windows 11

Even when only 8-15% of CPU is in use, or 3-8% of RAM is in use, Windows Explorer and Task Bar can freeze up. Sometimes it happens when I open the Taskbar overflow menu. I restart Windows Explorer, close open programs, and then it's fine, until I open Taskbar overflow menu. Now understand, that...

Hi everyone, I’m reaching out for help with a problem I'm facing with my laptop storage after updating to Windows 11 24H2. Here’s the situation: Storage Devices: 512 GB M.2 SSD (C drive for the operating system). 3 TB External HDD (used for storing important files, about 746 GB of free space...

Hi, By the beginning of this year, I went through the process of reinstalling Windows 11(Home) entirely. The OS is installed on a SSD. File indexing is done. For some reason, Windows Explorer hangs (in other words, I'll see a looping circle on a folder and it will show as "not responding" if I...

I’ve been having the same audio issue since last December. I’ve tried to fix it several times, but I’m not exactly what you would call “smart.” Anyway, the issue is that my microphone keeps picking up desktop audio, and there’s a constant buzzing whenever I try to record. I bought a new mic, but...

Hi, I just tried to set up dual windows boot on 2 internal ssds and now my laptop is stuck in a bsod loop. I got a new 1 tb ssd and wanted to move windows on that one. I decided to do a fresh install to get a Clean c drive so I installed windows 11 to a partition in the new ssd planning to...

ASUS Prime B560 Plus >5 years old Intel i9-11900kf 3.5ghz < 1 year old Gigabyte 3080 > 4 years old 32gb Corsair Vengeance < 1 year old 8gb Kingston Classic > 5 years old Noctua DH-15 < 1 year old Windows 11 850w Platinum EVGA PSU < 1 year old -------------------------------- PC keeps getting...

I have a ZFS XigmaNAS I setup at work using an Optiplex 7040. CPU: i7-6700 RAM: 16 Gigabytes of DDR4 Storage: 2 500 gigabyte sata SSD in a mirror I can write files to it at gigabit speeds and read/open 130 megabyte photos in about a second... no issues there. One of the folders on the NAS...

I am using a asus tuf gaming laptop (F15, it has a intel 10500H and a 1650 GPU) recently my laptops fans are rapidly spinning and the noice is quiet annoying and started checking the temp and its reaching 95 C, and I checked which app is utilizing it and in task manager CPU utilization is only...

Here is the long story: One month ago I began experiencing random system stutters. These stutters would often freeze the system and have the audio buzz for a split second then continue normally. At first, they were infrequent but as time passed they became more noticeable. The system stutters...

Ok so if I boot my PC from sleep it crashes after a couple of seconds it acts as if I hit restart. Im pretty sure this is a hardware problem because I've put in a ssd from a working PC, and also reinstalled windows with it still crashing in the end. Im pretty sure it's not the RAM or GPU...

I am experiencing BSOD's which sometimes are constant and sometimes are not, but always while playing games. I have updated all of my chipset drivers, tried removing and reinstalling the keyboard driver, but to no avail. I have uploaded an .zip file created with Sysnative File Collection App...

Hi there! This is my first time posting on here and I desperately need some help. (I have been unsuccessful with getting answers on couple of other forums). I have been looking into upgrading bits and pieces of my PC as buying a laptop is not favorable for me currently. And so I thought to...

Has anyone had any issues with this? Link to this is below if anyone is confused as to what I'm talking about. https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/d/windows-11-home/dg7gmgf0krt0?rtc=1

Hi, Windows cannot find any audio device on my PC. I have my USB headset plugged in, and I have the onboad audio of my MSI PRO-Z790-A-WIFI motherboard but neither appear. I've updated my BIOS. I have installed the chipset and audio drivers from the MSI website. Also, I updated my Nvidia...

Complete newbie, so please be patient. Stuff I've done so far. Installed all the ISS stuff that's needed for the FTP server. Ran ISS Manager, right clicked on Sites, created FTP, FTP site name, path to the fold I want to share. Selected the right IP address (changed my Windows settings to make...

PC Specs Mobo: NZXT N7 B650E (AM5) CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D GPU: EVGA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 RAM: 2 x 16GB Corsair Vengeance @ 2993MHz Lexar SSD NM790 4TB Samsung SSD 960 EVO 250GB Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 2TB PSU: Corsair HX850i OS: Windows 11 Pro 64-bit I've been having problems with my pc...

My brand new computer kept blue screening during startup and installs so I wanted to reset it, but I was not able to reset it due to an unknown reason View: https://youtu.be/F6qROpwPCd0?si=79rY5Zptin1FXd9p I followed this tutorial and now my computer is stuck in a infinite system recovery loop...

Hello, I'm asking for help because I have a problem with my headphones, there's no sound coming from them. I've done all the basic operations. At first I had no sound at all, so I installed the drivers. It didn't work, then I used the problem solver and it worked. Then I tried connecting my...

my windows key quit working randomly recently. I've tried everything i can think of to fix it but nothing has worked. a few other problems i've noticed... -when i'm on youtube, it doesn't seem to load everything on the page, like the youtube logo in top left doesn't show up. - when i'm on...

