Updates

Did any recent Office updates cause issues for Office or change how it presents to the user, how it works? I did not switch to the new version they want you to try. I am having various issues. Emails are disappearing. It's not saving sent items. The interface looks different.

I've been a longtime Windows 8 user, and on that OS it was extremely simple to just disable automatic updates. I hadn't had an update for years and it was amazing. I know a lot of you will have a borderline moral objection to this, so I have to write this big disclaimer. If you want the updates...

I found that HP hardware diagnostics will not run anymore after some windows updates. Event viewer seems to connect it to the latest NET Runtime update that was downloaded last month. There are also multiple issues in the registry with permissions and applications running recently apparently. I...

I tried to play MW2.0. A new video game and it wouldnt let me play because my version of windows was old. Version 1903 - I tried to update and got an error code - 0x80080005 - I try to run the troubleshooter for windows update and I get error 0x80070490. Need some help here, Im a hardware guy...

Something went wrong with yesterday's Windows 10 updates. I applied the patches, and the next thing I knew, the C drive had only about 37GB of free space. I found a new folder in the root of the drive with a wonky name, including special characters and a parenthesis. The folder was half the...

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...

How do i make my Windows 10 show me a notification each time after an update is downloaded and installed? Currently, updates are downloaded and installed without me knowing, so i must manually check the update history, so i can see what updates were installed and when they were installed. Is...

I wasn't sure if intelligence updates still automatically update if you put the windows update service to manual. It seems updates are checked for every time I start up my laptop. If I check for updates it installs the latest one. I set it to manual because I don't want automatic updates to...

Hello, I have had a ton of issues with my 2-month old gaming PC I had built from CyberPower. I've had countless BSODs and I've reset my PC both keeping personal files and completely resetting the PC. It was fine for a while after the final reset I had but still encountered a few BSODs. Some of...

Hello everyone! I'm really looking for some help with my new laptop. I recently bought a new Lenovo laptop (Lenovo IdeaPad 3 15ADA05) without an OS. I read some good reviews of it, the price was alright and I had some previous experience on installing Windows on a few laptops so I went ahead...

Hi all, I am upgrading to an SSD next week and I will be installing a fresh Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1. I wish to not install , spyware updates and most importantly Windows 10 updates. I have a list given by this link: Windows 7 Updates to avoid. However, there are quite a lot so is there a...

So I updated Windows 10 at the beginning of February. Unfortunately, it reintroduced a lot of issues that I worked for hours to get rid of, including a horrible audio crackling issue that comes into play every 10 mins. Since then I've been keeping up with the recent news of the newest W10...

Hello! I went on my PC today to play some video games and I noticed that my PC said Update and Restart, where sleep, shut down and restart are. I clicked Update and restart and my PC started updates and said, “Working on updates...Dont turn off your PC. This will take a while” and then it said...

Hi everyone, Just installed windows on my new PC and wanted to ask if I need to install every one of the chipsets (as well as audio, SATA, VGA etc updated) drivers or should I just get the latest one of it? Asus drivers -...

I currently have the Gigabyte A320M-DS2 and the Ryzen 3 1200 but I want to upgrade to a Ryzen 2600. To do this do I need to upgrade my motherboard or do any sort of software updates before putting the new processor in ?

I work as an MSP with multiple clients most of which are still running managed Windows 7 PCs, and a fair number of them are running legacy software or are set up with peripheral equipment in some fashion that requires the Win 7 platform. Just today we noticed one of our own conference Win 7 Pro...

Hi, i recently update to Windows 10 1903 and i already installed all the updates, no program or app is running on the background (i disabled the apps from running on the background) to make this service keeps running constantly. I disabled Defender via Group policy and i disable Microsoft Store...

So i'm getting a new GPU that can run triple A games and i'm honestly pretty new to 1080p gaming. Of course with this upgrade i'm gonna have to take care of it and make it last as long as possible. Updating the GPU will have to come sooner or later, so i'd like to ask if its better to update the...

Hello everyone. Lately i have a huge eissue with the constant restart of my work pc because of updates. Im currently trying to run a DB update test for the company i work at. However Microsoft completely ignores that process and restart computer in the middle of updating the DB. This has...

Hello, I have recently gotten a WD Blue 500 GB SSD and installed Windows 7 professional on it. Before, I was booting from a 1 TB HDD, which I still have installed. Every time I shut down, Windows attempts updates, but they fail when I boot the computer back up. I've looked around and found...

