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For many Windows users, device security is a persistent concern. Microsoft has made steady improvements to this end, and with the advent of Windows 11 version 24H2, the company’s commitment to safeguarding user data has introduced both renewed confidence and unexpected complications. One...

hi i bought a computer second hand and wanted to reinstall windows on the ssd but it seems to be locked with trusted installer cannot wipe the drive tried everything i can think of boot in usb disk manager etc etc files just reappear every-time im getting to the point of a heavy hammer

Hi guys, I need some help! I have win 8.1. I was watching a 14 sec video on BBC, with Facebook and a handful of other windows open when I got a screen (picture attached) that said Aptio setup utility. I wasn't sure what it was so I powered off my computer. I turned it back on and rather than...

I did the windows 10 update Friday night and after completing the update I shut down the computer. When I turned it back on it went into a continual loop where the windows 10 symbol would display and the screen would flash on and off. I attemped all of the recovery options and used a recovery...

I think I posted the original in the wrong thread so I decided to post it here also. Sorry for the double post. Hi. I tried to install Windows 10 today, but failed three times. I'm running Windows 7 64. I went through the process of downloading and installing Windows 10. I get a window asking...

Yesterday, I uninstalled Daemon Tools VHDs in device management and restarted, and after that, I couldn't boot properly anymore, the automatic repair doesn't work, pc refresh is not working because the drive is apparently locked and pc rest is not working either because a required drive...

I had 8.1 on my laptop but suddenly wouldn't boot "not recognised", online forum said change the "secure boot" and change the boot mode to "CSM boot" would fix it. This didn't work so download a recovery disk as I couldn't even boot my separate recovery drive on the laptop. I created a bootable...

Last year when check disk was run automatically on startup it repaired a ton of errors and then this week when check disk again ran automatically again it said that an unexpected error occured and it was not able to lock the drive and told that it may be because of a resent software installation...

Just got in a computer that's used in the field, it runs a program that will realtime record data into a database file, the guys that used it reported back trouble with the computer - among other things they did have to reset the computer by turning it off. They also said that the database...

Esteemed ladies and gentlemen, I have a 32-bit WinPE into which I have integrated MSDART tools and some 3rd party remote control software as well as some utilities provided by a vendor which supports our hard drive encryption solution. The long and short of it is that there are occasions in...

http://windows8forums.com/windows-8-discussion/18137-after-two-weeks-windows-8-i-find-least-stable-os-2.html#post24693 I've decided to move my comments about Windows 8 as "the least stable OS" to a new thread because my problems continue. My question is: What to do when you get the...

Hi Guys, I have a fresh install of Windows 8 Pro on a new PC and have done for some weeks. On Friday i hit the shutdown option Update and Restart. On the Saturday (yesterday) I turned on my machine to greeted with the Windows 8 Logo then a blank screen and doesn't boot at all into Windows...

Hi all there, due to some circumstances I locked myself out of my c: drive. Actually the drive have two partitions c for the system and D for data. I locked myself on both out as a administrator. I tried several ways which were described in former posts but nothing worked. Isn`t there any other...

Hey , I've been wanting to know this for a while , How can I lock down an entire drive so that no one can get access except me, when I need to ... Thank you Ralph

Hi i had bought new laptop. At that i have two drives and i locked one of them with the bitlocker and later on i just deleted that drive from disk management. Now i cannot create partition, i have more than 160 GB and system does not allow me to install a fresh copy and neither it allows me...

My 300Gb SATA HD is "Access Denied". It has Windows 7 OS, boots and the applications open files. The files cannot be accessed for copying and pasting to another drive. This is a dual boot system that has been stable for months. Intel MB, CPU, 8 GB RAM. As a second drive in the dual boot/Vista...

Hello, i was trying to setup a homegroup between a few computers all running windows 7. Somehow during the process i managed to get my hard drive locked.. now whenever i do anythingi get a message telling me i dont have admin rights or something like that.. below are some of the messages i get...