computer issues

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    Windows 11 not detect TV HDMI

    For many years my computer has been connected to the TV using HDMI. This worked well for all Windows versions through Windows 10. But when I updated to Windows 11 the computer cannot detect the TV as a display. I have checked cables, connections, drivers, and all parameters that I can see...
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    Windows Media Player Legacy

    Hello, I am using Windows 11, and I have the old Windows Media Player legacy. I created a huge playlist of perhaps 1,000 songs. The playlist worked well. Days later, now the playlist never works, an error says it cannot find the original songs in the playlist. To view the code of the playlist...
  3. Windows 10 Can't startup

    I've made a mistake on a cpu that has both windows 10 and 7 in different partitions. I was moving files between partitions and ended up moving windows operation system's files. Now I can't startup neither with windows 10 or 7 Is there a way to chose with windows to startup by using the dos system?
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    Windows 11 Sleeping Off button?

    Hi everybody! I just got a brand new Dell XPS 8950 with preinstalled W11. At first I thought I am seeing things, but now I know it for sure: clicking the Start button (the left on the bottom), and then clicking the On/Off power symbol on the bottom right does... nothing! I have to click it again...
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    Windows 10 Why is windows 10 file explorer so terrible and unstable

    I'm really hoping someone can help me while I still have some sanity left. I finally gave in and decided to "upgrade" my photo editing computer from windows 7 to windows 10. (Replacement actually as it's not the same physical computer) Not my first windows 10 computer, but the things I could...
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    Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Constantly Crashing

    Hi everyone, I’ve been having bad issues with my Windows 8.1 desktop I built about a decade ago. It used to run flawlessly until about a year ago. It started to randomly crash / restart itself with no triggers that I can correlate to causing the crashes. I’ve reset the computer to factory...
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    Windows 10 Programs Close When Computer Sleeps

    Howdy Folks! Running a Dell XPS 9710 + Windows 10. I have power management setup the way I’d like except when the computer sleeps, all of my open apps close. I have Hibernate set to never forget brother Batter and AC (although the battery option doesn’t give allow for never, I just have a high...
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    Windows 10 Old Computer

    I have an old Time (make computer ) , i put it in the old cupboard downstairs . It was working , i tried it yesterday and couldn't load windows . How can i see whats on the hard drives they are ribbon fitting's which i removed .
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    New Motherboard

    My Photoshop Computer is failing. I've had it in to a local shop 3 times since June.[emoji3525] First the SSD was replaced then it started quitting after the last Windows Update. Now it's back home after Widows reinstall (again) and I have yet to hook it up. I strongly suspect one of the MB...
  10. Windows 10 Computer refuse to do recovery

    Hey!! My computer say that he needed 6 gb free from drive C to make recovery. I deleted EVERYTHING in my computer, there's nothing left to uninstall,and I did disk clean up. Still, he want me to free more 900MB from C and i have nothing left. I put Micro SD for more space but it didn't help, he...
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    Windows 10 how to troubleshoot program hang

    Win10 21H1 -1083 I have a program that hangs when it opens. I tried to reinstall it and the install just quits. On another computer it runs fine. Same OS, same versions, same AV. It does not use a browser. The database is OK. It worked some time ago on W10 but I don't know what version. It is an...
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    Windows 10 What Is Wrong With My Video Directory?

    I don't know what did this but if I am in a program that ask me to select a folder for a video to be saved to or imported from it has changed the name of a directory path even in windows explorer it shows an incorrect complicated path that looks like something to do with zune. I have created a...
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    Windows 10 My monitor flashes black

    My monitor keeps flashing black. Sometimes it will happen every couple of minutes but other times it will happen a bunch of times in a row, rendering my computer useless. I already tried windows solution of reinstalling the driver, but that didn't help at all. I'm not sure if it is hardware or...
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    Windows 10 20H2 update

    windows 20 h2 update this is the craziest way to get updates for new versions. I tried a month agao to update to the 20H2 update and all I accomplished is a messed up computer i had to have a complete reinstall because after the ypdat i had multiple errors had Clsid errors on task...
  15. Windows 10 How do I get a list of apps to reinstall after a "reset"

    My computer is running Windows 10H2. It was upgraded from Windows 7, I have no install media. The "run as admin" doesn't work so I may need to do a "Recovery", "reset". If I reset I need to reinstall a lot of programs, "Apps and Features" says 173! How do I get a full list of these so I can...
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    Windows 10 Did Windows update--Now lost Microsoft Professional Pro

    I did a routine shut down of my computer so Windows 10 could update. When my computer rebooted my Microsoft Office Professional Plus became non-functional. It says I need to activate with a key. I purchased and installed the program online last fall. I've never had any issues with it...
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    Windows 10 Computer shuts down every morning between 6am and 7 am

    Hello, Problem - I am running Windows 10 v2004 OS Build 20231.1000 (Insider Preview Build). I updated to this build on October 8, 2020. I leave this computer on 24/7. Since that day, I have found the machine shut down every morning. I would think the problem is tied to this version of Windows...
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    Windows 8 Reinstall / Product Key Trouble / Upgrade?

    I have a VAIO core i5 laptop that died, seemingly of hard disk trouble. After trying lots of fixes (including using my bootable USB, which just wouldn't work), I finally managed to get the computer to initiate recovery via 'VAIO Assist' and to do some hard disk repair, and then it seemed to work...
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    Windows 10 New install...

    Having some troubles with sleep mode not sleeping at all. And networking on home PC's (W10 x64 Pro 1903 both computers) are not allowing access to shared folders between computers. I did some mild research on both issues. In regards to the networking issue, I got it to semi work reading from my...
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    Windows 7 [Win7] Extended display on TV turn screens black

    Hello, I have an issue regarding the display extend of my desktop on a TV. I have a dual screen desktop and sometimes I extend it to my tv (triple screen extend). My problem is that every time I turn my TV on or off, both my computer screen turn black for a few seconds and cycle on and off a...