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    Question CPU Usage jumps all over the place between 30 % and 100%

    Well, the screenshots speak for themselves The screenshots were taken when my computer was using opera gx with a few tabs open and one image open in the photos app my cpu is a Intel Core i5 10600K it's been going on since 3 days even when i have no other app open it still happens and in the task...
  2. siwging

    Question How to change contrast of an external monitor ?

    Long story short, I am playing some games through my remote PC, and I need to change the game's contrast. Unfortunately, there are no options available in the game, so I can't do anything on that sight. I have found a software called "Dimmer", but it only allows you to adjust brightness. Is...
  3. JohnA55

    Question System won't connect to internet

    Hello! I've been trying to test my RAM through "Memtest" for faults as I've been having some issues but that's a different story. My internet on the system was working fine until I removed all the RAM sticks and tried to test 1 by 1. After putting all the RAM sticks back in the machine, I've...
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    Question Duplicate screen problem

    Hello everyone, i have this annoying problem: I am trying to duplicate screen on laptop. Right now i am using windows 7 but before that i had the same problem with windows 10. Laptop model is - dell inspiron n5110. It has 2 GPU's - one integrated and other is Nvidia Geforce GT 525M. Laptop has 2...
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    [SOLVED] Does us msconfig delete the applications on the windows 10 copy?

    I have two windows 10 installations, one on my hdd and one on my ssd. I want to delete the one on my hdd however I have other programs on there so I can’t just wipe the drive. I looked it up and saw that I can use msconfig ( I think it’s called ) to delete the old windows 10 on my hdd that I...
  6. S

    [SOLVED] PC doesn't recognize PS4 drive

    I've taken out my PS4 drive to install it into my pc for more storage, but my pc can't recognize the PS4 drive. When I go to Disk Management the drive doesn't show up, but when I use the software ''MiniTool Partition Wizard'' the drive shows up with 10MB of storage and is labeled as ''Read...
  7. Shylesh VR

    Question Black screen after Windows login ?

    Windows 10 shows black screen after login , the login screen looks fine and after login the wallpaper shows up without any icons for a few moments and I get a black screen. There is a black screen and taskbar which for some reason doesn't respond to clicks or pressing Windows key. I can see and...
  8. Y

    [SOLVED] How to Seperate System and Boot Partition

    Hi guys, I have a windows 10 installed SSD which has system and boot partitions together. On the net, I saw that, in most of the installations these partitions are seperate. I've read that its not a big deal but if I were to use dual boot or something it would be a problem. I will install...
  9. B

    [SOLVED] ASUS Anti-Surge Triggering Inconsistently

    Hi All, Hoping you can help a fella out. I've had my PC for 7 years now, and over the past 6-months or so it's started abruptly shutting down during gaming, but inconsistently with no clear pattern. Upon reboot it tells me that ASUS anti-surge protection was the cause. First thing was to buy...
  10. PeterRomain

    Question Why can't I scan with my Canon Pixma MG 2400 ?

    Hi, I can't scan with my printer but I can print just fine. I have Windows 10 64-bit and I am using a wifi connection.
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    Question SSD size issue after -k1 option Clonezilla

    I am trying to migrate my Windows 10 old 2To 5400rpm to a new 4To SSD. I tried multiple solutions in order to finally get only one 4To part on the new SSD (and not 2To + 2To, due to cloning method). I ended up by : Converting my MBR partition to GPT using MBR2GPT tool. Succeeded. Cloning the...
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    [SOLVED] IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL/UNEXPECTED_KERNEL_MODE_TRAP/MEMORY_MANAGEMENT Windows 10 BSODs dumps included

    Hey there! I was encountering those BSODs for while now, once in a couple of days maybe, so it didn't bother me that much. But as of a couple of days it's been getting out of hand to the point that I've had like 6 of them in an hour. My rig: Intel Core i9-10900k Gigabyte 3070ti Asus Prime...
  13. legendarysnake

    Question Virtual Box- Linux Mint Cinnamon and Shared Folders on Windows 10- Can't share files between the two OSes ?

    hi guys, i'm not able to do something simple in virtual box. As this is a problem related to linux mint, I decided to post in this forum section. I'm using Virtual Box inside Windows 10 and inside virtual box I installed linux mint Cinamon. I enabled the option where I can transfer downloaded...
  14. aadiimughal

    Question Windows Explorer huge CPU usage whole computer hanged

    any help would be highly highly appreciated, my windows 10 taking huge CPU usage on windows explorer. I have tried every possible solution defragment, removing all unnecessary software, removing all extensions, removing all caches files and cookies still, it's hanging a lot
  15. C

