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Windows 10 BSOD after trying to connect to VPN
I'm hoping someone can help me - starting today, every time I try to access my VPN, exactly 5 minutes later I get a BSOD, with the driver irql not less or equal, and the problem is the tcpip.sys. It won't access the VPN (can't recall exactly what the message is - a long message in yellow), but...- AnneKZN
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- bsod computer issues drivers error ethernet isp malware malwarebytes network password management south africa spam system crash tcpip.sys tech support troubleshooting user support vpn windows wireless
- Replies: 10
- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 8 Computer has been asking me to "Activate Windows" for the past 6 years.
I have had this PC for the past 6ish years, and ever since day one, every few hours, about 3-4 times a day, whatever program or application i'm in will close and prompt me with a completely blue screen telling me to activate windows and only gives me the option of going to my PC Settings before...- Golurk
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- activation prompt annoyance application blue screen close issue computer issues gaming help notifications settings software issues support troubleshooting user experience windows 8 windows activation
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Internet incredibly slow with high speed plan
Hello, i'm having issues with my internet. It clearly isn't the internet because other computers go do fine. I am around at 0.28 mb download and 0.11 mb upload speed which unplayable in games. I believe that it is mostly like something in my computer. I did a wipe of my hard drive and...- GeneralRac
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- computer issues connection issues download speed ethernet gaming internet network performance reinstall speed troubleshooting upload speed windows 10 wipe drive
- Replies: 12
- Forum: Windows Networking
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Windows 10 Build 16299.rs3_release_SVC_escrow.180502-1908 issues
Hello all, I have several issues with Windows 10, but I shall try to keep each question limited to one topic. A quick history: I bought a new HP Pavilion Desktop PC 570-p027 computer in November of 2017. The only "original" problem I had was video-related, and I won't go into that here. I...- MikeyChris
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- build 16299 computer issues escrow hp pavilion installation issues microsoft support performance professional reboot repair ssd support issues troubleshooting update issues upgrade process version 1709 video issues windows 10 windows update
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 10 BSOD Steam Games Problems
I've had recent problems that when I am playing steam games my computer it often restarts with BSOD errors. It is mostly Memory Management errors but now it varies a lot. I've tried as many of the fixes as possible but it doesn't seem to work. I also found that the Network Controller couldn't be...- GipsyDanger
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- bsod computer issues drivers error games memory management network controller steam troubleshooting windows update
- Replies: 65
- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 10 Windows Bug on Hard Drive
Hi my name is Ricardo and I recently bought my computer with w10 and everything but as 1 month ago my pc started to slow down and I researched several possible solutions and I ended up finding out that it could be a windows bug, so far I have not found nothing that would solve it. I try to do...- Ricardo Silva
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- bug computer issues disk issues formatting hard drive performance slowdown task manager troubleshooting windows 10
- Replies: 19
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Mistake when reinstalling Win 7 - seem to have set 2 drive to System?
I reinstalled window 7 on a computer that was having issues. I deleted the existing Windows partition/drive and ran the install to that Drive (c). After getting everything reinstalled I was going to image the C Drive. It appears to be linked to another large drive (3tb). That drive didnt show up...- essbase
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- 3tb computer issues configuration disk management drive issues drive letter drive management guidance help imaging installation large drive partition regular partition reinstall storage system drive troubleshooting windows 7
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 10 Dead Laptop Mysteriously Comes to life
A while back I started a thread concerning my Toshiba laptop. One day it worked fine. Next day it wouldn’t even turn on, using either AC or battery. Even the light on the front, showing connection to AC, remained unlit. Yep, she was completely dead. So, I went and bought a new HP laptop but kept...- Hermitkrab
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- ac power battery charging computer issues device recovery electronics hard drive laptop libraries mystery power supply repair resurrection salvage tech repair tech support toshiba troubleshooting
- Replies: 15
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Activation key error
Have a Lenovo 50-80 that came with win8, did the upgrade to win 10, later got a notice to update win10 and the thing just died. I like win7 as it runs all my goodies just fine, so I replaced the hd with a ssd, loaded it with win7 ultimate boxed version, when I tried to register it I got this...- craig73
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- activation boxed version computer issues craig73 error error resolution installation legacy systems lenovo registration ssd tech support troubleshooting upgrade user experience win8 windows 10 windows 7
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Long address it just too long?
