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  1. mr. fireworkguy

    Question Files won't download from Chrome 70% of the time

    Please watch the video of this happening for more context (video here). I have a windows pc (built by myself 6 years ago) that is now acting up. Whenever i try to download something from google chrome, this happens: If i am lucky, downloading works when i click a "download" link (like the one in...
  2. 21vonLutjens

    Question Xbox App Keep Crashing in Win 11

    My Xbox app in my PC just keep crashing even after i reinstall my windows, they cant even open, crash 5 second after i click to open. I did reinstall, update, clear everything, nothing happen, and i did change my storage from my M2 sata to NVME (of course i need to reinstall windows) but wierdly...
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    Question No start menu

    Hello ladies and gentlemen, I have no start menu on a Lenovo Legion desktop PC, windows 11. Also, I tried running windows update, but now it's stuck on a failed update loop every time I restart the PC, both before accessing Windows when starting, and before closing it. I do have a desktop...
  4. D

    Question Pressing "restart" in Windows leads me back to the BIOS where my drive isn't detected

    When I click "restart" on my PC, it restarts into my BIOS. There, my M2 SSD isn't even listed. For it to be listed, I have to fully shut off my computer by either clicking shut down, or holding down the power button. There, the drive will be listed and I can boot into it... but sometimes it will...
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    Question Can you please help me to find BSOD cause on my new PC?

    Hello guys. I've built a new PC and I installed Windows 11 on it. From then I face BSOD mutiple times a day. Sometimes when my system awake from sleep mode or during the working state. This is my system info: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18vBKP6K7FRUhCp0a6DPT1TdIjVttODpB/view?usp=drive_link...
  6. Barbaatos

    Question Performance issue - RAM?

    Hey Guys, After over a month of fighting on my own with this issue I have decided to ask for help. To briefly describe my issue - about 2 months ago my game (WoW) started to stutter to such an extent that it was unplayable. Apparently issue was with the NVidia drivers which were faulty. I have...
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    Question I have this Modern $1000 Laptop, but why Gaming on it bad?

    Hello, Its this laptop: https://www.acer.com/gb-en/support/product-support/SFA16-41/NX.KABEK.002/details Supposedly its RDNA 2 graphics however I realised it only has 512MB of dedicated VRAM. This laptop has 16GB RAM so how do I get the VRAM to borrow some ram from my main 16GB just for...
  8. D

    Question Cannot clean install Windows 11 on a Zotac G3 A7646 Desktop PC ?

    Looking for help, any help is appreciated! I haven't been purchasing PC for over a decade and my knowledge on hardware is reduced to 0. I've recently purchased a new gaming PC here and it comes with Windows 11 Home edition. It looks like a wonderful PC on paper. AsRock B650M-C motherboard AMD...
  9. J

    Question All broswers searches broken soon after booting

    Hi all, I have tried chrome, firefox and edge on windows 11. Yesterday al lbroswers will work ok right after boot but within minutes, when I search the results may or may not show but the screen goes home or back to the search page; not the search results. Sometimes I can hit the forward...
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    Question Can't get Dolby Digital Live to work (Sound Blaster X3, Logitech Z906, Windows 11 Home 23H2)

    I own a Sound Blaster X3 and bought a new set of Logitech Z906 5.1 speakers to replace my blown Logitech Z607's during the post-Christmas sales. I want to use analog speakers for gaming and movies that use codecs other than Dolby Digital (Sound Blaster X3 only supports Dolby Digital Live for...
  11. McLovinnn

    Question No "shutdown or sign out >" option in winx menu on admin account

    There has been few months since "shutdown or sign out >" option has dissapeared and some other options from winx menu on admin account on my Windows 11 23H2. What is weird is that I have that option on user account. View: https://imgur.com/a/2F9lwHq I have googled my problem and...
  12. D

    Question BSOD with nvlddmkm.sys and DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

    I've been having this issue randomly for a while now. I have not found any specific trigger at all. At first, I thought it was a specific game, Ark: Survival Evolved, as it was only happening with it. Then it began happening with other things, sometimes just Chrome open and videos. I thought at...
  13. price_g

    Question Random lock ups, but only when browsing/idle, NOT when gaming ?

