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  1. animemangamer

    Question How to properly pair PS5 Dualsense to PC (Win 11)?

    Hello, I don't know if anyone can help me but I'm trying to use the PS5 dualsense controller as gamepad on my PC (Win 11) I've used it successfully before but sometimes this happens where even if I successfully paired it when I try to hit buttons on the controller there's no input signals sent...
  2. A

    Question ASUS 1402 Bios not booting OS properly

    So I upgraded to an ASUS Prime Z790-P Motherboard, I9- 12900k, and new ddr5 ram. Old system ran on an MSI motherboard and a I7-9700k. My windows OS is downloaded on my Samsung 960 EVO M.2 that only is compatible with the 3 m.2 slot of the z790-P, because that slot runs sata mode becaue my m.2...
  3. OverlyLiam

    Question File Explorer Crashing and Messing With Computer

    Hello everyone, I hope you are doing well! I have had a problem where my file explorer randomly freezes when I either click on it or when I try to open up the file explorer through a site to select a file. I used to have this issue in the past where it would do that but it recently got a lot...
  4. Yokai95

    Question New laptop having permission issues.

    Hi, I bought this asus zephyrus g14 laptop and I am getting error while installing or uninstalling, accessing run/temp ,opening windows defender, etc. It seems like I dont have access to the laptop. This laptop was for display and maybe have some restriction to give limited access to people.
  5. A

    Question Windows 11 PC freezes up suddenly ?

    PC Specs: MB: Asus Rog Strix B550-E Gaming CPU: AMD Ryzen 5900X Cooler: Noctua NH-D15S PSU: Corsair RM850 (2021), RM Series, 850 Watt 80 Plus RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3200MHz (CMW16GX4M2C3200C16W) / GPU: ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 3070 TI SSD1: Crucial P5 Plus CT1000P5PSSD8...
  6. gsevertson

    Question Can’t boot to the Windows 11 installer ?

    This may not be a problem when it comes to Windows 11, but the process to get there. I recently built my first PC, I was able to get it booted up correctly and get into the BIOS, but when I try to install Windows from there, I get stuck in a boot loop, where it’ll turn on for a few seconds, and...
  7. F

    Question Microsoft Store apps deleted and file explorer reverted after cloning OS on to a new SSD ?

    I just used the Samsung Data migration to clone my Windows 11 installation onto a new SSD. Everything went well and I booted in and everything was normal. A few hours later I was browsing the file explorer and then it just started not responding and explorer.exe restarted automatically. When...
  8. aetheric

    Question Having a really strange bug when tabbing out of fullscreened applications.

    So when I tab out of full screen applications, occasionally all of the windows seem to run at like 3-5 fps, but for some reason, mouse movement is still perfectly smooth. The only way I'm able to fix is this by restarting my computer. I check event viewer when it happens, but there is no event...
  9. C

    Discussion What Start Menu replacement software do you use, if any?

    What Start Menu replacement software do you use, if any, on Windows 11? Possible answers include: Start11 v1 or v2 ( https://www.stardock.com/products/start11/ ) StartAllBack ( https://www.startallback.com/ ) Open-Shell ( https://open-shell.github.io/Open-Shell-Menu/ ) ExplorerPatcher (...
  10. mekyle99

    Question Games freezing once every (seemingly) couple hours for 10-15 seconds long on new, W11 PC

    This is on a prebuilt I got recently, and I can't really seem to tell when the freezing occurs but when it does occur, it occurs for about 15-20 seconds long. It's sort of rare so it isn't a huge problem but it is definitely annoying, especially on a new prebuilt. The windows install is clean...
  11. H

    Question Windows 11, AMD 7900X, stuttering, freezing problems.

    I built my new ring last month. Until last week it has been working flawlessly. Occasionally and as far as I can tell only after the first boot , for some reason the screen slows down, buttons don't respond to mouse clicks but they respond to keyboard and I can hardly close all the windows and...
  12. B

    Question Is my Asus dead?

    Bit of a tricky one here but am hoping I can get some advice. I installed a windows 11 update yesterday and now I am unable to get my taskbar/start button back. To make matters worse, because there is something going on with my display (when my laptop starts up it's only in a black screen) I am...
  13. aurimasg777

    Question Something is interfering with my WiFi connection on my laptop

    Hey guys, this is my second time trying to narrow down the issue. I live in rental place (house bottom floor) my landord live above me and has the WiFi router up there Laptop specs: It's a gaming laptop AORUS 7KB CPU Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.6GHz OS Windows 11 Latest update (with copilot)...
  14. R

    Question Bluetooth audio gets worse when gaming ?

