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Hi everyone, I have a problem with my newly built PC and I hope someone can help me figure out what is wrong. My components: Mobo - ASRock B560M-ITX/ac CPU - Intel i5-11400F GPU - Gainward RTX 5050 Solo Fan RAM - 32GB DDR4 Crucial Ballistix 3200MHz PSU - 600W Flex ATX T.F.SKYWINDINTL PSU...

Hello all, This has been a saga and no mistake! Context I'm trying to dual boot with Windows 11 and Bazzite, giving windows its own partition on the drive *not* running Bazzite. I got Bazzite up and running with no issues but I've run into a strange problem trying to install Windows. I...

I have my T430 i5-3320m dual booted with Xubuntu 24.04 and Windows 10 IoT Enterprises LTSC. BIOS is updated to the latest version. Heads up: There's nothing wrong when booting or no any errors. Just want to have that cool Lenovo OEM logo when booting Windows. When it boots up it shows the...

Build details: Ryzen 9 9950X3D, Asus X670E-E Strix Gaming, G. SKILL 6000 DDR5 (confirmed compatible with my MB), and a 3080. Gamed for a bit last night. Windows showed that there was some update it needed to do, prompted by secure boot being on or something. So I prompted a update/shutdown and...

I have 3 windows PCs in my home. I have one attached to my TV that I use to stream media from one of the other PCs. All computers have the same user name/password. The shares are setup for access to [username], not [Everyone]. I want top remove the password from the streaming PC so that I don't...

Hi guys, need your help, and I'll get right into it. What I was doing at the time: I was watching the Netflix app, I had Discord open, WhatsApp, and the League of Legends client. I also had Steamwallpaper running. What happened: My PC shut off fully, almost as if I had flipped the power button...

Hello, I have a computer that I bought 2nd hand and I'm trying to get it working because my main computer is no longer working. I'm fairly new to learning about computers and I don't exactly know what I'm doing but I will list all the details I have for it. It is an Asus Computer It has an...

Laptop Model: Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 OS: Windows 11 The screen continuously flickers (like a fast blending or flashing effect). • Occasionally, it stops for a few minutes and then starts again. • It happens both on battery and while plugged in. What’s been tried so far: • Updated all...

Title asks it all really. I realize this is probably a stupid question but I didn't see it exactly answered when I searched, so figured I might as well be sure given the hardware nightmare I went through when building this rig six months ago... I'm looking to use Microsoft's free upgrade to Win...

Hi folks, At a really, massive stump. Have been trying to resolve this for days! Hoping someone can help me out. I have the following setup: ASRock B650M HDV/M.2 - brand new AMD Ryzen 5 7500F - brand new MSI NVIDIA RTX 4070 SUPER 12GB - I have had no issues with this, owned over a year. 750w...

As the title states, I upgraded my daughters MB in her PC (MSI B550M-VC WIFI). In BIOS, UEFI is enabled and BIOS sees the SSD, but when I start the install process for Windows and it asks me what drive to install on, it does not pull up the SSD. Any ideas on why this is happening?

Hi!! I've been dealing with this issue for some months now... sometimes all of my apps stop having sound (Mozilla, VLC, games, discord, anything)... but Windows still sounds. It gets fixed easily, simply ending user session and coming back again fixes it. I've reinstalled Windows, I've changed...

The problem: The PC slows down whenever i open a program or whenever (from what it feels) the CPU is being addressed. The mouse movement becomes choppy and slow .. as if DPI was turned way down and any executed program becomes choppy. The system: motherboard: Gigabyte Aorus b550 elite v2.0 cpu...

Hello, I have DesktopInfo app but they display pure colors when set custom and never changes but this didn't happen in my old laptop until I switched to new one. desktopinfo.ini What it supposed to be What mines is How can I fix this issue? Things I tried which didn't work. I tried...

My Windows 10 desktop PC is currently connected via ethernet cable to my wireless router. What's the best/easiest method to force a new IP address and device ID? Would rebooting my router accomplish this? Would upgrading to Windows 11 give me a new device ID?

Dear all, it's my first post here, hello everybody! So, I'm experiencing a very annoying issue with my recent pc build. Let's start with some specs: ASUS PRIME B860M-A-CSM Intel Core Ultra 9 285 @ 2.5GHz Kingston Fury Beast Black 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5 5600MHz EXPO (128GB total) Crucial T700 2TB...

Not sure if this is the right forum sub-category to post this on but here goes.. I have an external HDD that worked fine, has never had any issues before such as bad sectors etc. It was formatted as NTFS and only being used (plugging, using, safely removing) on Windows systems. I had another...

Hello, I bought a new Gigabyte Aorus 16X 9SG Laptop 2 days ago. I replaced the ssd and ram modules, but there were black foils (probably a seal?) on the two screws in the middle. The laptop works perfectly. I'm happy with it except for the charging. Unfortunately I didn't notice the charging...

