Windows Update

I had to install a fersh OS on the PC that is WINDOWS 7 home basic, files like video editors aren't opening and I want to update the windows . I checked system details it shows service pack1. what's new in service pack 2 or3?

Hello, fellow forum members! I have yet another problem now, this time pertaining to Windows Update. Whenever I try installing the mentioned Windows 10 updates (KB4517211 and KB4515384), the laptop restarts and I keep getting the "We couldn't complete the changes" words, with the update history...

Hi, Until a couple of days back, my PC was just fine till I came across a strange booting issue. Before going ahead, here are a few terms I will be using, Stage 1 of booting: on pressing the 'power on' button on chasis, my Keyboard and mouse leds and monitors backlight and monitors power led...

Hello everyone! I've had a strange thing happen to me after a recent windows update: windows created a new and clean user profile while not detecting my old one. As my settings and files are still all there on the old one I'd like to restore it and delete the new one. How can I do that? I...

Windows 10 says that I do not have internet even though I am indeed connected. Background information. I am a contractor for Comcast(Xfinity), that does internet/TV/Phone installations for businesses, so I know a fair amount more than the average person when it comes to Networking, Modems...

hey! So I just did the new Windows cumilative update and after revooting device manager shows only 1 core, I tried changing the variable of NUMBER_OF_PROCCESORS to 4 (after reboot it was 1) and it still shows only one core. what can I do? mb:msi h81-p33 cpu:I5-4690S

I just purchased a brand-new Dell inspiron 17 7000. I started trying to set up the computer on August 1, and immediately noticed that Windows update wasn't working, and I could not connect to the Microsoft store using my Microsoft account (although I could log into the computer using my...

Windows Update on my computer has completely stopped working. It never automatically checks for updates, and when I manually click the "Check for updates" button, it tries to check for updates for a long time before spitting out a nasty error: 0x80080005 Microsoft Store won't download any apps...

Hello, My mouse tends to lag a bit after every windows update I install. If you have ever experienced your mouse lagging after opening Chrome (when it has a lot of tabs), then you know what this problem looks like. Except what's so unusual about this problem is that it tends to go away after...

Hello, Im posting this thread since I just had this issue (and maybe it's still going on) and couldnt find a definitive solution yet. But this parcial solution might help somebody. I tried booting my computer one morning and the screen stayed black with the mouse on the screen, this has...

My old Windows 7 laptop got really slow for some unknown reason I tried checking for disk problem but still did not fix it. Then I Installed a new Windows 7 on my laptop through an usb I installed all the driver from the official manufacturer website and when I try to update it , It says...

I've tried every solution on the internet and none have worked. Windows 10 installation stops around 60% and says "Windows could not configure one or more system components" I'm fed up now. Will try and add update log file. Any questions, I will answer. Thanks

First of all, I updated my Windows 10 for the Insider Program. Then I restarted my computer, and a message shows: (loading circle) Working on updates 0% Don't turn off your PC. This will take a while. Your PC will restart several times. After it was working on updates up to 15%, my laptop...

Less than a week ago I worked on a laptop for a customer. Windows 10 had crashed, and I had to reset it. I just heard back that it failed to boot again, apparently after a failed update, and she wants me to fix it without paying. It's a 50-mile round trip to this customer's house, so I would...

In the last few days my PC is totally unusable, I got some kind of virus on my PC which deleted my Antivirus, disabled Windows Defender, disabled Windows update, every time when I turn on my computer it probably starts to mine bitcoin because my GPU is much louder and it's usage is over 50%. I...

I have a dual boot with Windows 10 and ubuntu 16.04. Last night i got the option "update and shut down" and i clicked that. Today i started my system, and everything was normal. I started ubuntu, and shut down normally. But since then, whenever i start, nither the bios screen nor grub appears...

Hey everybody. So my computer recently installed some Windows 10 updates and now absolutely everything on my computer (C drive, external hard drives, everything) is “Read-only” and cannot be changed. Right clicking on folders or files and unchecking the “Read-only” box does nothing to fix it...

Not sure how to describe this but it 'seems' to be related to the March 2019 Windows Update. -Audio cuts off in games after playing a variable timeframe of 8-30 minutes. This affects the whole OS. -Temp. fix would be to close all browsers and anything else using audio then go into Device...

For some reason my desktop is updated to 1809 but my laptop wont even find it and says I am up to date, but it is running 1803. Whats the deal here?

Hi forum, This has been an ongoing issue for months, and I cannot find out its cause. It has been happening ever since I upgraded the components below: Intel Core i5-7600 Asus Prime B250-Plus Motherboard Seagate Barracuda, 2TB HDD 2x Crucial CT2K4G4DFS824A 4GB DDR4 RAM My first thread was...

