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  1. Windows 10 Windows 10 Pro 64bit build 17763.437 hanging to a buzzing noise

    Okay, yesterday Windows updated my machine to version 17763.437, and after that I have had an issue where it will suddenly lock up the entire machine and go to a loud electronic-buzzing noise from the speakers, forcing me to hit the Reset button on my case. When it did this yesterday, I figured...
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    Windows 10 Cannot exit BIOS (ASUS zn241IC W10)

    ASUS zn241IC Al in One PC runnign windows 10: a Friend texted me this a.m this picture it their BIOS screen on their ASUS all in one. They said the machine was acting really slow, she had clicked an icon to do something and "The little blue circle was spinning really really slow and it wasnt...
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    Windows 10 Recovery or backup?

    Confusion reigns.. I have had at least 5 power state failures since purchasing the Dell with win10 (which I purchased November 2018). Yesterday I had one and decided to go to the Dell website for help. I had a remote session which lasted about an hour. Tech ran the Dell diagnostics, increased...
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    Windows 10 Frequent BSOD for over 1.5 years have recently replaced my RAM, PSU and Motherboard to no avail. Looking for help/advice.

    Link Removed / Link Removed CPU: Link Removed ($354.90 @ OutletPC) CPU Cooler: Link Removed Motherboard: Link Removed ($389.99 @ Amazon) Memory: Link Removed ($104.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Link Removed ($184.89 @ OutletPC) Storage: Link Removed ($46.12 @ OutletPC) Storage: Link Removed...
  5. Computer having troubles starting up and shutting down.

    My computer has been acting up the past few months and I've fixed a lot of problems already, from constant freezing to not booting. About two weeks ago my computer hasn't been shutting down correctly. When I choose shut down, it shuts down, but a few seconds after being off, it restarts. About...
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    Windows 10 driver power state failure

    Surfing - blue screen - above msg comes on and says it will shut down after collecting error info - sits there for at least 20 minutes - no shutdown. So I hit the power button. It said it was 100% finished with collecting error info so I figured it was ok to turn off. Any thoughts? What should I...
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    Windows 10 StrTrail.txt Error. Any help is appreciated.

    Hello, I am currently running into a BSOD on my windows Laptop. I currently am stuck in a loop where I cannot even enter Safe Mode, and I have run out of online sources that could help me in the correct direction. According to my SrtTrail.txt file, my error lies within the bootres.dll, which is...
  8. Updated version of Windows 10 October 2018 Update released to Windows Insiders

    Last week we paused the rollout of the Windows 10 October 2018 Update (version 1809) for all users as we investigated isolated reports of users missing files after updating. Given the serious nature of any data loss, we took the added precaution of pulling all 1809 media across all channels...
  9. Windows 10 Page_Fault_In_Non_Page_Area And Memory_Management

    My desktop started throwing up an occasional Page Fault In Non Page Area BSOD. It accelerated to the point that it was happening daily then multiple times a day, with an occasional Memory Management BSOD. The system is now essentially useless; I can rarely get it to run for more than a minute...
  10. Windows 10 Troubleshooting "Wifi 2" Invalid IP Configuration and DHCP Issues on Windows

    Hello! I'm currently using a Wireless network adapter for my PC, and haven't experienced any issues with it until now. I don't think it's to do with the Adapter. (For context my wireless adapter is called "Wifi 2") All of a sudden I get the yellow warning sign next to the WIFI symbol, I use...
  11. Windows 10 utility to monitor/log service interruptions?

    my internet-provider sometime loses connection … need a utility to monitor/log when service interruption occurs. need more info? keep reading. i always shut-down when not using computer … also, shut off surge-protector (includes vendor's modem). when i turn on...
  12. Working on new Windows Forum Diagnostic Tool

    Working on a new Windows Forum Diagnostic Tool and would like to know what features you guys would like to see. Basically right now the goal is just to duplicate what it already did. The current planned features are as follows. Grab the following information and zip it up: DXDiag information...
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    Windows 10 HDD or Motherboard failing?

    I have an Acer Aspire V 15 V5-591G-70s6 It has an i7-6700HQ 2.6 GHz, 16GB DDR4 ram, Nvidia GTX 950m, and 2 drives: 128GB SSD that has the OS installed on it and 1TB HDD that just has other things like programs and games. A while back, the HDD stopped working for a couple days. It just stopped...
  14. Windows 10 "System Memory Dumps", Big?

    Hi This morning when I talked to Alexa, I found that my router was offline so I reset it and booted up my computer. After a few minutes it came back online. So I ran CCleaner, something I do every morning, and I was surprised to see that there was a lot of stuff to be removed 8,232 MB total...
  15. Windows 7 explorer.exe having an error

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    Windows 10 Identifying which application is generating ICMP Traffic

    Hello All, We are observing lots of ICMP traffic from a windows system. However, we are not able to identify which application is generating this traffic. We tried to check by using "netstat -abn" however, it shows only TCP and UDP traffic, but not ICMP. Is there any feature or utility in...
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    Windows 7 Network controller problem plus access to files denied-Windows 7

    In lower rh corner the internet connection icon has been replaced by small square with red 'x' in it and a plug that looks like the power icon, placing the arrow on it brings up a box saying 'not connected-connections are available'. Clicking on the icon brings up the connection screen that says...
  18. Windows 7 Blue screens at random

    Out of nowhere I get blue screens I had it in shop to be checked they couldn't find problem could anyone look and see if they have any idea whats causing them. This is just a couple of them seems to happen at no specific time or task.
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    Windows 10 WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR help please

    Hi all, I've just built a new computer and I've been getting BSOD's few times a day consistently every day. Things I've done to try and fix it: - Reinstalled windows - Tested RAM using MemTest86 8 passes (4 passes when overclocked to 3200mhz and 4 passes when not overclocked at 2133) with 0...
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    booting to external drive

    For years I’ve used Clonezilla on external drives to create and manipulate drive image backups like this: First, using Gparted I make two partitions on an external drive, first partition 300MB fat32 for Clonezilla live boot, and the balance ntsf partition to store the images. Next I use...