Hi everybody, I have encountered an issue in Windows 11, I haven't before. I am using ASUS TUF Gaming A16, FA607PI-N3010 with Win 11 Pro 64bit, 24H2, For work I use software, in which in order to export certain files I need to press CTRL+SHIFT+X. First time I installed windows (about...

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...

If everything goes well, next week I should be up with a computer made of new and some re-used parts. My target is productivity performances/productivity features. So, gaming performances are not a priority, but comfort for everyday use is. Biggest bottlenecks are photo editing, video editing...

Hello everyone, it's my first time in this forum. I need help with my ASUS ROG Strix G18 Laptop, it's been doing weird things lately and last few days have been full of crashes that seem like they have no end. I have a powerful computer with i9 13th, NVIDIA RTX 4070 Laptop, 1TB Micron SSD, 16 GB...

A month ago i discovered i had accidentally installed windows to my Harddrive (Disk 0) instead of the SSD i bought specifically for the purpose (Disk 1). I went through the whole ordeal with reinstalling windows and wiping my SSD, so i could hopefully fix my slow boot times and arrange the...

SORRY FOR THE LONG TEXT Hello, for the past 4 days I've been trying to get my new 970 evo plus 1tb nvme drive to work properly on my pc, my configuration is: CPU: i5-10400F, RAM Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB Dual Channel CL32, Motherboard Gigabyte H510M K V2(rev 1.0), GPU RTX 2060, I have had for...

Hey, something interesting happened with my new pc build. During the first boots, i had the psu power cable loosely plugged in, which was causing a red cpu light on the motherboard and no display. (i didn't know what was causing it and tried to restart multiple times) (i realized that it was...

So recently, I saw windows offered an optiona update which I chose to install. I was at university while it was applying the update and restarting, and I closed the lid and put the laptop back in my bag to take it home. After getting back, I noticed the laptop was quite hot and set it down on my...

Hi, About 6 weeks ago, I upgraded to Windows 11 doing a full wipe and format to NTFS and GPT partitions format on my Samsung 870 Drive SSD, I had issues installing it which resulted me doing more formatting using Command prompt. Lately having more issues but most important is that 3rd party...

A few days ago i upgraded from Windows 10 to Windows 11 and whenever I play Rust i get this problem, mind that it’s only Rust that gives me this problem. Everytime I left-click i can see my desktop for half a second, it feels like it alt + tabs. I tried various fixes, didn’t work, went through...

Hello, A friend suggested I post here. I did my first PC build and it keeps randomly restarting. It may last a few minutes or even up to 20, but it crashes out and restarts without warning. I updated the bios when I first started the computer. I installed a new copy of Windows 11. After...

Hi everyone! I’m currently in the market for a new laptop and could use some advice. I initially considered OLED models, but since I’ll be working with a lot of static images (e.g., presentations), I’ve decided against them due to potential burn-in issues. I plan to use this laptop for the...

I’m not sure this is in the correct forum, so please move it if necessary. I have an HP laptop running Windows 11. It has two USB-A ports and one USB-C port. Earlier today, I started getting messages every few seconds saying: “USB device not recognized The last USB device you connected to...

My Windows Clock freezes often and I fix it by restarting the file explorer from the task manager, the problem is that is is happening 5 times per week. Is there a way to solve the problem forever? My PC: Windows 11 pro 64-bit AMD Ryzen 5 7600x Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Super Kingston FURY Beast...

Hi, I am looking for a used or new Windows 11 Professional - Lenovo desktop tower PC with lots of HDD expansion on the motherboard. What would you recommend? Thanks, Lee

Recently got a new PC after the old one went kaput. I purchased this RAM knowing I'd have to enable the overclock profile included to get the full performance. I booted Windows 11 without the profile enabled for a few days just fine. Went to enable it today and booted into Windows 11 just fine...

Just in the past week or so I have been receiving these errors that won't let me access my own Word documents. I have to click a dozen times or more to close the error dialogue before I can get to my documents. The most frequent error is about macros being blocked. Today one came up my...

The three BSODs are: KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED BSOD which was caused by tcpip.sys+35914, a DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL BSOD caused by ntoskrnl.exe+42ad29, and another DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL BSOD which was caused by mouclass.sys+2c2f. I have some minidumps for the BSODs that need...

Hello everyone. I currently have the following problem: When I connect my LAN cable to my computer, the computer crashes. According to the Event Viewer the error is: https://paste.gg/p/anonymous/188ec3f3b01447ad99f442375ecce7fb (the XML representation of the error in the event viewer). When...

Hi gang, I'll try to be as brief as possible because I can run on for an olympic sport. Bought the MSI Stealth 16 Studio in late December 2023 (so I still have a few weeks of warranty left) and didn't really have any major problems with it other than having the sense of it running like a dog...

EDIT: My m.2 for some reason was blocking booting, and now that I removed it. The system booted up Thanks to ppl that replied apreciate it ---------------------------------------------------- I have had this mobo for about a week and it worked fine, but now that i moved it to a new case. It...