consistent reasoning due to a Kernel power 41 with event ID 63. The bugcheck code is 0, which I read was a hardware issue. I replaced my PSU but the crashes continued. I've done memtests, I removed all RGB...

I have a Dell Precision T5500. The specs are 2x 6core 3.0Ghz processors. 48GB RAM. K2000 quadro video card (somewhat new). 875 watt PSU. Added in 1 gig network card. Added HBA (for tape drive). Soundblaster 7.1 soundcard. 15 HDs (3 are SSD). I was on a video site (this isn't the first time...

After I upgraded my Ram from 16GB to 32GB, my MB indicated a DRAM issue shown as an orange light. I searched the internet and found I needed to reseat my CPU after trying out a couple other options. I know my RAM is working fine, as I tried them in my brothers system and it worked (I also tried...

Hello, Im not sure if im posting this in the correct section but here i go :D So ive been trying to make a batch file to send any file i put in a folder to a specific folder in multiple servers in my network. Problem is when the file name contains Cyrillic characters - it ends up scrambled and...

Dear all I have turned off Network adapters in Device Manager The laptop is not connected to a network 1. Can a laptop manufacturer install hardware, software or firmware, that could connect to the wifi, cellular without showing that the laptop has internet? And then use this “hidden”...

Hello everyone I have bought several brand new in-package Kingston USB drives I have turned off Network adapters in Device Manager The computer is not connected to a network 1. Has there been any instances, stories etc., where a Kingston USB drive turned on /activated and used the network...

Just built a new gaming PC however it is performing much worse in everyway than my old PC and im not sure what to do now New PC specs: Asus B660M-K D4 I7 12700 2 x 16Gb 3600 Mhz GTX 1070 OS is runing on 980 pro all the components are new except for my GPU My problem is that with my old PC i...

Hello. i heard that there is a built-in Windows 10 program, called S.M.A.R.T. If i activate this program, the program will give me detailed information about the whole system, and information about the health of components like RAM, CPU, and SSD, including the exact number of write/erase cycles...

Hello. I have a very weak CPU, and i would like to overlock it, so i can gain a little bit more processing power. This is the CPU: AMD A4-9120e RADEON R3, 4 COMPUTE CORES 2C+2G Can someone explain to me how do i overlock it? Is there software that can overlock the CPU automatically, or do i...

When Microsoft stops supporting Windows 10, will Windows Defender continue receiving updates, if it's installed on a laptop that uses Windows 10? If Windows Defender is independent software, and the support of Windows Defender is independent of the support for Windows 10, this means that even...

first the Update for Windows Defender Antivirus antimalware platform - KB4052623 (Version 4.18.2001.10) Update error im lost on that also another one errors i cant catch Im 100% lost its only been a few days since ive had issues, my virus protection has also died along with this but so has a...

This seems to be a common problem but I've tried every fix and spent hours monitoring my hardware utilization and fps but have seen absolutely no results. I like to play Destiny 2 and my frames are inconsistent between 60 and 80 fps on a 144 Hz monitor. Sometimes I can even have frame skips, but...

Hey, I've had this problem for ages and I tried various methods but I just can't seem to get rid of programs appearing extremely blurry: I tried: Changing the scale Windows anti blurry mode on and off and it doesn't help me. I have an NVIDIA Graphics card and AMD CPU if that helps. Examples...

We switched our users to OneDrive recently. However, we detected that OneDrive is unable to copy long path names and this is stopping the syncing of OneDrive agent? Microsoft states that OneDrive software does not support long path but OneDrive support said that OneDrive itself can support long...

I did something pretty dang stupid. Googled how to disable secure boot on an ASUS motherboard and skimmed through the steps. I didn’t read that I had to backup keys, so I can enable secure boot again. Now I deleted my PK key, whatever that is, and don‘t have a backup. Can I restore it again...

After attempting to reinstall windows on my M.2 drive, it would no longer show up in the bios boot menu. After playing around with settings in the bios (changing sata mode, CSM, secure boot etc) my bios has consistant freezing issues, and I have to clear the cache every time to get into the...

Is there a kind of program that would allow me to see what servers a particular software connects to, for instance an activation server or something similar?

Hello everybody, i have the following annoying problem and i hope somebody here can help me out: In Task-Manager it says that only 14.2GB of RAM are available because 1.8GB of RAM are HW reserved. Now i do have an i7 6700K but i disabled the IGPU in BIOS. My 2 Monitors are connected directly...

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