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    unwanted ad in the right corner of the desktop

    How can I remove the unwanted AD in the right corner of my desktop? I tried to uninstall and adwcleaner, it didn't help. Please help!
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    Windows 10 Computer password protected

    My friend passed away recently and his wife knows there are lots of pictures on his windows 10 computer. Unfortunately he password protected it It has a sata hard drive. I don't have any other sata drives and my computer doesn't have a socket for sata to allow me to plug it into mine as a...
  3. Windows 10 Vertical black box appearing on upper left of laptop screen?.

    Hello, I down loaded iso of windows 10 tech preview and installed it on a toshiba l505d-es5025 laptop. Ran it for a couple of days and then a vertical black box started to appear on the upper left of the screen. Only when I am at the desktop. Never while in an app or on web at first. Now...
  4. Power Plan

    High-Performance Plan set CPU speed at maximum, Power Saver set CPU speed at minimum, and Balanced Plan set CPU speed as per applications need means minimum when no requirement, maximum when maximum requirement. That means the Balanced Plan is sufficient for desktop as well as Laptop. Is it...
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    Windows 10 BSOD but not bugcheck pow32kwatchdog.sys or not BSOD?

    Hello. My question is. I get crash in game when i click exit to desktop. Black screen for 1 minute,nothing responding. Then desktop appeared ,screen appeared and after 1 minute pc just reset itself. I open eventog and there was only about KERNEL-POWER 41,but not bugcheck. So it was bsod or not...
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    Windows 10 Desktop icon titles and menu text suddenly missing

    This is a weird problem. I am running Windows 10 Pro, 64 bit on a Lenovo laptop that has 2.3 GHZ Intel I5 processor. I am currently running version 1809 of Windows. For some reason when I went to start the computer for the first time in a couple of weeks the desktop came up with icons that...
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    Windows 10 windows critical process died

    around 2 days ago i saw a file on my desktop (debug.log). i didnt know anything about it so i did a little research and found out that it is most likely made by google chrome due to some error. i tried to delete it but failed. i didnt notice any problems so i ignored it. today 2 times i got a...
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    No password change message with limited access to the desktop

    Hi, As in the subject, the user has no message about changing the password when he has no access to anything except the program started at login. Is there any solution for this problem? Windows server 2012 r2
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    Windows 10 PC restarted -- don't know why

    I was online this a.m. and all of a sudden a window came up on the desktop saying, "restarting". I checked my updates file and nothing had been updated by windows. Where do I look to find out what was going on. Like what was updated that required a restart? Thanks.
  10. Recommended desktop calendar widget for Windows?

    I use Todo Agenda on my Android phone, which is a widget that you can add to your home screen that brings together various calendars into one list (color-coded). Is there anything similar for Windows 10? I would like it on my desktop, similar to a sticky note or a weather widget, rather than a...
  11. Windows 10 Fonts and Icons messed up!

    All of a sudden I have a PC that has messed up fonts and icons. The desktop icons are normal but if an alert window pops up or an outlook notification it is all jumbled. see the image. Thanks in Advance!
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    Windows 10 Pop ups.

    Hiw can i stop pop up boxes if i dont know password?
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    Windows 10 Desktop text font

    Getting to grips with Windows 10. Found High contrast display - very good: now I can see clearly which window is current. Unfortunately it has made the text under the shortcuts on the desktop literally illegible. Can't find out how to fix it. Any help would be welcome.
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    Windows 8.1 How to apply icons in windows 10?

    Hi. I have downloaded some icons (.ico files) and I want to apply it. But in every page on Internet says I must go to control panel -> personalization -> change desktop icons. But I don't have that. Can u give me step by step guide how to do it? Thanks a lot. Wysłane z mojego RNE-L21 przy...
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    Windows 10 Weird relocation of desktop icons

    I have a dual monitor system. Today, I awoke my computer from sleep and somehow all of the icons from the left screen (my main display) ended up on the right screen, while the taskbar remained on the left side. I went into display settings and found that my choice for the main display somehow...
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    Windows 10 (Network diagram) help needed for online course....

    So I am enrolled in an Intro to Networks course online, I was hoping someone could assist me with a hang-up I am having....So for class purposes we are just beginning to design a logical network diagram and are at the point of establishing IP addresses. The assignment looks like this...
  17. Windows 10 Multiple different BSOD

    Hi, really hope someone can be my hero here. Have a new build PC, worked fine for a month, then constant BSOD, with all kinds of different error messages, including: IRQL not less or equal Driver overran stack buffer Kernel auto boost lock acquisition with raised irql kernel security check...
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    Windows 7 How to "repair" hidden/disappeared SysTray icons?

    Occasionally it happens that most of my SysTray icons disappear resp. are hidden. See attached snapshot Whats wrong? How can I let them re-appear (beside re-boot my 64bit Win7) system? Peter
  19. Side Dock (Left/Right side of screen) for Windows 10

    Is there a Side Dock for Windows 10, that will give you a Dock on either left or right side (instead of the top or bottom) … ? I found RocketDock, which I really like, sorta like the old Mac Dock, but I would like to add a Side Dock also …..
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    Windows 10 Router name

    A power surge knocked out our ASUS router so I replaced it with a LinkSys. It's been working fine, no complaints, except that my Win 10 desktop still displays the network connection (wired) with the ASUS router name. I would like to change it to remind me that it's a new router. Firstly, should...