    Hey all. I've been recently having this annoying issue where my computer locks up/becomes unresponsive for 2 whole minutes when I'm just browsing the internet or just going through some folders on Windows. And what makes this annoying and confusing is that this isn't happen when I'm gaming. I...
  14. Raceme007

    Question Ctrl+Shift+N not working ?

    My Windows 11 HP Pavilion 15 DK-20xx laptop has stopped creating a new folder when Ctrl+Shift+N is pressed. I have done no modification whatsoever. I don't have a C-Media app installed. I tried different keyboard on different ports, uninstalling keyboard drivers. When Ctrl+Shift+N is pressed...
  15. WaifuEnthusiast

    Question Network Disconnects and all peripherals stop working on high disk usage like installing or playing games

    When I play online games, games and just heavy disk usage in general like installing a game all peripherals stop functioning, headset disconnects, keyboard can't type or do anything but LED's still work, cursor disappears but LED's on mouse also still work and and internet disconnects .I have...
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    Question SSD lag after short period of inactivity in Explorer

    I have the Acer Predator GM7000 4TB NVMe SSD. The issue is that of extreme lag on first use. After a [short] period of inactivity, when I create a new empty folder, for instance, the new folder doesn't show up for a long time -- several seconds. There is some serious lag there. I often have to...
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    Question Weird additionnal cost on new PC with Windows 11

    Hello everybody, and first of all, happy new year! :D🍻🥂 A close relative of mine wants to buy a new gaming PC, and he went to a BestBuy shop to buy one on discount. The PC has Windows 11, and the technician told him that there are a few things on Windows 11 that suck energy on the computer, and...
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    Question Muffled sound on BOSE QC45 only on wired connection on Windows 11 PC ?

    Hope this is the right place to post this, wasn't sure between this and computer peripherals. My QC45s work completely fine on bluetooth and on a wired connection to other devices, but on my Windows 11 PC they are behaving very strangley with a wired connection (the PC doesn't have bluetooth)...
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    Question First BSOD crash after waking laptop from sleep mode - - what caused it and how to prevent it ?

    Hi guys, any help with my situation is very much appreciated. Sorry if my post is a bit long TLDR in the bottom. BSOD issues are problems out of my league and I am terrified of them, I had one boot loop issue on my old laptop a few years ago and ended up loosing all my data and had to replace...
  20. TheMitjaX

    Question New windows 11 user having problems with music/sound and gta games

    Hello before I start I just want to say I got a new laptop with windows 11 home and never used windows 11 or had 64bit system so I'm a total noob my old one has windows 7 ultimate with 32bit system. Here are the specifications of both laptops View: https://imgur.com/a/ac2GpzH hope It's...
  21. C

    Question PC (Windows 11 Pro) stopped recognizing ANY external HD (Show up in BIOS and device manager as other device)

    [Situation] My Windows 11 PC stopped recognizing all sorts of external HD. Whenever I plug an external drive into a USB port, I immediately hear the "ding" USB sound it usually makes which means Windows knows something is plugged in. But it always shows up under "Other device" in the device...
  22. mrodlk

    [SOLVED] PC randomly freezes with artifacts on the screen and observed "nvlddmkm cannot be found" errors in windows 11 event viewer

    I recently upgraded my PC's motherboard and PSU following a PSU burnout incident. However, after the upgrade, my PC has been randomly freezing with artifacts on the screen. I observed "nvlddmkm cannot be found" errors in the Windows 11 event viewer. Despite trying several workarounds, the issue...
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    Question Randomly being logged out of Windows 11 when PC is in use

    Hi everyone, Multiple times a day my PC is randomly logging me out of Windows and taking me to the log in screen. It's mostly happened when I'm in a game, but has also happened when I've been internet browsing. It's happening 4-5 times a day. I've only had my PC for about a week: AMD Ryzen 5...
  24. D

    Question Same error message with any game, "You don't have enough memory to play this game"

    HOW CAN I GET WINDOWS TO SEE THE FULL 12 GB of memory on this card, to enable me to play games? New pc build ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT Challenger 12GB GDDR6 Graphics Card Gigabyte Gaming X AX B650 AR5 latest bios installed Ryzen 5 7600 CPU 32 Gb memory CL 30 6000Mhz 1000W PSU Windows 11 Pro...
  25. NoobJ

    Question Pre-built pc is stuck in a boot loop?

