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    Dell XPS Audio Dropouts - ACPI.sys Latency

    Hi all. I'm just looking for a bit of help After having had to replace the motherboard in my Dell XPS 15 9550 laptop, I'm experiencing an issue with high DPC latency / audio drop outs (i.e. clicks & pops) whenever audio comes out of the speakers. This is when doing very basic things such as...
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    Windows 10 Spare drive with second operating system. Is this OK?

    I have an old portfolio management program on my PC. I have upgraded to a new PC and tried to migrate the program to the new PC using Easeus Todo. The program migrated OK but will not run on the new PC and I get an error message that " The registration has been tampered with. The serial number...
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    Upgrade to larger SSD UEFI vs. BIOS

    I want to upgrade my SSD to a larger drive. My HP Probook 450 G3 is running Windows 10 64 bit, and has UEFI disabled, running in BIOS mode. I have created an image on an external USB 2TB drive using the Windows 10/7 backup app. To restore that image on the new SSD, I need bootable media, but...
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    Would This Reset/Wipe my Bootloader Files?

    I was trying to eliminate the possibility of corrupt bootloader files. Laptop wont boot windows. I have a Lenovo laptop, I used the Bios NOVA button to access Lenovo One Key Recovery and re-install (?) windows back to the factory version. By doing this would you assume that I would have solved...
  5. Windows 10 Uefi multiboot has boot manager on every drive

    I have installed windows 10 on three different drives and windows 11 on one drive. To install windows on each I had to remove the other drives from the PC. However this has created a bootloader on each drive and my system is now totally confused. I select the drive on sata port one as the main...
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    Veracrypt Corrupted UEFI

    Asus 2012 UEFI 16GBDDR3 Laptop N56V(z) Veracrypt version from april 2023 Win10 22H2 Pro Encrypted C Windows system partition, then deleted all partitions on disk, then in UEFI, removed Veracrypt boot entry option. It never booted since then. It is always black screen, 100% black, nothing else...
  10. Help with Gigabyte Mobo and Secure Boot

    I have a Gigabyte X570 Aurous Master mobo. PC health check says that my PC can't run Win 11 because I don't have secure boot. I've looked in the BIOS (under Boot menu) and I don't see secure boot anywhere. Would anyone know, does the Gigabyte X570 Aurous Master support secure boot?
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    Change boot sequence

    How do I change the boot sequence in Windows 10? when I used Win 7 the F12 key was used now on my new laptop this function is not here. thanks
  12. Windows 10 Very Slow Dell laptop with Windows 10 Cured!

    Well, I bought a new Dell laptop with WIndows 11 and have used my older Windows 10 Dell less and less lately because it got so slow I lost patience with it. Today I needed to get in it and store some data, so it was so slow I just shut it down and then later went to Dell support and grabbed the...
  13. Windows 11 The creation of the HP BIOS USB Recovery fails

    Hello, AMD 2021 Windows 11 HP Desktop Model # S01-aF0134z. There is a problem with the BIOS. To fix that, I am using a secondary working HP Laptop to create a HP BIOS USB Recovery stick, but it is not working. Using the serial number of my HP Desktop, I downloaded the BIOS update .exe file from...
  14. Windows 10 Can't wait install

    I have a new USB with windows 10 on it I've ad bad crash and I've tried just about everything. My pen drive is bootable with thru Rufus I have it format to fat32. BIOS recognizes it. But then I get to the installation to partition it doesn't show up. Can I plz get sum help. I even used (freeDOS)...
  15. Windows 11 Inconsistent Starting

    My PC is not starting up as it should. Sometimes it just defaults to the Bios screen, other times it defaults to the blue sign-in screen but without the p/w box, other times it goes to blue screen and freezes immediately I enter p/w, and sometimes it just starts normally. It can take me 3 -8...
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    Windows 11 HP BIOS USB Recovery creation fails

    Windows 11 HP Desktop AMD 2021 Model # S01-aF0134z. The BIOS has failed. To fix that, I am using a secondary working HP Laptop to create a HP BIOS USB Recovery stick, but it is not working. I downloaded the BIOS update .exe file from HP website, using the serial number of the HP Desktop. When I...
  17. Windows 11 Why can’t I enable or disable Secure Boot?

    Hello, I don’t know if this is even the right place to ask this, but frankly I am out of ideas. All I want is to be able to enable/disable secure boot. Now I spend about 10 hours already scouring the internet to find a solution. Nothing works. No BIOS GUI even looks like mine. So I come to you...
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    Windows 11 Bitlocker Recovery after UEFI update, no Key

    Lenovo Yoga 920-13ikb bios 5NCN41WW currently with Win11, likely upgraded from Win10 in the past From approximately 2017-2018 “You need to enter your recovery key because Secure Boot policy has unexpectedly changed.” Helping someone with their Laptop, it was working fine no problems, I went to...
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    Windows 10 Computer crashes during gaming

    My computer keeps restarting while playing video games, but not while browsing Chrome or other applications. I've been monitoring temperatures while running Heaven Benchmark at high settings, and the CPU doesn't get hotter than low 70's, and the GPU doesn't get higher than mid 60's. I've updated...
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    Windows 11 using Asus Q-Installer to update drivers after disabling it, updating BIOS.

    I disabled Asus Q- Installer in the BIOS then updated this BIOS. Now I was considering enabling this installer after this firmware update to quickly update drivers.