computer problems

i can't figure this out it's driving me NUTS my pc keep turning itself on randomly from a complete turn off!! it also turns on whenever i press something on the keyboard setup: asrock h97m pro4 ddr3 12gb 2tb ssd gtx 1060 i5 4690 fast start up is off. there are no devices allowed...

Hi Guys: My windows 11 PC kept putting downloads under the wrong user. In my effort to stop this from happening I removed the system permission to use that folder. Now my computer will not boot far enough for me to correct my error. What can I do? I also have a laptop running widows 11. Is...

I did a system restore to another date and my computer now won’t work properly. It only allows me to limited options like start-up repair which doesn’t work. I got the blue screen with a qr code which led me here but I didn’t have any luck - Troubleshoot blue screen errors I also got this...

Hello, hoping someone can help diagnose the cause of recent BSODs. I suspect it is a driver issue as my computer crashes within minutes of running driver verifier. I've tried updating all drivers and bios from the manufacturer's website and a clean install of Windows 10. Let me know if you...

Running windows 7 and unable to get off of this screen no matter how I start up computer. I have tried safe mode, and everything else around that and still goes to this screen by default. If anyone has any ideas on how to fix this or if my computer is completely broken anything is appreciated.

Anybody else find that when Windows 10 updates once a week, mine usually on a Tuesday, that your computer is absolutely useless. Nothing works! You waste your time trying to achieve anything because the computer is lagging and not wanting to perform any instructions.

As the title states all of the videos on my computer have for some reason turned into .pptx files, even the videos of my family vacation that I transferred to my computer from my phone have for some reason become .pptx files. I have tried renaming a video and removing the '.pptx' part and it...

Hi I got a new computer and I'm giving my old one to my nephew. I cleaned it all out formatted the drives and reinstalled Windows 10 pro. The problem is first I had a lot of problems getting the install to run. When I get to the point where I select the drive to install it on I get the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

My computer runs windows 7. Keeps staying on Windows getting ready. I have tried hard shut downs, disconnected the battery, all the function keys. The only thing that has an effect is F12 but when I select reboot it goes right back to windows getting ready. F2 just shows info that can't take...

I have three computers on a home network that perform certain functions automatically and when no one is attending them. I use auto logon on all three so that they can boot up and perform those functions. This has worked flawlessly under XP, Win7 and Win10 until the 2017 Creators Edition broke...

Hi Everyone I have copied a program folder from one of my computers to another but unfortunately, the program is not working on the other computer. The problem is that the two computers are running two different versions of Windows and the program depends on the versions of various files in the...

Hi, My wife's laptop was sluggish and full, so I decided to do a reset (save personal files). During the reset... about 2 hours in. It decided to freeze... non responsive. No further progression in the reset. I waited another hour to try anything, just in case. After 3 hours of it being stuck I...

My computer wont install any of the cumulative windows 10 updates and it is still on build 14393.0 I have tried the microsoft registry fix and I tried downloading manually and it still doesnt work. I dont know if the WU file will help but I uploaded it just in case. Thank you for helping...

It just stays there. I don't know what to do. Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Sent from my iPad using Windows Forums mobile app

I have a acer laptop with windows 7 starter operating system. It's a laptop I bought from my boss then six years ago. I decided to reinstall windows since the computer is extremely slow - can't scroll down pages and can't open a file without it going into a "not responding mode" etc... When I...

Cheers Everyone, I have been stuck at a decision and need someones help. I have 2 Computers. one is an old desktop and one is the new laptop (2015 model inspiron). When the windows 10 Advertisement released, I want to try it so I Installed it on my old PC. It took 3 GB and then asked for a...