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My desktop finished updating Windows 10 this morning, after which I got the dreaded "black screen". Has anyone else encountered this recently? I tried to call Microsoft, but evidently they no longer take phone calls and want you to go online to Just Answer for which there is a charge. If you're...

The Windows 10 October 2020 Update has started to become available to customers as a free update. This year has continued to bring about change for many of us. Change in how we connect to one another, how we work, how we learn, even how we have fun. And that change is starting to feel more...

I turned on my Windows 10 PC and noticed all my desktop icons were gone, with the exception of Recycle Bin. The Search box is also gone. The toolbar icons appear intact. Never seen that happen before. Any idea what may have happened, and is it possible to revert the situation back to normal...

I have a relatively new desktop running Windows 10. Recently it started waking from hibernation (I haven’t tested it with sleep mode, but I assume it would do the same) every 5 minutes from approximately midnight until approximately 2:00 AM. When I say every 5 minutes I mean exactly every 5...

I recently installed WallpaperWebPage, by common suggestion. Because I did not like the look, I uninstalled it. However, my wallpaper is stuck as the url. Can I fix this without using a restore point?

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I want to have notifications on, but only want them to pop up when they're received, instead of like 50 new notifications popping up on my screen whenever i turn my pc on, blocking off that part of my screen for multiple minutes. It drives me nuts.

I recently installed some “upgrade and security fixes,” and now nothing is acting right. Minutes prior to the updates I had just installed a new GPU, but had no problems in the time between the GPU instillation and the updates. I tried Google but no one seemed to be having the same problem as...

I'm experiencing performace issues with Windows 10. For example, I can't easily move shortcuts on the desktop. When I click on a shortcut it opens the shortcut before I can drag it to a new position. In Word, I can't select sentences or phrases. It doesn't get the whole sentence when I try to...

Hi All, I am new to the forum and very old, so please be gentle. I have windows 10 home installed (not yet with the May download) and Firefox. The problem I am having is that if i am on an open tab that happens to be almost full screen but not maximised my pointer goes off the bottom of the...

Usually my system (windows 10 desktop) is extremely reliable and fast. Every once in a while I mis-type something (probably involving a special key such as control or alt) And things go crazy. Certain keys stop working (e.g. backspace). after a little frustration and banging of keys a voice...

I hope this blog finds you, your family and friends and your colleagues all healthy and safe during these changing times. I’m excited to share some of the updates we are incorporating within Windows 10 to make it easier to see and use for people with low or no vision. These improvements, coming...

Today at Microsoft Build 2020 the WinUI team is excited to announce the latest version of WinUI 3 available for public preview: WinUI 3 Preview 1. This preview expands the world of WinUI to an even wider audience of developers – the previously-released WinUI 3 Alpha was only available to UWP app...

Don't know if this is the right place for this, Please let me know? I never heard about Hyper v? It is my understanding is for a newer cpu but not sure, Please explain? Will it work on both of my computers, I have a laptop with Intel Core i3-350M and desktop computer with an Intel Core 2 Quad...

I just got a different laptop, this laptop has Intel Core i3 CPU. I am almost done with a Desktop Computer with used parts and I have to wait until the third of June,that is when I get paid, it will have a motherboard with an Intel Core 2 Quad. I actually have 2 questions, first is, Azure will...

After trying to clone my hard drive my new hard drive had a bootmgr missing error, that’s now irrelevant As I have reinstalled windows on that one , I have now tried to reuse my original hard drive And it goes to the login screen I enter my password it say preparing desktop. Screen is all blue...

When I turn on my PC, there is an empty folder named 'New Folder' on the desktop. I delete it, do my work, then shut down the PC. Next time I start up, the folder is there again. I have no clue where it comes from, but I am geting paranoid. Hard to google 'New Folder', so I wonder if anyone have...

Hello just found an old dell vostro desktop that is running windows 7. Unfortunately it’s not connecting to the internet via Ethernet. I’m looking to install windows 10 and have it run properly. Because I can’t connect to the internet I need to buy the windows 10 disk in a store but once I...

Hi, I would like to introduce myself I am Robert Fassbender, I am retired. I use to live in Portland,Oregon. While I lived there a friend of mine help me to get started leaning about computers, afterwards I taught myself computers. I moved back to Eugene,Oregon in 2009 and have lived here since...

I have a laptop with Win10. I want to copy all the games ln the start menu to a folder on my desktop. How can I do that?