windows 10

I factory reset my computer completely and the next I know my microphone dosen't work. I try to get it to work and it ends up working just ever so slightly. It barely relays any sound coming from my microphone. The bit rate is 48000 Hz. How do I fix this?

I recently built a brand new computer. Nothing extremely special, more of a budget gaming PC upgrade after the old one. Here is everything I got. Asrock Z790 PG Lightning Motherboard Intel i5-13400 CPU CORSAIR VENGEANCE DDR5 RAM 32GB (2x16GB) 5200MHz CL40 Intel XMP iCUE Compatible Computer...

I've had this on the back burner for a year or two but a BIOS / Windows update removed my touchscreen, System is a Flex 5-14ARE05 Laptop (ideapad) - Type 81X2. This has happened more than once on my multiple Lenovo laptops and years ago I was able to restore it but not this time. I have done...

I have my computer hooked up to an outlet with an extension cord (temporary setup). The power cord and monitor plug are both plugged into the extension cord. I shook the desk which caused the extension cord to fall and disrupt the connection to the PC, causing it to shut off. After I put the...

So this morning Windows checked for updates at 07.56. No update was available. I wanted to check reliability history just now and saw that I have a warning that says this in the picture I posted a link to. View: https://imgur.com/a/Slw0xLr There is no available windows update and I have no...

About a week ago I factory reset my computer, reinstalling Windows 10. A couple days later I decided I wanted to play some games so I installed a few and about 10 minutes or so while my computer freezes and I have to turn it off via the tower. As time goes on I can't figure out the issue and...

Hey there, honestly this is a tough one and I can't figure out what's wrong (without having to completely reinstall everything). So basically I can't get sound from any app EXCEPT discord (apps like Firefox, games, etc). But everything was before I updated Windows. Yes, I do have sound coming...

Okay so I’ve been trying to fix this for 2 days now, and I’m completely stumped! 3 nights ago I was streaming from Hulu while straightening up the house when my computer froze. It froze so bad that literally everything stopped: mouse, keyboard, even the power button on the tower. I had to...

Hello. Today, i have purchased new Dell Precision 7820. It contains a Dell 5WNJ2 motherboard. The system has Windows 10 x64 pre-installed. I have a Western Digital WD_BLACK AN1500 NVMe PCIe SSD Add-in Card. Now i want to add this PCI SSD card in to my PC and install Windows on it. I tried...

So, spent all night and this entire morning trying to get the desktop I built yesterday to boot with UEFI Bios. I have a SSD from my old desktop with Windows 10 Pro installed and when plugging it into the new desktop, it works fine and boots as normal. My new SSD is also discovered in bios and...

Hi I just completed the following build.. - CPU: Intel Core i5-12600K - CPU cooler: Deepcool LT720 85.85 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler - Mobo: MSI MPG Z690 EDGE WIFI - - RAM: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL14 Memory (3 years from older PC)DDR4 - Storage: #1- Samsung 980 1 TB...

I have 3 monitors, the newest of which I picked up for cheap from a thrift store. It works, is connected to my NVIDIA GTX 1660 SUPER through a VGA cable and a VGA-to-Displayport adapter. It's the rightmost monitor. Currently, when the monitor's built-in settings are at default, the display is...

Is it possible to somehow migrate your windows to another drive without having to reinstall windows etc? Would appreciate any knowledge upon this as my windows is on HDD Nvme: Corsair Force MP600 1TB CPU: R9 5900x GPU: RTX 3070 Suprim X

I was resetting my Windows 10 laptop and after the reset was completed then at installation there was a request to restart the laptop and there's one issue earlier with the laptop that once it goes for power off while restarting it does not start on its own, ii just shows black screen but it is...

some time after switching to windows 11, usb sound and freezing started to appear. When surfing the Internet, it happens once every half an hour or so, and when playing games, it happens a little more often and freezes for a couple of seconds, and now sometimes the game just closes or a window...

Today I encountered a BSOD with a kernel mode heap corruption error, I've already downloaded WinDbg to parse the error and was pointed to a nvlddmkm!unknown_function error. This isn't my first experience dealing with a nvlddmkm error, I've recently DDU'd my drivers and freshly installed...

Alright! As much as I believe this problem to be much more common, so far I found No solutions to it. I had installed Windows fresh on USB SSD as my Nvme SSD apparently died, coincidentally after a Windows Update. It got formatted, empty, and now I can't install Windows to it either, but that's...

Hi, I'm having constant issues with the wireless module on my laptop since I've bought it. Works fine, until I unplug the power adapter and try to download something. Then the connection goes off and suddenly the option to connect to a wireless network completely disappears from the control...

Hi Ill try t be berife .. Im running windows 10.. and i downlaoded a couple files... and after placing one of them on my desktop.. things started getting very weird.. i was not able to install or launch anything including task manager and everytime getting error message ".... ... the...

Hello all, I’m really struggling getting to the windows interface that should pop up after windows 10 installation. Basically, I’ve downloaded the proper Windows files (twice) on sundisk 64 gb 3.0 USB drive (tried 2 different ones) in multiple different slots (including in the 3.0 usb supported...