    Good afternoon all so I bought a pre-built pc from bestbuy, https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-omen-40l-gaming-desktop-amd-ryzen-7-7700-16gb-ddr5-memory-nvidia-geforce-rtx-4060-ti-1tb-ssd-black/6554586.p?skuId=6554586&ref=E30C20R001&loc=BODY&CampaignID=1368791&eut=3523261955&intl=nosplash this to...
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    Question Windows 11 Bluetooth won't connect to Bose NC 700

    I cannot figure out why my headphones will not connect to my pc. The pc will not recognize them and they will not recognize it. Both devices work respectively with other bluetooth devices, but for some reason will not work together. I have tried using a USB bluetooth dongle, but when I plug it...
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    Question "The description for Event ID 14 from source nvlddmkm cannot be found" ?

    For the last few months I've been getting this error, but only while playing Cyberpunk: "The description for Event ID 14 from source nvlddmkm cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or...
  28. TheJHigg

    Question Windows 11 System Keeps Crashing

    Hi, I recently built a new Mini ITX PC and over the course of a couple months it keeps crashing. It happens at seemingly random intervals, sometimes 2-3 times a night and sometimes once every couple days, between gaming or surfing the web. This is not the first Mini ITX build I have done, so I...
  29. D

    Question Would keeping a few folder windows open continuously cause explorer.exe to crash?

    Would keeping a few folder windows open continuously cause explorer.exe to crash? I'm using Windows 11 23H2.
  30. LibbiBibbi

    Question PC Crashing/Freezing seemingly only during multiplayer games

    SPECS: RTX 3070 Intel i7-9700K 32GB DDR4 3600mhz MSI z390-a pro Windows 11 issue: PC Freezes completely, nothing affects it. I tried BIOS mode called OC genie or something which caused the PC to reboot instead of freeze. I've been playing The Forest and Ghost Exile multiplayer with my friend...
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    Question Mail app is blurry ?

    for some reason the windows 11 mail app (or outlook now ig) goes blurry and unblurry when I move my mouse over it. I've had the same issue with another program that was down to hardware acceleration but I don't know how to turn it off on the mail app. What is causing this to happen in the first...
  32. C

    Question Audio, mouse, and keyboard lag when CPU is under load ?

    Hey all, I've been pulling my hair out trying to find out what the issue is with my PC. While I haven't been able to find a solution yet, this forum seems to have the best replies to threads with the best information and I'm hoping I can get somewhere because as it stands, my PC is basically...
  33. D

    Question Microsoft Word no longer lets me post a copy of a slew of hyperlinks in the format they were copied from ?

    I used to copy a bunch of links and post them all in the Word document together as one action and have them post in the format they were copied from, i.e., the links would all paste as immediately live, active hyperlinks, not plain text. Now, instead of the right-click context menu offering me...
  34. ArgusMold

    Question Resetting/removing WINDOWS 11 HDR calibration tool settings.

    I bought a new nice monitor (nothing obscenely cool but much nicer than what I had) a few months ago (Feb). It is the KTC M27T20, and it is the first HDR capable monitor I have had for my own personal PC. I fiddled a bit with color settings until I was happy, and then started using it. I was...
  35. ArgusMold

    Question Major lagg in windows only (win11) post forced OS repair.

    I recently (september 202 through january 2023) built a new rig because my skylake build was starting to have issues and I also wanted to bump up to a high refresh rate 1440p environment from my old 60hz 1080p mode. My system worked superbly (I enabled the AMD smart memory stuff asap) from the...
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    Question [SOLVED] Windows 11 won't boot after diskpart clean command

    Hi, so I installed a new NVME and cloned my system on it from my old NVME drive. Changed the boot order in BIOS then booted into Windows 11 without issues. I then wanted to use the old NVME as a data drive, but the Windows disk Manager wouldn't let me format it since it was an (unused) system...
  37. VickyTech

    Question Reset password - Asus Vivobook

    Device : Asus Vivobook Os : Windows 11 Forgot my login pin. Tried to reset password using forgot pin option, then I realised I forgot the Microsoft Outlook password too and I no longer have that mail id. So couldn't go with this option. Tried to reset pc using advanced recovery option. Here...