factory reset

If you’ve ever encountered issues resetting your Windows 11 PC back to its factory settings, you’re not alone. Many users have faced the frustrating scenario where the built-in SystemReset.exe tool either fails to start or seems entirely missing. This can be particularly vexing when you're...

When your Windows device decides it would rather stare blankly at you than boot up—perhaps as a form of dramatic protest—you might feel as if your digital world has come crashing down. Enter Connected System Recovery, a lifeline crafted by Microsoft that promises to rescue you from your IT...

Hello all! The backgrounf to my problem is as follows: I had some problems with my windows 10, and wanted to dual boot windows with Ubuntu. Thus I thought that I was gone move all of my files to an external HDD, then factory reset my computer, and then proceed with the dual boot setup...

When I reinstalled os (factory reset win10), it loaded this mess again into my pc, which I don't want. I did manage to "uninstall" it, but the remnants are still there. I'm especially bothered by the confusion of the normal desktop with this one, which is in the c:\users\name\OneDrive\Desktop...

My computer has been behaving strangely and in general feels pretty sluggish compared to a few weeks ago when I bought it. I have factory reset it a few times, reinstalled windows, did clean boot but nothing seemed to "unlock" it back to its full potential. I noticed how my memory just...

Hello everyone, my computer has been lagging notably for the last year or so. I can no longer play games online because it lags too much. I thought it could be a virus so I performed a factory reset with no luck at all. I also hear it making noises like it is struggling sometimes, not the...

I was trying to eliminate the possibility of corrupt bootloader files. Laptop wont boot windows. I have a Lenovo laptop, I used the Bios NOVA button to access Lenovo One Key Recovery and re-install (?) windows back to the factory version. By doing this would you assume that I would have solved...

Hey all, this is my first thread on the forum so please correct me if I'm doing something wrong. Do note that I'm using AtlasOS (click here) which is a modification of Windows 10 (I think this was happening when I had pure Windows 10 also). I'm having a problem with my HP EliteBook 8570p as it...

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 a system restore to another date and my computer now won’t work properly. It only allows me to limited options like start-up repair which doesn’t work. I got the blue screen with a qr code which led me here but I didn’t have any luck - Troubleshoot blue screen errors I also got this...

So I after upgrading to windows 11 I realized that secure boot was off, so I wanted to turn it on, only problem is that according to the bios It was already on, so I exited the bios and I checked in system information if it was on or off; but it said that it was off. I tried to fix it and...

Hi everyone, I’ve been having bad issues with my Windows 8.1 desktop I built about a decade ago. It used to run flawlessly until about a year ago. It started to randomly crash / restart itself with no triggers that I can correlate to causing the crashes. I’ve reset the computer to factory...

Hello everyone, my name is Clint and I just wasted no time when it came to screwing up my lovely new laptop. I've owned my computers and laptops for the last 30 years and have never posted in a forum for help. So, if anyone here can help me fix this I will forever be in your debt. Let me tell...

I'm preparing to reformat my PC with Win10. Currently, all the directories are Read Only due to Windows updating my PC over the past week. Rather than continuing to attempt to change the settings for each one of these directories (which they all just switch back) I have decided to just...

I couldn't find this anywhere and I really need help about this. Long story short, I thought RESTRICTED PACKAGES, ALL PACKAGES and TrustedInstaller were viruses so I removed their permissions from wherever I could but it turned out to be Windows 10's feature and the permissions are now messed...

Hello. My dad gave me his laptop just to check an issue. His Laptop when first given to me check was constantly running high CPU when checking task manager with it running 100% and I couldn't identify what was making it do this. So a quick restart (off and back on) the laptop was doing the same...

Factory Reset the Surface Book 3, model "1873", it then asks me which keyboard region I would like to be in, but then I am unable to select a keyboard region because it disables my keyboard. The keyboard does not work during the setup process. Why is the keyboard not working, and how to fix it?

Help I'm encountering 100 percent disk problem as you can see in this picture I have tried everything to fix it like disabling sys main windows search and background and start-up apps I also did an antivirus scan but there were no threats detected then I try to run a dism command then I checked...

I got this error code when doing a scan with Power Eraser Registry Key: HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1101115190-1716058734-255419495-1001\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3\"1803" My other question is would this affect me trying to do a factory reset.

I cant go into start menu when clicking the windows button with keyboard or mouse when i try to factory reset my pc i get a blackscreen i dont see a cursor or any logo i cant do anything in settings what in the hell is this