    Hey every one. All my Bluetooth headphones have this problem so i'm sure it's a windows problems. Every time I play a game that uses my mic the audio quality just drops. The only solution I have been able to find that works is if I disable my mic. How ever this is not exactly a solution since...
  15. C

    Question Borderlands 2 crashing on startup, Counter-Strike 2 frequently crashing, Hunt: Showdown and L4D2 sporadically crashing

    As the title says, Borderlands 2 crashes instantly upon clicking "PLAY" in the launcher (specifically, it'll load the first frame of the 2K splash screen, then lock up a second and close). Borderlands 3 runs with no problems. Hunt: Showdown and L4D2 will both occasionally crash for seemingly no...
  16. F

    Question PC black screen restarting/crashing even with new parts

    For a while now I've got an issue with my PC, it keeps crashing when gaming but now it restarted during browsing chrome. Specs: CPU: Ryzen 7 7700 CPU Fan: be quiet! Pure Rock 2 Case: be quiet! Pure Base 500 GPU: AMD RX 7800 XT RAM: Kingston Fury KF560C36BBE 16gb 1x1 6000mhz (set at 4800mhz in...
  17. Mattimanden

    Question Navigating event viewer for GPU issues

    For the past year or so, about 30 seconds or so after I boot my system and get to windows log-on, all my monitors black-screens for about 5 seconds. After that nothing happens at all before I boot my pc again. I suspect it has something to do with my GPU, and have tried to find the error in...
  18. N

    Question How to solve this RAM usage issue and get the laptop back to normal ?

    My laptop was alright when I bought it brand new, but after update for some reason there is a spike in RAM when I open the task manager. The two tasks called "Desktop window manager" and "Windows Explorer" are eating up to 30% of my RAM. Is there any solution to this specific problem?
  19. J

    [SOLVED] “This PC can’t run Windows 11” - Help

    Hello everyone, My PC recently stopped working and cannot turn on without erroring and blue screening. As such, I am trying to reinstall windows on a separate (brand new) drive, so that I can preserve the old drive and copy files off after. I recently purchased Windows 11 as I couldn’t find my...
  20. C

    Question Cannot Access D: Drive, Showing 100% Usage in Task Manager

    Hello all, I have a C and D drive, both are M.2 SSD's. I have Windows installed on the C drive and originally intended to use the D drive as game storage. This has been an issue for quite some time. I cannot access the D drive at all in file explorer. If I click on it, file explorer becomes...
  21. Merkymurk

    Question Sudden extremely low performance when running softwares

    This is on an MSI Katana 15 B12V laptop with a 12th gen i7, 4070, 32gb ram @ 4800 Mhz, bought just 3 months ago Problem started yesterday, any software that I have is running extremely slow (discord, spotify, games, unity) War thunder runs at an amazing 1 frame with models taking 7 minutes to...
  22. carlc4

    Question Random freezing & crashing ?

    I've been having random freezing / crashes for years. Every time the screen will freeze and I'm able to move the mouse around for a few seconds and then completely freezes. Audio will play from whatever audio was going before the crash, video game or youtube video, for a pretty long time before...
  23. D

    [SOLVED] Dual boot Windows has three Windows OS choices on OS selection screen during startup for some reason ?

    TL;DR Dual boot Windows has three Windows OS choices on OS selection screen during startup for some reason. I need help getting rid of one of them. I wanted to do a dual boot set up, so here's a little context. I initially had Windows 10 installed on a m.2 NVMe SSD drive and then installed...
  24. willyburns

    [SOLVED] New build boots to Windows Recovery Environment every time ?

    Windows 11 fully updated and installed on a clean, formatted Samsung 970 M.2 NVMe. On cold boot it will always boot into the Windows Recovery Environment, and then when I've rebooted into the UEFI and restarted that way it boots fine. Continues to stay solid no matter the task after this . . ...
  25. D

    Question Some functions of the taskbar are not working at all ?

    Hi guys any help would be greatly appreciated, I am having an issue where I can't interact with the start button on the taskbar, time/date button in the left of the taskbar or the "control panel thing" where you change WIFI etc. I can still open pinned apps I have on the task bar and I am also...
  26. S

    Question I have created a GPO to create a URL Shortcut on Desktop but it is not working

    Dear Support, I have created a URL Shortcut GPO to create a URL based shortcut on desktop but it's not working on old Profiles. Kindly guide me why is it not working for Old User Profiles. I have logged-on with new Profiles on the system and the policy gets applied successfully without any...
  27. RyzenNoob

    Question How do I stop preview builds being installed on my computer?

    I don't want these updates at all, because it doesn't add anything to the value of Windows 11, because they're essentially beta in all but name AFAIK, I'm not signed up to the insider program, which is even weirder, because all the tips of stopping this is to sign out of the program , and I...
  28. C

    Question Which driver is causing the BSOD?