Hello, I need advice. I just bought a brand new AsRock X470 Taichi. Right from the box, it has those spots which look like wet remains. Now I wonder whether it's ok or not. What should I do? Return it back to the reseller? Or it's ok and I can try to start it and see how it's going?

i asked about it few days ago but i didnt get straight answer someone said it will fit the other guy said no. so im asking again. im planning to buy asus gtx 1660 ti. my motherboard is asus h110 plus with an oraman green case that has 270mm long and 7 pcs expansion slots. pls tell me if this...

I love this case. But before I buy does it come with a fan hub? Thanks

Hi All, Can anyone recommend a wifi router or access point/extender that can monitor per-device usage and allow me to disconnect users when they reach a limit? Ideally without requiring a cloud subscription Thanks

Morning all. Having some issues with my fan running and cores running hot. Background: I have a Dell i7 8700 for about 5 years now. About 3-4 weeks ago I bricked my motherboard with a DELL update. I found the exact same motherboard used, replaced it, and everything was perfect for weeks...

Hello, could anyone tell me the difference beetween this 2 cards https://www.gigabyte.com/Comparison/Result/3?pids=6738,6803 apart from price the difference in my country is ~5 euros, but the specs are the same.

I own an Acer Aspire TC-885-UR19 https://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/model/DT.BAPAA.021 I would like to buy a GeForce® GTX 1060 Mini ITX 6G https://www.gigabyte.com/Graphics-Card/GV-N1060IX-6GD-rev-10#kf without having to swap out the 300 watt factory installed power supply. Gigabyte puts a...

So i built a new pc and all my friends with LITERALLY the same exact specs as me are getting 100+ more fps than i am on fortnite and 50 more than me on apex legends and im not sure why. Also not only am I not getting as good of fps as the people with the same pc as me but my FPS fluctautes alot...

Hiya there, I am currently testing my new motherboard, ram, and cpu which i plan to use to upgrade my system. Unfortunately im getting no display, the board lights up and the cpu fan spins but no signal. If anyone has any ideas on how to fix this that would be amazing. Heres a list of the...

Components: Ryzen 7 2600x cpu MSI 450 gaming plus mobo GTX 1060 6gb amp edition GPU Vg248qe monitor 144 Hz 1 tb hdd 126gb ssd 650 W PSU GSKILL ddr4 16gb RAM CM cabinet Antec kohler Cooling liquid I want to know if this setup is good for gaming at max FPS for csgo or if i should upgrade anywhere.

Hi everybody. Today my pc crashed while i was playing Dota 2. The screen turned white with some stripes and then the pc rebooted, on reboot it showed a black screen with some red stripes and then it showed a screen saying that ther is some trouble booting the pc. The windows doesn't start, it...

Hey guy's ! Working on my first water cooled system and my question is if I splice a reservoir and a flow meter into a closed loop Corsair system will I have a problem with both the pump in the cpu cooler and the pump in the reservoir tank running at the same time ?

My laptop have just BSoD'd, please help me and this isn't the first time it has happened. I have just run whocrashed and heres what I got. crash dump file: C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\030619-30421-01.dmp This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x1AA0C0) Bugcheck code: 0x1A...

I keep getting this message "windows cannot read the <productkey> settting from the unattended answer file. The TLDR is; Got new mother board, and windows was acting up, learned that i need a fresh install of windows, so i try the widows media download thing, thaat gave me the same error. So i...

Connecting 6 pin pcie causes graphics card (msi gtx 1080 gaming x 8gb) causes whole system to crash. Everything runs even the graphics card just shuts off when plugging in the 6 pin.

Hi, I’m planning a MATX build, iv gone for a fx 8350 which has a tdp of 125w, the only micro atx motherboard I could find was the asrock 970m pro3, which has a tdp of 140w which seems sufficient for the 8350, the only thing concerning me is hearing about the “VRMs” on the board getting hot and...

My bro said something about my cpu bottlenecking Should i get a different processor? PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Amazon) Motherboard: Asus - TUF X470-PLUS GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard ($129.15 @ OutletPC)...

Afternoon, Recently I grew tired of loading my media on an external harddisk on my laptop and hooking it up on one of my TV's in order to watch the media or bringing it with me. I've looked into Synology NAS solutions but I've always thought that a more powerful compact system could be made...

Specs Q6600 processor Intel D975XBX2 mother board Transcend 2gb x 4 rams ddr2 800 identical ( kit ) Story : PC was working fine 8gbs ram no issues for years . Two weeks ago turned on pc message ( ram not equal to channel A ) PC booted Next day no boot Test all ram sticks 1 by 1 works PC...

Hey, I'm planning to play on a 1080p 144hz monitor and I'm trying to pick the best GPU to run games for at least the near future (a year+). I figured it's either the rtx2060 or the rtx2070, but I would love to hear more opinions. Thanks!