So my desktop icons will rearrange themselves when I clean my keyboard. Is there are particular sequence of keys that would do that? Ive only ever noticed it after I clean the keyboard and I have also ensured that auto arrange is off along with other things. Any ideas?

After some recent laptop troubles, someone did a clean install of Windows 10 for me. Some of my issues have been solved, though others remain. Among them, I just noticed that Windows (and everything else) is installed on the secondary HDD that was supposed to be a backup instead of the SSD that...

Hi Just completed my first build.. which includes a MPG Z690 EDGE WIFI DDR4 (open box) motherboard The motherboard did not come with the Antennas which is not an issue as I prefer ethernet connection I installed windows10 via usb .. and after completing the installation I connected the...

I did a fresh install of Windows 10 because I wanted to format my SSD and HDD. Whenever I set my headset as the audio output now, audio and video suddenly turn slow motion. The computer itself continues to work normally, just the sound gets obnoxiously slow and choppy. If I'm playing a video on...

I have installed pip install glfw pyopengl pyrr and pillow at a location in the local hard drive to create OpenGl apps with python. a)where can I find the files?The File Explorer doesnt find them b)I dont want to insert them 1 by 1 to every python project.Can I copy them to PyCharm so they...

Hello, so since a couple of days i have had an very interesting problem. The issue startet when i upgraded to windows 11 and started playing a new remastered game of Ark known as Ark survival ascended. The game just came out so i expected some issues and the game did crash a couple of times...

Hi guys i need help.My audio mic and sound cuts out randomly whilst im using my pc. IT MAKES ME WANT TO BREAK THE PC I SAVED UP FOR.its infuriating ive tried resetting, re-downloading Windows but nothing ever fixes it. However if i re-download a driver or update them, that revives my audio. I...

I installed Avast Essential and I have to close and reopen Chrome for it to reach sites and then I have to refresh tabs for those sites to work. I get a warning site not secure for sites I have used before like yours, TomsHardware. I have to click proceed a few times before it will go to those...

Hello, I have an ASUS 570D laptop running Windows 10. Tonight, after a couple of hours playing a game, I was suddenly looking at my Windows user login screen in the middle of the game. I logged back into Windows but within 1-2 seconds I was back at the login. This repeated multiple times so I...

Hello There Recently a friend built a PC and he installed Windows 10 without problems. The fact is that after he completing setting up his pc (downloading chrome and other programs), he unlocked windows with a cracked tool. Everything was ok after that, but windows cant let him update them or...

Ello! Got myself a new M.2 SSD to install Windows 10 on. I boot a Windows installation USB in UEFI mode and run the installation up until the point the installer does a restart. After restarting, it throws me back at the start of the installation. If I remove the USB during the restart or try...

So recently I've had this problem on my computer where the mouse cursor still moves perfectly fine but it only seems to respond to clicks within one process/window (and it's not always the same process), almost as if it's getting "locked in". The best way to describe it is to imagine a modal...

So, i havent turned on my pc for quite awhile now and my gpu has been lying around in its static bag for about 1 month. And my PC hasn't been turned on for like 2 whole months. And so, 3 days ago i decided to install the gpu in my PC because school was going hard on me. And once we installed the...

Hi guys! I have a very weird problem. I bought a new ssd and i installed it instead of my old hdd which is empty just taking space in my pc(500GB). I have another HDD(1TB) which has windows on it which i use every day. The problem occurs when i unplug that old hdd which is empty. My pc says...

I launch my pc and everything is fine until i get the windows lock screen for logging in, i can't click on anything i tried going into safe mode by rebooting the pc multiple times and nothing worked i couldn't boot into safe mode, i pressed ctrl/alt/del and it wouldnt do anything, i can get into...

Hi There. After an extensive search I've come to the end of my rope. So all help will be appreciated. As the title says I determined this because the desktop PC doesn't show up under "Network" in file explorer, but I also have a windows 10 laptop that always shows up under "Network" in file...

Hello everyone, I recently had some issues with my PC where my GPU died but finally got it back up and running with a replacement GPU and a new (used) CPU. The only downside is that the USB 3.0 ports on the rear of the motherboard (GIGABYTE GA-970A-DS3P) has stopped working. It will power...

I have started this journey to dual boot windows 10 and windows 7. Pc specs: msi mpg z490 gaming carbon wifi I7 10700k Rtx 3080 32gb ram 250gb nvme windows 10 500gb ssd for windows 7 I have a PC running windows 10 and I would like to install windows 7 on a separate SSD so I can dual boot and...

Hello everyone, after installing the KB5031356 update, the search highlights icon thing on the right of the search box refreshes every single minute, which results in the icon fading away for a few seconds and then reappearing and flashing. Needless to say that it's extremely annoying and...

Hi, I've got a new drive, I can either clone the drive that contains the efi system boot and recovery or i can clone the drive with the operating system, at the moment i have the windows installation cloned. When i remove the old drive that had windows and boot from the efi on the other drive...