Hi I clicked on a link on my comcast home page about Tankless Water Heaters, but it wouldn't open, I've had that quite a bit lately. Ok I took the Http off the front and now it shows... This seems kind of excessive, like I said it wouldn't open on my computer but it is to someplace at Lowes...- MikeHawthorne
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- bugs comcast computer issues connection excessive home network home page http internet link issues long address lowes slow loading support troubleshooting user experience water heater web access web links
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Troubleshooting Windows Update 1803: Uninstalling Non-Existent Avira AntiVirus
my pc is trying it install update 1803 and it keeps telling me I have to uninstall Avira Anti Vis I do not have that prog/add/remove not in there , not on pc???- rkfjr
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- antivirus avira computer issues error installation troubleshooting update version 1803 windows 10
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Can't open explorer at all after multiple automatic repair issues
So I am stepping in for my father who is having some issues with his laptop. For a few days now, he couldn't get into windows 10. Upon starting the computer, a big white rectangle would flash during POST, and then it would load for a second before going into the blue diagnostic screen like...- phantom16
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- access issues automatic repair black screen computer issues data recovery diagnostics explorer hdd issues image backup os reinstall repair tools safe mode sfc startup issues token reference troubleshooting windows 10 windows boot
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 No Bass in Headphones
Occasionally when I'm using my PC, my headphones will no longer produce any bass. The sound is very flat, and empty. I've tested the headphones on other PC's and on my phone, and they produce a full-bass sound on those devices. Just not on my home Windows 7 PC. I've also tried different...- AnomalousPotatoLicker
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- audio bass computer issues drivers hardware headphones settings sound quality troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 EMERGENCY - Boot Loop After Win Update
Today I updated to latest major win 10 update. But just it finished updating the updayes made my PC go on a boot loop which never boots to the desktop. I tried mamually restarting but the PC keeps boot looping. What do I do???!!- xlook
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- boot loop computer issues desktop emergency important updates restart troubleshooting update windows 10
- Replies: 19
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 April 2018 Update Problems
I run three computers on my home network. All three updated on April 30 to the latest Windows version. One computer, the slowest and cheapest, is working great, but there are problems on the other two that I'm hoping someone can provide me some guidance on. The Lenovo is working perfectly...- schmieg
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- access issues april blu-ray boot issues chkdsk computer issues dell disk check guidance home network lenovo network sharing problem reboot repair security settings settings troubleshooting update
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Can't transfer files.
A long, long time ago I had files that I thought would be no use to me but a couple of years into the future (now), I have realized I need them. Badly. The reason I no longer use the computer is because there are countless things wrong with it. I'm only going to name two as they're blocking me...- tem0rary4cc0unt
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- computer issues data recovery file access file transfer internet access malfunction tech support urgent usb issues windows error
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows XP Windows XP PRO SP3 sees lan but cannot connect to Internet
Hello to everyone, I have an old installation of Windows XP Professional SP3 from November of 2008 and for about 5 years I couldn't boot to Windows because the system was always rebooting due to hardware error and BSOD. Last week I've managed to fix it by using the five files DEFAULT, SAM...- NKVD
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- bsod computer issues connection issues dhcp hardware issues installation internet lan legacy os local network network professional repair router sp3 system restore troubleshooting windows update windows xp winsock
- Replies: 14
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 I need help windows crashing but not blue screen
I think errors like this should appear as a blue screen right? This happens during playing games high performance or not this happens after a few minutes of game play idk why, I've tried the startup program solution but it didn't fix this error, the game just freezes and then after waiting for...- HighScore
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- advanced computer issues crash debugging error freezes games gaming heavy load help maintenance performance repair scan software support system troubleshooting user experience windows
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 No wifi driver
Recently my laptop can't connect to wifi nteworks, there aren't any network shown and i know there are since my phone connects properly. So i checked the adapter window and there isn't a wifi adapter, only an ethernet one. I check device manager and there's only a Realtek PCIE family...- alti0204
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- adapter clean install computer issues connection issues device manager drivers ethernet hardware installation laptop network network settings pc maintenance realtek support troubleshooting update wifi windows issues wlan
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Dark screen on full RAM
Not in safe mode, but in normal mode, the screen goes dark as soon as the 4GB RAM gets full, without warning. Sometimes even by just running the web browser. How do I escape the dark screen without any reboot?- WinFreak
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- 4gb ram browser computer issues dark screen display issues error resolution help memory management memory usage normal mode performance ram screen issue system crash tech support troubleshooting user inquiry windows
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Windows Help and Support