windows 10

Recently i upgraded my motherboard and ram. Reinstalled windows but kept having boot issues with windows. However, its completely random. Most days it boots fine. Other days its stuck circling with a chance of it saying pc needs to be repaired. I thought it was boot loader and found there was...

If you can fix this, I am more than willing to gift someone £5 Steam Credit. I'm hoping Toms hardware wizards can solve this. Had this issue for well over a year now, Microsoft refuses to do anything about it, on any page, Reddit is stumped. I Havent been able to use a computer for...

My pc freezes once or twice per day and I have to forcfully turn off my pc each time and reboot the errors from the event viewers are listed in the pictures bellow : View: https://imgur.com/a/T3la3hg Can you recommand me a good driver scanning software ? My pc is up to date (bios firmware...

Howdy! Just got myself a new laptop and decided to check out the integrated control utility (that looks like this ) View: https://imgur.com/a/FHBybx1 Everything in it works well, the fan speed adjustment, the smart charging, BUT the whole thing crashes when I choose the LED keyboard section...

I just cannot seem to find absolutely anyone who would be qualified to resolve this issue. Please help. Model: Lenovo legion 5 17ACH6H, windows 10 Describe the issue: Task manager constantly refreshes, camera trying to reconnect non-stop. I have been having this issue for a long while now, and...

Hi guys! I've had some real bad luck with my i9-13900k crapping out after a year and a half (BSODs and 100s of thousands of WHEA Error per minute on Event Viewer) and now 3 months into owning my replacement i9-14900k, i'm getting WHEA again but it all seems to be the same exact thing every time...

Hello there, Long time reader / user, first time poster. Apologies in advance as I have tried to read threads that are similar to my issue but I am out of my depth and don’t really understand. I will be discussing three storage devices in my systems,: m.2 which I refer to as m2 My...

Hi, My desktop has been functioning normally until today, no updates. haven't downloaded anything etc. Earlier today I tried to shut down my pc, but it wouldn't completely turn off. Screen was black but the lights on my fans were still on for some reason. Didn't think much about that and went...

Hello! I'm having the problem that once i restart the computer, it won't boot, only after 3-4 tries. (CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED) After first or second try it gives me a black screen with just a cursor. This was after I installed a newer update for my gpu. Also my taskbar becomes black randomly now...

Dear Community, i work for a small company, where we build our own industrial PCs with robust hardware and we now want to use Windows IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021 as the OS. Now i downloaded the Evaluation .iso from the Microsoft page. The desktop therefore contains the watermark saying: "Windows...

Whenever I turn on my pc, for the first minutes I can't open windows store apps that are from the E: drive (only windows store apps, other programs work fine). and this is the error message I get: "can’t open because it is offline. The storage device might be missing or disconnected". After a...

is it possible to install windows 10 live usb version on ventoy ? also add a seperate package for windows 10 installer ? so i need to return my ssd for warrenty and in the meantime i have no boot drive, during this time i have to use a 32gb pen drive as a boot drive. what are my options ?

I’ve updated my BIOS to 5.40 in order to be able to be able to replace my 1800X with a 3700X, following the instructions on https://www.asrock.com/MB/AMD/X370%20Killer%20SLI/index.asp#BIOS Now my fans start spinning up att full blast as soon as I boot, keep spinning at pretty high rate, and...

Hey everyone, I need some help figuring out an issue with my monitor setup. A few months ago, I bought an LG 27gp850p monitor, which I use as my primary display. My second monitor is an ASUS VG245, but I barely use it – mostly just for work occasionally. So, almost all my windows, browsers, and...

On Windows 10 DNLA clients, folders are showing but not files. I replaced the HDD (now E drive in the old DVD slot) with an SSD (now C drive). The E drive continues to show folders and files on my tv but the new C drive only shows folders. If I use a Plex server on the pc, the tv can see both...

So basically I have owned 3 PCs to date and I had all of them running windows 11... But i have been experiencing similar problems for the past 5-6 months... My computer just suddenly stops responding but my cursor still works... I can't do cntrl+alt+del or anything else to the computer other...

A couple of years ago I purchased a CanoScan LiDE 400 scanner for my personal use... single user, very light activity. Every time I tried to scan a plain b/w document I would get the error message (below). I tried launching the scanner with Canon's IJ Scan Utility, Windows Fax and Scan, and a...

Not sure if this is the right place for this thread but here's the problem. When I am playing seemingly any game with my DualSense Edge controller plugged in I have an issue where both my monitors disconnect and show 'No display', while the game audio and video audio usually keep playing but...

Hi all, First of all, specs: PC build age: around 3 years Motherboard: Asus B560M A-AC RAM: Trident Z 64gb DDR4 XMP enabled dual channel GPU: EVGA RTX 3080 (not overclocked) CPU: Intel Core I7 11700KF SSD: XPG M.2 S5 (C drive where OS is) SSD: WD 2TBS where I store and play most games. So im...

I’m having trouble installing Windows 10 on a new build which has: MBD: Asus Tuf Gaming B550-Plus WiFi CPU: Ryzen 5 7600X3D GPU: 3060 12GB RAM: G.Skill 32GB The PC goes right into bios with no issues but refuses to install Windows. When I boot from my flash drive with the Windows installer on...

