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    Question ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mini GPU for old Dell XPS 8500 tower

    I bought a ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mini graphics card to replace the old gpu of my old Dell XPS 8500 tower (motherboard 0nw73c). There is enough space and the connectors PCIe x16 fit. When I switch on the pc the gpu displays the Dell logo , but after a few seconds it becomes striped and it...
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    Question Windows stutter

    Hi, For the past days, I am experiencing stuttering. After some time, the whole laptop startes to lagging for about a minute, then it returns back to normal. After some time, it startes to lag again. I've tried to rename GameBarpresenceWriter but that didn't help a lot. Does anyone know how can...
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    [SOLVED] How To Rid Admin On Windows 10 Home

    My wife works in Real Estate (Property Management) and her company gives everyone laptops and they all mostly work from home. A couple months ago the company bought a new round of laptops for everyone. They were supposed to give her the box & label to send it in to their corporate office, but...
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    [SOLVED] Can't open some programs after changing main user folder name.

    I changed the name of my main user folder and now I can't open OR uninstall certain programs, one of which I use very often. Below is the error I get when trying to open Discord. I can't uninstall it either, because windows tries to uninstall discord within my old user folder, which obviously...
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    [SOLVED] My PC with a MX500 250GB sata SSD is stuck in a restarting loop after I tried to install a fresh copy of Windows 10 in over 20+ different ways

    Here is what happened to my old PC that I was trying to install a fresh Windows 10 into a Crucial MX500 250GB Sata SSD: I tried to factory reset the PC (when it was working normally) by using the "Reset this PC" option and cleaned the drive. Then the PC was stuck in a never-ending restarting...
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    Question periodic bluescreens and random restarts

    Hi, I'm not too tech savvy and recently I got a pc that someone else built and the guy that built it did a fresh install of windows 10 home before giving it to me. Since then it has encountered random bluescreens after booting up. At first I would get tons of random bluescreens after booting...
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    [SOLVED] Official version of Windows 10 broke my PC

    Never posted on a forum before but Im getting out of ideas and really need some help. I bought a serial code of Windows 10 Home, got sent an invalid key, contacted the seller to get a new one. They provided me with a W10 Pro key which I wasn’t aware of until I got a notification saying upgrade...
  8. johnx125

    [SOLVED] Can I still use my storage drive after upgrading from Windows 10 Home to Pro?

    I've been using the same installation of Windows 10 Home for over 4 years, but for the last month my PC has been doing all sorts of annoying things like random crashes and blue screens and stuff, so I'm thinking about reinstalling Windows and this time I want to install Windows 10 Pro. I only...
  9. Insane Potatoz

    [SOLVED] OEM vs Retail?

    I know this is a question asked a lot, but I still don't get it. I'm building a new PC for my mom so she can get rid of the old first-gen windows 7 desktop that she has now. I've seen OEM keys on Newegg and stuff and I've seen just plain Windows 10 home directly from Microsoft for $140. What's...
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    [SOLVED] Windows 10 Home vs Pro for Gaming?

    Hi, I have a mid-range PC Should I use Windows 10 Home or Windows 10 Pro for Gaming? And is it possible to go from Windows 10 Home to Pro or Pro to Home after Windows 10 is installed?
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    [SOLVED] Downloading Windows 10 Home through Windows Education

    Hey guys, i'm almost done finishing building my first ever PC. I want to run my PC using Windows 10 home because I've been using it for years on my laptop but it costs £120 through the Microsoft website which i can't afford and i don't want to purchase any cheap keys in case they're invalid. I...
  12. Djavuln

    Question Using windows 10 home key when windows pro is installed (unactivated)

    Title says it all, I extracted my windows key but it seems to not work, it displays it in the activation tab and everything but says it isn't activated, this key was extracted from my laptop which came with windows 8 OEM that we later upgraded to windows 10 pro for free, with that I thought that...
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    Question Monitor Becomes Fuzzy and Stops Working

    Hello everyone, I noticed when I came back to my computer after a break one of the monitors was fuzzy. By this I mean that it appears as if the details of every other line of pixels shifted one pixel to the right or that the image itself was copied and shifted over one pixel so that every...
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    GPD WIN 2 Keeps Charging after it reaches 100%

    Hello, I have noticed something strange with my GPD Win 2. When I plug it in, it will constantly charge, even after it reaches 100%. Laptops after 2010 are supposed to prevent batteries from overcharging after they reach around 97%. I typically charge my GPD Win 2 at night and when I am away. I...
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    Think Client, Server, internet café help

    Think Client, Server, internet café Setup The plan is simple: To set up a computer school/internet cafe with 20 computer. This is what I intend to do: Beginner Computer Classes: will start with window XP operating system running Microsoft offices applications including: Word, Excel...
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    game crashing to desktop.

    My games are crashing but still running in the back ground and the last 3 seconds of music are still playing on repeat. I can see my desktop but have to go into task manager and shut down the game before i can click on anything on my desktop. Its not all games, just dead by daylight, balistic...