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Hello all. I downloaded what I believe is the Windows 10 installer after clicking the Windows 10 icon in the system tray. After this happened I changed my mind and decided not to install it, so I have not installed Windows 10. My problem is that every time I start Windows Update now I get a...

A Windows Forum user, ussnorway, posted the following curious statement: "Correct... did you know there are folders on a Windows 10 system that you as the owner of that computer don't have the legal right to look at... nevermind change (under US law)?" Would someone be kind enough to point me...

Hello everyone, I been getting Crash dump files appear in c:\windows\minidump. I am uploading it here, for those who may wish to review it. I cannot specify what the cause of this problem may have been. And also need help to fix it so it don't happen any more.. Its been over a years now and...

Hello! I joined the forums due to a problem I am having with my son's PC - We upgraded to windows 10 and everything worked great - better than 7 - he was in heaven and his games played the best they ever did. THEN one morning it wouldn't boot anymore - just en endless PC repair loop where I...

Hello everyone, So here is my predicament, every day my machine blue screens with many different errors. I've tried to reformat and start over and that did not work. I have tried to upgrade to windows 10 that installation just completely failed so I kept windows 7. Not sure whether to just...

My video thumbnails in the explorer preview pane wont update. It shows me the preview of the first video thumbnail but when i select another, the preview remains the same in the preview pane. I was using windows 8.1 -- which didn't have this problem -- when I upgraded to Windows 10. I like...

My Windows 10 PC seems to be working OK but I notice that between the Windows 10 splash screen and the user sign on page there's a period of time when the screen simply goes black. The system does get to the sign on page but black screens freak me out a bit and I was wondering if anyone else...

Hello. I am new to this forum. Have posted this to a Visual C++ forum too. They suggest I try a Windows forum. I have a small app created with Visual C++ running on Windows 7 Pro. It runs fine when executed from within the V++ IDE. It runs fine if I simply double-click on the .exe file. I...

It is natural, that, on forums where users are exchanging info on there progress, that the majority would be seeking help. I am a little surprised. scanning this forum and several others, at the outstanding rate of failures and problems. To date, I have helped my adult children and spouses, five...

I recently upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 7 Home Premium. I am experiencing an issue that appears similar to an post several months ago that I see no resolution to. Wondering if anyone else is having an issue like this. The previous user's issue after a new Windows 10 build from March or...

An update for Windows 10, KB3074683, has been pushed to Windows 10 Insiders to remedy the crashing issue that was being experienced after an update this past weekend. read more Continue reading...

One of the most important ways we deliver Windows to the world is through great partnership with leaders across the industry. This has always been our heritage, designed to offer great choice and innovation to our customers. With Windows 10, we’ve been working hand-in-hand with our partners for...

I noticed this a few weeks ago. When I start Photoshop, the computer loads for a few moments but the program itself would not load. I decided to uninstall then reinstall Photoshop. When I tried to install it again, everything seemed to work fine until the computer asks me if I would like to let...

Hello, I would like to install OTRS 3.0.12 application on win 2008 R2 64 bit. Can anyone please help me out ? I have tried activestate and strawberry perl but am unable to install manual packages. Further more, i have to install mysql too. I would highly appreciate if anybody can help. Sent...

Hi Windows updated my sound drivers again, I saw that is was doing it but couldn't stop it. And once more my sound quit working. I need to get Windows to run the drivers that work for my card. I seems that, if you have drivers that work it should let you chose to use them. Anyone have any...

Hello, dear members and web travellers! I need some thoughts and tips on an issue with booting from a flash drive. Today I used the application WinToUsb to install a copy of Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bit on a SanDisk thumbstick which uses a USB 3.0 connection. Now I want to boot from this stick...

Cannot install Windows Live Essentials 2012 Here's the latest in a long series of unsolvable problems where Windows Essentials 2012 can not be installed. I've asked this same question on other forums only to have it insulted, ignored or used to guide me to spam. The repeated error message -...

Hi Guys Right I am not to sure whether this is a windows problem or a GPU problem however please let me know what you guys think. Whenever I am using an application that requires having a window open (e.g. Chrome or control panel) I will be using it for a couple of seconds/minutes and I can...

I was playing Team Fortress 2 and I was trying to play some music off of Youtube through the voice chat. However, the music would always dim to be barely audible when I'd start the voice chat in-game. A member of the Team Fortress 2 community confirmed this was a Windows issue involving open...

I used to be able to connect with a wired connection just fine to my college internet (via an ethernet jack in a box on the wall), but when I try to do so now, I see that the network cable is unplugged according to the network connections list, even though both the connection to my laptop and to...