Hey! I bought a new monitor two days ago and just got around to messing with the settings. When I was trying to change the refresh rate to 165hz, I noticed I was unable to do so with my HDMI cable (could only go up to 144hz). I tried on the DisplayPort cable that came with my monitor and I could...

Hello, I am having trouble with my PC, it's very powerful and smooth running but recently it's been taking about 6 attempts to log into Windows. Once i'm in everything is fine, but i keep having to hard reset my PC because the welcome wheel spins non-stop and won't let me in. somtimes it...

I'm a little ashamed to say that after 20+ years of being a PC enthusiast/gamer, I've never done OS backups or images, the only backups I do are manually drag and drop into a folder, then upload it to the cloud and/or external drives a couple of times a year. I like to do an OS wipe and fresh...

Hello guys, I recently built a PC and I had problems with random reboots using Windows 11 and a most possible faulty power strip. I went to a store in order to give my PC and fix it and they fresh installed windows 10 and downloaded all the latest drivers. They told me that my PC was working...

Hello! Like I said on the title , my cpu Intel i7-6700k (6th gen) is not supported for windows 11 and normally I wouldn't mind staying to windows 10.. but I read that after October 14 2025, Microsoft will no longer release security updates for windows 10. I was thinking to format my PC anyway...

Hi everyone! I bought a GeForce RTX 3060 GPU to replace my old GeForce 1650, and any time I connect my 8-pin 6+2 pin to my computer and the PSU, nothing happens. If I leave the power supply connected to the GPU my computer is completely silent, no fans turn on, lights on the motherboard do not...

Dear All, I am struggling with an issue on my computer. It has been a month now and i haven't been able to found a solution even after hours of discussion with AI. Therefore wanted to have opinion of experts. The issue is i am getting multiple BSODs while my PC is idle for apprx 5 minutes. I...

My custom built desktop PC of 9 years displayed a graphics card error popup window and then a minute later stopped displaying video completely and permanently, so I took it in to a tech repair shop. I just called the repair shop yesterday to see what progress they were making, and they said...

Hi I'm currently having a strange problem related to my firewall, Ethernet connection, and security. I'm sure they're linked. Basically, I'm unable to add exclusions to Windows Defender and I get this message: I'm not even able to turn off Real-time Protection either. Then, when I tried...

Hi there, I have 2 AMD PC's that I want the same SSD to work on both. Is it possible to install Windows 10 on a SSD used by a system powered by a Ryzen 5 3600 & then use this SSD on another AMD system powered by a Ryzen 7 5700X? AMD Motherboard : *MSI B550 A PRO *GIGABYTE B550M AORUS PRO P...

This is a continuation of https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/upgrading-to-windows-10-folder-structure-changes-documents-and-my-documents.3839116/#post-23221986 . I do not want to necro my old thread since i want to ask more question about this. Can you separate Windows Libraries and...

Hi to the forum moderators, I want to make it clear that I'm not discussing piracy. I have multiple legitimate copies of Windows 10 on different systems in the house but I had to replace my motherboard after some magic blue smoke escaped. I bought a cheap replacement board just to get me by for...

I'm having trouble enabling TPM 2.0 on my ASUS laptop, which is preventing me from playing Valorant. When I try to launch the game, I receive an error message stating: Upon checking the TPM Management Console, I see a message stating Compatible TPM cannot be found. My laptop's UEFI Firmware...

I have a Lenovo E440 laptop (aged 8 years) with Windows 10 and it's about 1 year that when I do a heavy process (or open multiple apps), the app freezes for about 10 seconds and then explorer.exe (and my taskbar and start menu) become frozen and then explorer.exe crashes and taskbar and all...

I recently had to replace my motherboard and CPU for new ones(MAG B550 TOMAHAWK MAX WIFI, AMD Ryzen 9 3900X). I replaced the components without issue but when it came time to install windows, my m.2 drive (Samsung 970 EVO) is not available in the setup. My drive is visible in bios. I was able...

Hi All, Good day to you. I'm using Windows 10 on a desktop, with Internet connected through LAN. Whenever there's no internet connection, specially when I'm starting the PC, the default browser will open and it redirects to some pages. I think it tries to show the standard MSN page but since...

Hey guys, I'm currently running Windows 10 and looking to upgrade to Windows 11. I built my PC mid way through 2020 and had my old 2tb HDD from my previous computer mirrored onto a 2tb Sata SSD. I also bought a 1tb NVMe SSD for extra storage, the idea was to continue using the SSD with my...

I know I know, I'm a maniac downgrading that much of a CPU but this is my wish. Lifespan and heat is a number 1 priority to me so I want to cool as much as possible. Everything seems okay with this laptop at the moment, just wanted to know limiting the CPU can also lower the heat in other parts...

In Windows 10 version 2252 19045.4842, almost no matter which key I press on the keyboard, especially keys such as (Q Z X N Ö < > ? \ ? \ ; S I : , .), the desktop inverts the colors for 1 second and returns to its original state, as if the contrast setting is turned on. Blacks turn white...

As of about three days ago every single game that I play crashes. The interval for the crashes ranges between Two and about Twenty minutes. When I open up the system events viewer and look around more often than not it is the same issue. As of last night, I did a complete wipe and reinstall of...