After a Windows 11 update this font plagues my system. It appears on search suggestions and a few other places. It's so hard to read. I've tried to change the default font in windows registry but it didn't affect this font appearing. Help me and my sanity

I'm looking for a laptop for college that can also handle competitive games like CS2 and Tarkov, plus singleplayer games like RDR2 or Elden Ring and medium settings are fine. Also need it to run multiple programs smoothly for schoolwork (unfortunately I don't know what programs yet but I'm...

I followed this guide on how to remove internet results from the W11 search. I have restarted and used CMD to kill explorer and then run it again, but I'm still getting search internet search results. https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/disable-windows-web-search So I'm wondering if the guide...

why does my windows 10 CRASH after installing the Microsoft WDDM 1.1 driver? I installed the driver using a cab file and it worked for 1 second or two then froze and I restarted by holding the power button and windows booted using the Microsoft basic display adapter :( the pc is an old HP pro...

Hi guys! First time here so I hope I do the post the right way. Im having issues specifically with Windows 11. Im using NVDA RTX 4090 and im receiving these type of crash reports everytime i try to open Apex Legends. File System Filter 'EasyAntiCheat_EOSSys' (Version 10.0...

Hey all, I need help diagnosing a persistent issue with my PC. The problem is that my NVMe SSD (low budget SSD called RX7 1TB) randomly disappears from the system during heavy load — usually when launching or a few minutes after playing demanding games stored on the D: drive, or when running...

Helping friend move from laptop gaming to the real! Been a while since I built. Trying pc part picker, hope it's legit! Any advice welcome! Approximate Purchase Date: this week Budget Range: about $1,400 System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, The Sims, twitch Are you buying a...

I am on the latest Windows 11 24H2 version. When I close my laptop lid and open it again, some of the icons move themselves up. Specifically, only the rightmost ones move. I tried disabling auto-arrange Icons and updating my drivers, but it is still happening. Are there any solutions? Thank you...

I just rebuilt my PC and I’m having trouble getting any windows related programs to work. Media player won’t open. The start menu won’t open after a bit (I have to reset explorer in task manager when that happens) but when it will, I can’t click and open anything in the menu. I pressed windows +...

My cousin bought Mi Notebook 14. It has i5-10210U, 8GB 2666MHz DDR4 RAM, SATA3 SSD by Kingston. Recently it got very slow. The task manager kept showing less than 20% CPU utilization. Also, less memory usage. Still the performance is noticeably slow. Each click / UI interaction was laggy...

Hello everyone, I have quite the perplexing PC issue that I am literally at my wits end of both physically and financially and I'm in a desperate last ditch attempt and finding some answers hopefully. As mentioned in the title, the issue regards my audio and it's relation to my USB ports. When...

hello, I am not sure if this is the right topic section to post this in but: I just purchased a whole new pc in parts (except for the PSU and storage, cuz ill be reusing these) and I will be building it myself. I want to use my current SSD (with Windows) and HDD and place it in the new PC, but...

Hello guys, I have a question about upgrading to Windows 11, Since it released, I felt that my PC is going to lose performance on Win11 because its more recourse demanding than Win10. I need the PC performance to play competitive games on 1440p 120FPS. So should I move to Win11 with these specs...

Hi! So, I'm not really keeping up with how the 24H2 update is going, I just read and saw a lot of posts around that said to NOT upgrade because of some issues, but sometime has passed and, I haven't found any new information. Anyone has updated and had any trouble? Maybe no trouble at all? Thank...

Hello everyone, can someone help me solve a problem that I have regarding WebDAV on Windows 11 and https connection. I'm trying to set up WebDAV only locally, I don't need access to the internet, just from my local network, but I can't seem to find a way to make it work fully. The first thing...

Hey everyone! So I just swapped by Ryzen 5 3600 for a 7 5700X3D, without disabling fTMP first. Upon launching into Windows, it told me that my PIN was invalid because of hardware changes - however, unlike some other threads, Internet worked so I was able to log in with my (Microsoft) password...

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...

Title says what the issue I'm having, the PC just shuts off when in-game. I can't find anything in the Windows event logger that helps. Any stress-testing I run, it passes without any CPU or GPU faults. What I have tried: Got an error when trying to stress test the cpu with OCCT, fixed it by...

Well, I shut down my PC a few hours ago and when I turned it back on, my motherboard displayed a message saying it was updating "Hydranode firmware." But here's the thing: how is this possible? - I have CSM (Compatibility Support Module) enabled because I don’t use Secure Boot or UEFI; I’m...

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

My friend and I have started to play GTA V again recently. we have been doing something called the replay glitch where the host disconnects their internet and not have to redo any steps to repeat a mission in the game. he has sent me the dumps. I am going to presume that the Battle Eye...

First ever post and english is not my first language. I can't seem to boot up windows from my first m.2 SSD after replacing my old second m.2 SSD, so I installed windows on my new second m.2 SSD. But i can still see all the old files and windows setups of my first m.2 SSD, that i want to keep...