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Windows Update errors can be as delightful as stepping on a Lego brick, especially when you're eager to get the latest features, security patches, or simply ensure your system is running smoothly. One of the more pesky culprits in the realm of Windows Update issues is the error code 0xc1900131...

Hello, im having a bit of a problem with my pc. Im unsure if its a hardware or software issue. But randomly for no reason it just decides to A: Completely freezes everything, before black screening and not allowing my to turn my monitor off whilst the pc itself carries on running B: Completely...

My computer was running slow and hot, and I noticed that a process called vmmem was using 85-99% of my CPU at all times. I ran wsl --shutdown in the command line, and shut down my computer. Now, my CPU is running at a more normal level, but I'm concerned that I have a virus on my computer. I...

Are you experiencing print spooler issues on Windows 11 and looking for a solution? Look no further! In this tutorial, we will walk you through some potential fixes for print spooler issues on Windows 11. This guide is suitable for beginner to intermediate users. Restart the print spooler...

Yeah, getting old has disadvantages. I think my brain is going soft. I have two old eMachines that are going out either to sell or pitch in the can, so I reset both disk drives with Windows 10 installations and opted to wipe each disk. When I turned on one PC Edge came up and before I could stop...

Beginning last week, Windows 10 has begun to shut itself down randomly. I will be working away on some task or watching a video and boom, the screen goes dark. The power is on but the computer is off. It happened twice Wednesday evening and twice on Friday evening. It has not happened every day...

I am trying to factory reset my Samsung R519 laptop (running Windows 7 home premium) in order to recycle it but have encountered a problem: once the Samsung Recovery Solution 4 utility has finished using the 'initial computer status' recovery option and the system reboots, I still get the...

Hi My wife's new Dell computer came with Avast Antivirus installed. Avast is practically a virus itself. It keeps popping up windows that want you to upgrade to pay service etc. It's a real pain. It has no uninstall function if you try to uninstall it in the normal way it just gives you the...

I don't usually mess with the registry but occasionally manually edit to make small changes. Anyhow, I was doing a search for a particular key and I came across what appears to be references to drives and folders/files that do not exist on my computer. There are a lot of them actually spread...

An elderly neighboor has a HP laptop that was managed mostly by her deceased husband. It has one Local account on it and she /we have the password full access to all their documents etc. She says the unit has become very slow, not sure why an i am starting to help her clean it up, backup all...

This morning out of the blue I have many errors on my trusty Win 7 Pro 64bit machine. I have fixed all errors but I still get an audit failure in the event viewer under Windows Logs, Security. This particular partition is the C: vol 3 which is identified as FAT32 EFI System Partition. Is...

I have adopted a fairly old IT philosophy of 'If its not broken, don't fix it' when it comes to Windows 10. After all, the only 'valuable' stuff on your computer are documents and emails which you spent time on - if these are 'lost' there is a cost to recover this data. So - for the past...

Hi I was told of a new Windows 10 feature called Storage Sense by someone online. They said that it was off by default but can be turned on through settings and that it helped keep their computer from getting bogged down. When I looked for it I couldn't find it even when I ran a search of...

[1] First i decided to format my laptop for because of a problem i thought a virus this video detail of problem is on description. Hope someone can help me with this [2] Back to topic I format my laptop using windows 10 (Settings> Update & Security> Recovery> Advanced Setup> and something in...

Hi, In my Hd, c:, I have the following folders $winre_backup_partition.marker, windows.old, windows, $windows-WS, $windows-BT. Can u please tell me which version of windows are they and how to use. Cannot recall when Microsoft created and for which Windows. ie Windows 7, windows 8, or windows...

HP KZ854AV-ABA m9300t 4g Ram 300g HDD with@150g in use Win 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1 AMD Radeon HD 6450 So, it's been moving slower. Used Malwarebytes, Windows Defender, Windows is updated, use updated Firefox and I have done what I can to not over addon the browser, It's been noticeably...

I am not sure how you post to do this here but the main hard drive is going bad in my computer that has Windows 10 how do you replace a hard drive and keep Windows 10 on the computer

Hi Today my computer suddenly froze up, I was in the process of deleting some files in file manager, not anything unusual at all. Unfortunately it wouldn't respond to Crtl, Alt, Delete, so after trying everything I could I did a hard shutdown. When it rebooted it said that the boot sector was...

Hi I don't know about everyone else but I find that Widows isn't very good at creating restore points where I sometimes wish I had one. For years I've used a program that quickly creates a restore point with no hassles when ever I want one. Installing some new program or installing some...

hello, In an effort to renew my wifes desktop, I bought a SSD and installed Win10 on it. Everything is fine. Her factory HDD still has her factory winxp on it. I created a 25Gig partition and moved music etc to the storage partition of the winxp hdd. How do I remove winxp ? so just to...