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This Dell XPS 8700 started out at Windows 8.1. Before I even started using it, I used Paragon's Migrate OS to SSD 4.0 to move the C: partition to an SSD and be able to boot to it. Prior to doing that I shrunk down the original C: to basically match the SSD size and created another data partition...

I noticed a few days ago that in my event logs every 30s I'm getting Failed to schedule Software Protection service for re-start at [....] Error Code: 0x80070005. [...] = time/date I've tried Googling the errors and following their instructions, making sure Task Scheduler, RPC & RPC Locator...

Having trouble booting computer after failed Windows 10 update. After cancelling the install restarted machine but only came up with a cursor and a blue background. Got to task manager so changed msconfig to start in safe mode on restart and was going to go back to a restore point. Tried to...

Hi everyone, The other day while I was using my pc the windows explorer program suddenly stopped working. I rebooted my computer, and received the black screen of death upon log in (only the cursor works). I am able to open task manager, but attempting to open any other window through task...

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Hi The safe mode is one of the best trouble shooters Windows has. Here's the way to get this windows feature back on W10. I have to have my safe mode! Hope this helps someone. Please move if needed. This will work when you can't boot into windows and get to safe mode. Give it a look. You might...

Hello, When i use feature Backup of Windows 10, i see in Option "Back Up These Folders" some libraries as default. I know that i can add or remove libraries or i can exclude Folders. But, happens that, when i leave the backup and days ago i come to do another backup, it appears again with the...

(Note: I have been updating from Windows 7 to Windows 10). I have installed Windows 10 on a laptop and two PC’s All went well but today (3 days later) my main PC when switch this morning on gave me the following. (Fig1) System Thread Exception Not Handled (igdkmd64.sys) I looked at all the...

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Some users are experiencing a freeze around 40% of the way through installing Windows 10 Build 10586 and the fix is a quick and easy one. read more Continue reading...

We have 10 W7 PC's connecting to an outside Exchange server, 6 of them are using Outlook 2010 and are functioning like you expect, 4 of them are using Outlook 2007 and keep asking for a server password. That password is stored in the references, but for some reason it is not used or not working...

Hi, I have an original windows 8.1 retail license. After installing windows 10 (a new install, not an upgrade) using windows 10 download tool. During the installation I tried to enter the original windows 8.1 key but received an invalid key message. I pressed on "skip" and tried to enter the...

I have an ASUS vivobook S500Ca which came preinstalled with Windows 8 Home Premium in Oct 2013. I had made a USB for the purpose of reinstalling it at any point. Name on this USB is 'Recovery'. It has around 13 GB size with 6 .swm files of around 2GB each. So it happened and my hard disk...

An update for Windows 10, KB3074683, has been pushed to Windows 10 Insiders to remedy the crashing issue that was being experienced after an update this past weekend. read more Continue reading...

I am running Windows 7 Pro. I went to the Task Scheduler to see - and possibly change - when the creation of a System Restore point is scheduled for. Upon opening the Task Scheduler an error message came up indicating that the Task Dropbox Update was corrupt or tampered with. When I tired to...

Hi, I am having the same problem with a couple of Acer Z1-601. Have any of these things worked for anyone. I am losing the will to live with each cycle of updates and failures taking hours to complete! It would be good to know if anyone has had success. Also, is it likely that the windows 10...

Hi getting blue screens since a few days when I move around larger files from different hard drives (non-SSD) to others in order to format my truecrypt encrypted drives to remove the encryption (want to switch to modern tool, which is still developed and gets bug fixes). Attached you the files...

Hello I have a Nokia Lumia 630. I have had it for about 7 months. I have a SD card, and about half of my storage has been used. Now, when I turn the phone on and unlock it comes up with a black screen saying its loading. I can click on the bottom right search, it comes up with the search but...

I booted into safe mode and it is not functioning. So I can't get to msconfig to uncheck safe mode boot. Is there a way to access the advanced boot menu before booting into Windows? Used to be F8 but doesn't seem to work in windows 10. Help please

I originally had Windows 10 installed in Oracle Virtual Box on my Gateway Laptop (Windows 7 Home Premium, 4GB RAM, Intel i5 Processor 2.2GHz, 300 GB Hard Drive. I was unable to update one of the recent builds as I was getting an error that I did not have enough disk space. I could not see any...