Steam will stop supporting Windows 32‑bit installations on January 1, 2026, a move that, if confirmed and implemented as reported, will leave the vanishingly small number of users still running Windows 10 in its 32‑bit form without client updates, security fixes, or official Steam Support help —...
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My Windows 11 pc has suddenly slowed down to a snail’s pace. It takes two or three times as long to boot up, applications open very slowly, etc.. I ran a Malwarebytes scan which showed one minor PUP error but no other problems. I also ran an SFC /scannow and a DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image...
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windows 10 64 bit environment When starting an executable program from cmd line it will not appear in task manager. but it is running just not showing any signs of it running. but after closing the cmd shell then my program appears in task manager. If I enter something like start chome, it works...
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My favorite Windows is Windows XP.
I have the license key for the organization that I used to support for back in 2001-2006 which is for Windows XP Pro, and it is for unlimited number of clients.
I am feeling Nostalgic and want to install it on my Old Laptop which is designed for Windows 7 but...
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I am using windows 7 64 bit and I share the my printer over network
another PC with XP 32 bit, I am trying to install the printer but its required the driver INF file
How I share the INF file with the printer?
Hy everyone. I have a Medion Akoya e2215t, which is running windows 10 32 bits. I want to install the 64 bits version, but the problem is that UEFI is 32 bits based. I tried installing Linux before and the solution was to change the file efi\boot\bootx64.efi to bootia32.efi. Where can I find the...
Geforce rtx 2060 gaming Z is my graphics card, however windows only tells me that I'm running Microsoft basic display adapter? When I try to update my drivers it tells me that it's not compatible with this version of windows even though I selected 64 bit home edition? Unsure what to try next
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I’ve decided to upgrade from windows 8.1 to 10 but I’m having a problem. It won’t launch. What I did was from windows 8, I plugged in the flash drive that I bought from Microsoft. A window pop up and there was a .exe file. I double clicked and it said installing updates and then I put in the...
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The ASUS X73T computer with WIN 7 64 bit began to announce that the version of Windows I use is not genuine even though it is the machine's original system.
The factory settings for the reset machine and the operating system were activated with the original...
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Hello, everyone
This happens frequent 4 times or 5 times a week
I use my desktop windows 7 64 bit (OS 3 years old) mostly for browsing, and I use Firefox mainly for browsing what happens Firefox crashes and then a message pops up as below :
And then blue screen of death with error...
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I'm upgrading from a 32 bit Windows 10 Pro to a 64 bit Windows 10 Pro. I am using an older build DVD. Is there a faster way of getting the updates without going through Windows update looking for updates which takes a day?
Thank you.
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What is the easiest way to update Honeywell VM3 running on Windows 10 64 bit on 10240 build , i have around 200 device which need to be upgraded asap. I have tried build in windows update method which are failed when reached certain KB.
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Running windows 8 64 bit. Completely updated. Not quite sure what is going on but I have a massive 128GB file named FlashUtilOActmveX*dll that I cannot delete. Not even sure what it is but when I got to delete I get some weird error messages. Any help on what this is and how to get rid of it...