    I'm getting bluescreens, but I have no idea which driver is causing it. Here's the last two minidumps in link: https://www.mediafire.com/file/rn3b4pzmq79uj0e/Minidump.zip/file
  29. barleysinger

    Question compatibility made Chrome no longer display windows

    Win Pro 11 We have repeatedly found instances where using Properties->Compatibility to get an application to run, makes that user account have serious odd problems from that point onward. The most common being that Chrome no longer displays it's windows. The only functional repair appears to be...
  30. D

    Question I enabled Bitlocker but the recovery key it gave does not work. So how to recover my files or turn off bitlocker ?

    I have windows 10 installed on a m.2 NVMe drive and windows 11 on a separate ssd. I turned on bitlocker for my windows 10 installation so that windows 11 won't have access to the files on Windows 10. It saved the recovery key on a flash drive and I printed it out as well. I went through the...
  31. derekullo

    [SOLVED] Windows 11 Search Bar is not finding GIMP .xcf files ?

    In the past ... since Windows 8, I've used Classic Shell to get the Windows 7 look we all know and love. With classic shell I could use that to search for any file I had; floor plans 2022.xcf for instance. Meaning press the Windows key, type floor plans 2022.xcf and it let me open it in Gimp. I...
  32. lloyd2k

    Question PC Won’t boot after installing new CPU and enabling TPM.

    I just installed a new Ryzen 7 1700x into my Dell Inspiron 5675, upgrading from my Ryzen 3 1200. At first, a message came asking whether or not i wanted to reset my fTPM keys. After clicking ‘Yes’, (I had never used bitlocker in my life) my PC would not load into Windows 11, and now gives an...
  33. Thomasww615

    Question New build constantly shuts down + blue screens

    Hi everyone, I recently upgraded my PC which involved buying a new motherboard and upgrading my RAM from modules which I already own. However, once I had finished the build I have noticed that my PC will either just occasionally shutdown and restart under load (No BSOD) or it will occasionally...
  34. Anguxilion

    Question 4k TV as second screen missing resolutions and hdr option in windows after restart please help

    Yesterday I bought a brand new TV to use as third monitor, thing is that yesterday everything worked fine, the screen is properly configured, HDMI is on 2.1 and yesterday I had all the resolutions available on windows screen configurations and on NVIDIA control panel, with the capability of...
  35. S

    Question Roblox loops "You're moments away from joining the experience" when trying to join an experience and tells me install the game although its installed.

    For making everything for everyone quicker, here are the things I have tried and you should know - Network is 900 - 1000 MB/s and 200 - 250 MB/s up (Ookla) Tried Reinstalling roblox Tried rebooting Tried installing and launching from the robloxplayerlauncher and not robloxplayerinstaller...
  36. C

    Question Games crash on my PC, possibly related to memory issues but unclear ?

    Issue, a lot if not all my games crash. In warzone, the errors that the crashes give me are a rotation of: 0xC0000374 0xC0000005 0x8007000E (Directx is set at latest version 12, also tried with version 11, crashes still happen regardless) System properties: I have Windows 11 updated with all...
  37. dylan1323ww

    Question Fps drops help.

    CPU: I9 12900K MOBO: ASRock z690 pro Rs GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070ti Ram: G.Skill F4:3600-C18-16GTZR DDR4 32GB SSD: WD_BLACK SN850X 2TB PS: EVGA 750 G2 Monitor; KOOURI 27 QHD 170HZ Adaptive sync compatible (GN07) So, I've been getting fps stutters dropping about 10-20 fps at a time for 1...
  38. M

    Question How to disable fTPM 2.0 on Windows 11 if the BIOS is missing that setting ?

    Hey everyone! Thanks for taking time to read through this. I've been suffering with a laptop stutter for at least 7 months and have scoured the internet for research. I finally figured out the root of the issue. It has to do with AMD and fTPM conflicting, thus causing a consistent gaming...
  39. Lienback

    Question Having some strange pixel crash

    I have a brand new pc but i feel something is wrong.. Pc spec : Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost ASUS TUF GAMING B760-PLUS WIFI D4 MSI MAG A650GL 650W PSU Kingston NV2 NVMe SSD 1TB Intel Core i5-13500 Tray Windows 11 Since i got it, i have some strange pixel error appearing random, but...
  40. Slice1337

    Question pc windows 11 5 min to load desktop

    Hello Recently my pc with windows 11 take forever when i want to login and when im logged in my desktop background and apps doesnt load its just grey screen, when i have waited about 10 min i can play I cant reinstall my pc cause it says i dont have permissions Please help