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Here's the short version: when I attempt to power up (using the power switch on the power supply) the computer powers up for only an instance and then powers off. Here's the long version: on Friday I attempted to upgrade to Windows 11. I got an error message early in the installation, so I...

So, there was an Nvidia drivers update. At some point the screen went black like it usually does for a couple seconds but this time the image never came back. The screen stayed black for like 10 minutes until I pressed ctrl alt delete which restarted the computer right away for some reason. Now...

Hi Often when I boot my computer I get a notice that says "Windows Defender needs to scan your system" in the Action Center. When I click on the message, sometimes it takes me to the Windows Defender Window, where it says that everything is up to date my computer is clean and no action needs...

So, my pc worked normally until today, and now when I start it, it reaches the welcome screen with the blue Windows 10 logo and the white dots that rotate in a circle, then the screen becomes black and my monitor says "No signal". Things that I've tried so far in Safe Mode and none have worked...

Hi, yesterday I accidentally pulled the plug of my PC without shutting it down properly. Today it didn't boot at all. Shortly before it would usually display the user selection the PC just completely stops sending visual signals to my screen. If I proceed to shut it down by holding the power...

My computer is a Lenovo Y50-70 and if I press the power button to start up I get a black screen with a blinking underline character in the upper left hand corner, I don't seem to be able to type or do anything from this screen. If I start up using the Lenovo one key recovery key I can open up a...

Hi Guys I'm getting a blue screen when I try and shut down my computer. I get the normal "Shutting Down" screen and after a minute or so a blue screen pops up. It shows this error message. Driver Verifier IOManager Violation UIMbuss.sys Then the computer says that it has to restart, and it...

Greetings, Unfortunately BSOD is terrorizing my Girlfriend's PC and I'm running out of ideas on how to fix it. This is why I need your help. According to the sticky I'm attaching all the files needed. The restarts are happening randomly. At first I thought it was the power supply (600W...

Hi I've been looking at various backup and recovery programs. I just downloaded and installed EaseUS TODO backup software. The interface is very simple and easy to understand, unlike several others that I've tried. I already created a recovery disk using the tool that is part of the program...

My brother said his computer was lagging to he shut off his computer, and when he turned it back on, nothing would load; I turned the computer on and it logs into the user but none of the tiles will load. It takes me straight to a black screen with a bar at the bottom, and after about 45 seconds...

Hello there! If you think that Microsoft did a real bad job with the whole Modern UI and other UI changes, you might find these links helpful! Disable Lock Screen Link Removed Disable SmartScreen Link Removed Get the Start Menu/Orb back Link Removed Enable the Delete Confirmation...

Hello, I was wondering, if you take a bootable ISO file's contents and copy them to the root of an empty partition (assume this is the only partition on the drive), and then reboot the computer and tell it to boot from hard drive, will it be able to boot, or will it need additional...

Fixes an issue in which the default gateway is set to 0.0.0.0 on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. This issue occurs if you start the computer from an iSCSI boot device and the values in the default gateway setting in the... Link Removed

Hello, Almost everyday I am facing this issue of bsod. BSOD happens on three different types of activities 1. When I disconnect Reliance netconnect modem using the reliance software. 2. When I disconnect from vpn while using reliance netconnect 3. Today, it crashed while I was surfing online...

First off I'm sure there are many threads on this issue but, I am on my iPod and it takes forever to load and I just don't feel like searching on this thing. I am experiencing a"startuprepairoffline" problem. I try to start my computer and it shows a "launch start up repair" or a "start windows...

Hi! I know one things to two but this has never happened again! I did a format on my computer and reinstalled windows 7.they worked well untill they restarted with a high resolution. Yeah exactly. Every time windows update downloads nvidia drivers(gtx460) windows STUCKS at welcome screen...

Hi, i recently upgraded from windows XP Professional, to windows 7 home professional x64. When i upgraded to service pack 3 on xp, it gave me some authentication issues. Now when i boot my computer it gives me 2 boot options being: Windows 7 Microsoft Windows XP Professional Setup I have tried...

I have a WD 320Gb 3.5inch hard drive that was originally bought as an external drive in an enclosure. A few months ago, while booting, my computer would go through blue screens one after another if the external hard drive was switched on from the enclosure when the computer was started. I never...

I added a solid state drive last night. I then used Norton Ghost 15 to copy my old drive to my new one. I started the copy process and went to bed. When I woke up the next morning the PC was off. I unplugged the old hard drive and turned the PC on. I then saw the BOOTMGR is missing message. I...

After I turn my computer on, the screen will flash green and black until it gets pass all of the booting and has windows log in loaded. I recently clean installed Windows 7 and reinstalled my graphics drivers. i7-2600k Processor Asus P8Z68-V LX Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Dual Graphics 8GB Ram