    [SOLVED] System cant install windows 10/Ram issues

    I build an pc. And I have big issues to install windows 10 and its BSODS. Here the specs: - Asus Crosshair Formula VIII -AMD Ryzen 9 5900X -Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO 4 x 8GB, DDR4-3600, DIMM 288 pin CMW32GX4M4D3600C18 -PSU LC Power 1200 W -MSI Mech2x Radeon RX 6700XT Generally I have the...
  16. S

    Question Script Error Coming on Windows 10

    Dear Community, I am facing this Weird issue that some times when a user re-authenticates through Firewall he/she gets this error while connecting outlook. The user has clicked on yes to proceed. This issue also occurs when they change password of their system , We are not using Internet...
  17. S

    Question Keyboard and windows 10 driving me crazy

    Hi All, My computer is driving me insane, my keyboard is holding keys when i press it once, it cuts off completely until i reset the computer. I can not work or so anything with it, its not the key board as i have tried multiple keyboards both wired and Bluetooth and still the situation stays...
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    Question BSOD Windows 10 BSOD IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL caused by ntoskrnl.exe

    Hi, I am having issues trying to figure out what is causing the BSOD. The error that usually pops up is IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. I've tried: -Updating graphic drivers -Tried sfc /scannow -Reinstalled Windows Dump Files: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AgIB7BUdxFFkhG5P2BalDDLtSnjP?e=N4Ejuc...
  19. Herc1

    Question Discord, Battle.Net and Wallpaperengine.exe constant refresh loop / crash on launch.

    Hi all! I have been dealing with this issue for over a month at this point, trying multiple different things to fix it with no luck what so ever. TL;DR: Battle.net, wallpaperengine.exe and discord wont open/work correctly for some reason. Battle.net is stuck in an infinite refresh loop, discord...
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    Question Steam Quiets All outside audio

    My Audio will be set to a certain level, then when I tab into steam or steam game, it quiets everything. I have tried to fix it in communications, didn't work. I have done just about everything suggested to fix it. Upon recording a reference video, it seems that OBS does not share the same...
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    [SOLVED] Constant BSODs Windows 10, with errors such as DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL or SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION

    Hi all, Recently I've been getting constant bluescreens on my windows 10 machine and having to work from home this is driving me crazy. Blue screens seem to happen regardless of whether I'm actively doing something (work/games), watching youtube or when I'm away from the computer. The most...
  22. D

    Question PC Won't Boot Windows 10

    The last thing I did with my PC the other night was update W10 as it shut down. Now it won't boot. I can't get past the windows 'preparing automatic config' screen. Locks up everytime. Booting from USB doesn't work. Removing the m.2 that has the OS on it and booting from USB doesn't work either...
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    Question I forgot my computer pin and I can't connect to the internet to reset it

    A few months back Windows 10 forced me to set a pin and I did so begrudgingly, writing down the pin on a post-it note and with the intention of resetting it when I had the time. Now a few months down the line, I've not bothered to remove the pin, the post-it is long since lost and today...
  24. porcopine

    [SOLVED] How do I deal with EFDC ransomware virus ?

    Hi! so i have been attacked by a ransomware due to my stupidity and luckily the encryption lock was only on my drive D, although after reformatting drive D I've seen some files called EXT_GT4.dds.efdc, EXT_Banner.dds.efdc etc. (yes efdc is a virus attack that encrypted my D drive). Even after...
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    Question PC Keeps rebooting

    Recently purchased a prebuilt pc off Newegg, had trouble with it not connecting to my monitor, keyboard and mouse. I’d taken all my parts out besides my motherboard and cpu out and put it into my friends old Pc case and it had worked perfectly then. I changed out my motherboard and put in two...
  26. A

    [SOLVED] HD TV Resolution is wrongly detected

    I have a Skyworth 32E3 https://www.skyworth.ph/tv-accessories/android-tv/2k-android/android-tv-e3.html Which is a HD TV but when I plug it to my windows 10 pc it detects it as a Full HD TV which obviously it's not because when I set the display stretch mode to no stretch only half of the picture...
  27. mntcarp

    Question Asus Prime X570-P issues, not booting win10, beep code error

    Hi guys! I hope you can help me with this. (TL,DR at the end) The most recent issue happened last night when I restarted my computer. I've been having troubles at random times with a beep code (1 long, 3 short) in the recent days, doing some research it came up that it might be the gpu, but I...
  28. legendarysnake

