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Ever since my laptop updated to Windows 10, it's had lots of network problems. A couple of weeks ago it just stopped connecting to the internet completely. It appears the network drivers no longer work. Apparently my brother had tried to "fix the internet by messing with the command thing", and...

New PC build Ryzen 1700x AsRock ab350 ppro 4 motherboard MSI radeon Rx 480 DeepCool captain 240 ex EVGA 650 gold PSU WD blue 1TB HDD Sandisk SSD 16GB RAM (2x8) GSkills RipJaws new copy of Win 7 pro.. ISO on thumb drive bootable (done through command prompt method but also had tried it...

In DOS batch scripts under Windows 7 there was a function "timeout" which stops the execution for n seconds. This command seems to be replaced by "sleep" in DOS batch scripts under Win10. Is this true? Peter

Hi, I'd to make my cmd open as an administrator by default. I know I can hit Win+X->'a', but I want to open the admin-cmd anywhere. Normally I open cmd in a folder either by: 1. Typing 'cmd' into Windows Explorer url bar [preferred method] 2. shift+right-click -> open cmd as administrator So...

How do I delete all files except for those who has the [!] in their file names? EDIT: Found a workaround. It's a free program called Bulk File Manager v1.6.

When I boot the computer in Windows 7 and press F8, it shows options to boot in various modes... I choose "Safe mode with Command prompt". But instead of displaying me the command prompt on the login screen it shows me the normal login screen.... What should I do to resolve the issue? I want...

Hello everyone. open cmd and Write: wmic DISKDRIVE get SerialNumber Now my question is how can i change this serial number? I tested a lot of software and tools but All of them change VolumeID... Thanks.

Sooooo I've reformatted a number of hard drives in my time, and never encountered an issue like this one, and it's stopping me cold. First, a little background: my lady friend is out of the country for a few months and desperately wants to come back to a reformatted laptop. Her Dell laptop...

Good Evening, New to forum. Outta the blue (no pun intended), laptop encounters BSoD. Quick aside on features: HP Elitebook 6930p, runs on Windows Vista. Older computer, purchased in '09, I imagine the driver has since been updated but not confident. Disclaimer: Not computer literate but can...

Upgraded laptop online to Windows 10 (previous 7 pre-loaded) 3 weeks ago. 2 days ago started pc, got BSOD Recovery Screen with info: System32\drivers\WRkrn.sys Error code 0x000007b) I do not have a recovery disc or flash. WHAT Do I do?I had someone reinstalled my win 7 which was pre installed...

I can't seem to be able to access my chrome or my task manager, and I can't access my command prompt(admin) in anyway. Help!

A couple days ago my Old Asus laptop got infected somehow. The wireless adapter is not working properly. When I go into the Device Manager, I get the big paragraph that ends with "(Code 52)". Pressing F8 during boot and then selecting "Disable Driver Signature Enforcement" works to get the...

Hi everyone! I recently started using a VPN. However some websites block VPN ips so I can't visit them. To solve this problem I would like to add the blocked website's IP to my route table. It works fine on my other laptops but on my PC it doesn't seem to function. I ran the following command...

Hi My friend called and his apps and start button don't work. I had him run SFC /scannow and that didn't find anything. The next solution was to reinstall all the apps. He is trying to do this through the command prompt by running. Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage...

This tutorial shows you how to enable the old "press F8 to get the Advanced Start Menu" to be able to get to safe mode. Open an elevated command prompt (Press [Windows key] type "cmd", right click Command Prompt and select "Run as Administrator") Type bcdedit /enum to display your boot entries...

Hi The safe mode is one of the best trouble shooters Windows has. Here's the way to get this windows feature back on W10. I have to have my safe mode! Hope this helps someone. Please move if needed. This will work when you can't boot into windows and get to safe mode. Give it a look. You might...

When I try to play Watch_Dogs the game loads up then at 3/4ths of the loading bar I get a blue screen and the error code 0xa0000001 and my PC reboots. I scanned the files in command prompt but it found nothing. What should I do now?

A while ago on my windows 7 laptop I wanted to upgrade to windows 8 to see how it was. I don't have the money to afford my own windows 8 copy so my friend sent me a download link of their own to install it. Windows 8 was running well for a long time, I had everything perfect for a month and...

Hello. When I create a simple .bat file (to run calculator for example), it will give me an error saying that "filename" is not recognized as an internal or external command. I am 100% sure this happens because there are some symbols before the command "calc". When I right click my .bat file and...

Hi everyone, Today we are releasing Build 11102 to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. If you’re a PC gamer or use accessibility software, I highly recommend taking note of the known issues for this build (below) as there are issues that will impact your PC gaming experience. Here’s what’s new...