I would like to know if I can take windows 7 64 bit ALL editions of it from home premium to ultimate and strip all outdated drives from it and put all uptodate drivers from windows 10 into it so i can take the whole set up and run the older os on my newer pc I got a GIGABYTE AB350_GAMING 3...

I have tried everything to get the DVD player to read a DVD and all it does is keep asking for a disk when there is one in there? Second issue, will not see an additional 2 Gig Hard Drive in windows, finds the devices in the BIOS but not in Windows 10 Pro. Also, I have upgraded BIOS to F7...

My Motherboard Asus M5A78-LM idles at 40 and reaches upto 70 during heavy gaming is that ok? Rest of my specs are fx6300, 1050ti, antec bp450 psu, 6gb ram.

I believe HDMI is good for 1080p but there are better options for higher res and refresh rates. Is the dual link DVI better or displayport?

My mom got an lg 32lg30 tv from a friend who said he put it on after having it for a little while and that it simply came off one day and didn't power on, while still being relatively new. My friend said it could be the power supply but I don't wanna try something like this without knowing what...

Problem: My cpu temperature goes beyond 95% while rendering. the score is just 1030cb , even lower than the official i7 3930k Link to view my computer spec: https://ibb.co/cSiTXz Link to view my cinebench score: https://ibb.co/bPaWkK If you don't want to view the link, below is a...

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Bought a pc with biostar a960d+V2 mobo so everything else works fine but when I place my HD 7770 into it doesn't display I've tried disabling the integrated graphics but still nothing come on and I know it's not the card as I have tried it in another system

i wanna be able to use my samsung laptop without being pliugged to the adapter there for computer its fully charger but wont turn on on its own ? i think i messed with the computter setting someone help

Hi just checking if the above CPU and motherboard combination will work as I'm new to PC building and this is my first build. Also, I am going to pair this with a GTX 1050ti dual fan and 8Gb of corsair vengeance lpx RAM. Will 550W be enough to power this system? Thanks in advance for the replies.

Sort of an odd question I think but I didn't find anything useful in searching. I have 2 separate security systems. An outdoor by amcrest and recently a new Yi camera for inside. Both companies offer subscription based cloud storage. I have no desire to pay for 2 subscriptions so here I am...

So first of all I was having issues with my monitors connecting to the pc. Often getting no signal etc. Continuing to restart pc or holding the power button down while power is disconnected would usually the trick. I then left my pc on during the night and when I returned it had of course went...

Hey everyone, I'm looking for a good gaming laptop with GTX 1060 or GTX 1050 to with intel i7 that is preferrably 4.5 pounds or less. I want to use it for school but also be able to do VR gaming at the same time. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks. PS: Budget of around 1300 or less

How do I stop this? It started 2 days ago and has gotten worse. It never overheated before both fans still work. And this GPU (EVGA GTX 770 SC) is over 3 years old I'm not sure if this has anything to do with it.

Hey there, I am a happy and proud owner of the mentioned cooler and I am planning an upgrade from my 6600K to a 7700K and I know that this cooler should be enough for the i&, but my question is, is there a better fan for my cooler than the stock 76.5CFM?

Hello there, Found a dead 780ti for 37 euros. I asked owner if he tried plugging it in and what does it show. He said screen doesn't turn on, fans working. Is it worth trying to buy it and use the oven trick? What could be the reasons why it's dead? And would there be a way to fix it?

I bought the cooler Arctic-A32 and it came with the thermal compound MX-4.I have another silicon based thermal compound bought from a local shop.Which one should i use?

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My specs: CPU: Intel i5 2500k MOBO: Asus Maximus IV gene-z/gen3 RAM: 4x2GB DDR3 1600mhz Corsair Vengeance PSU: Corsair CX600 SSD: Kingston uv400 120GB HDD: WD Blue 1TB CASE: Zalman Z3 plus Cpu Cooler: silentiumpc fortis 3 v2 So i got this cpu cooler just recently and decided to overclock i5...

My old GTX 660 TI is finally giving out, crashing constantly, and lagging in newer games. This cyber Monday, I wanted to pick up a 1060 to complement my i5-3750k CPU. However, there are about 25-30 different version of this GPU, ranging from 200 to 500+. My budget is around $250 for a new card...