    Question Screen resolution randomly changing in some games

    Hello, i dunno what caused this, if it was some windows 10 last update or the lastest nvidia driver, but, the resolutions are geting randomly weird. When im playing dark souls 2 schoolar of the first sin, the game sometimes open in just HD(1280x720), i have to press alt enter to get it full...
  29. sasha78

    [SOLVED] My pc freez randomly

    hi, so after i reset my windows 10 and installed fresh one my pc freezes randomly i still can hear sound and move my mouse when it freeze. but it hangs and freeze for like 30-40 sec maybe more or less im not sure. most of time when opening new app or exiting from an app or even just doing...
  30. ertuss

    Question Sata3 connection type change to Sata2 after a while

    Hello, i bought a ssd few days ago. All drivers and bios up to date and i've tried so many things. I couldnt find the solution. The problem is my pc support Sata3 and usually after restart or opened the pc i'm opening test program s to calculate speed. Somehow i can see over 500mb/s speed. But...
  31. theboltTR

    [SOLVED] Disabling CSM after convert MBR to GPT

    Hello everyone, I have installed windows 10 while CSM was enabled. But then i realized that i need to disable CSM to enabling SAM. So i learned that CSM uses MBR and UEFI uses GPT. And then i have learned that there is a way to convert my partition to GPT without data loss. My question is, if i...
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    Question Windows 10 huge delay in games ?

    while playing online games there is huge delay in games. i play csgo on windows 10 but it feels like enemies running 1-2 sec ahead of me . i tried most of the tweaks on the internet but it still feels delayed. got frustrated and i tried pop os , saw reviews on youtube and i was able to...
  33. P

    [SOLVED] What's winamdb32.exe ?

    Hello guys , I had issues with my PC and installed antivirus program Malwarebytes to do a scan for virus then I noticed in : C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\winamdb32.exe is marked as malware and even I delete it - it shows again over and over . anyone with any idea what this is and how...
  34. Scar667

    [SOLVED] Blue screen of death started happening out of nowhere

    Hi I've had this pc for about 2~ years I think, and recently it started crashing constantly after booting, takes like 5 minutes to happen. I've uploaded the crash files/mini dumps + sysinfo https://we.tl/t-2Hd4cGeBsT Stop code is KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED What failed: volmgrx.sys 2 ssds in...
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    [SOLVED] C drive (SSD) keeps filling automatically (virus infected) done everything including resetting Windows 10

    Long story short, I downloaded a virus exe yesterday (all my fault). Ever since my SSD (C drive) had been filling itself automatically. Like 2 GB in 40 mins time or 100 mb every 10 mins. Tried everything including Anti virus check, malwarebyte, adwcleaner, ccleaner even restarting windows 10...
  36. PaiSho

    Question Windows 10 on laptop not running games on dedicated GPU (NVIDIA)

    So basically my laptop, when booting in windows 10 sometimes doesn't 'enable' my dedicated GPU to run games. Not a single game (or any program for that matter) will run on it (instead they'll run on the far inferior integrated graphics), even when they're set to use the dedicated NVIDIA GPU in...
  37. Trufaux

    [SOLVED] Cloned Windows 10 SSD needs Windows repair ?

    I'm trying to upgrade to a 1TB SSD. I cloned my 256G SSD and set my Bios to boot from it. My Lenovo Yoga 710 boots to a screen titled "Preparing Windows Repair" then "Choose an option: Continue, Use a device, Troubleshoot, Turn off your PC." I hit "Continue" and it returns to, "Preparing...
  38. V

    [SOLVED] How to optimize windows 11

    I updated my age old laptop to latest windows 10, but now the ram usage is just to high, the CPU usage is high too and it's barely usable. How can fix this? I have seen seen videos of "Decrapifying" windows, how effective are they and are they safe? or is there anyway to downgrade my windows to...
  39. R

    Can't boot from new SSD after clean install

    Hello, I recently bought the Samsung 970 EVO Plus SSD, I installed it in my laptop and the bios detects it. I booted from the Windows 10 installation USB and deleted all the HDD partitions, selected the SSD and clicked Next. It took a few moments and then it restarted. I made the BIOS boot from...
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    [SOLVED] All USB bluetooth adapters fail to work properly in Windows 10 ?

    I've tried just about everything. Problem: Recently my dualshock 4 controller started acting up over bluetooth, seemingly out of no where. The symptoms are the controller inputs will lag for a few seconds after connecting and then it will just disconnect on its own. I tried connecting my...