factory reset

Hello everyone, I have a big problem of slowness with my laptop. I checked for viruses and malwares with different programs (nothing detected), then I reset my laptop to factory settings and my computer is still slow. As soon as I open it, more than 80% of the RAM is being used (with not a...

I hope this is the right place to post this. My HP ENVY 14 laptop now gets stuck in a never ending loop that includes the starting windows screen and the safe mode w/ networking or command prompt or start windows normally. It wouldn't start in safe mode so I decided to do a factory reset. This...

So around a week ago I started getting BSoDs every time I started-restarted my PC.After the blue screen windows would be restored in a previous state and boot normally. I have noticed that every time this would happen, windows updates would pop up (13 essential ones). For some reason I thought...

This problem appeared on my brother's computer, I'm not sure when. On his Child account he can not access certain secure connections, however, on the Admin account I have set up, I can. There is obviously either a problem with the account or a problem with the Family Safety settings, though...

Ok so I have a problem with my old Dell E176FP monitor. Basically what happens is that when the computer goes off or goes into standby, the monitor doesn't go off. Instead it goes into a Self Test Feature Check. Sadly, over the years I have had the monitor I can never have much luck turning it...

When a new PC is started for the first time, or when a PC is "recovered" back to factory conditions and started for the first time, a list of PCs that can be used to copy settings, apps and personal stuff is shown. A week ago I bought a new PC. The list of PCs had several that I have not owned...

For the past hour or so I have been following tutorials online on how to factory reset my Windows 8.1 computer, but none of them work I am trying to factory reset my computer because there is a lot of stuff on it and I uninstalled almost everything but it still can't stop my computer from being...

windows I bought a Dell Inspiron 15 3000 Series with only needing to be set up. I tried to create or log into my email account to create a User but was unable. I created one without a email address. I then used that account to list my email address and create a new password. I also created a...

I have been running my window 7 laptop for a few months with no problems then one day I switched it on and to restore to factory settings , got this message............. The computer restarted unexpectedly or encountered an unexpected error. Windows installation cannot proceed To install...

EDIT: I factory restored my computer to fix the problem but I would like to know why this would happen so im going to leave this up EDIT: Ive fixed my problem mostly but I still cant open my file explorer. Is their anyway to re install it? Thanks Hello, So ive had this problem twice and...

Hi guys, I have a Medion Akoya computer with Windows 8 installed on it. Basically, it's really not working as it is supposed to. Somehow internet/downloading speed is lower than it should be, since it is working fine on all our other devices/computers. Next to that, you cannot download a lot...

Desktop machine Acer Aspire M5700 Windows Vista Home Prem. 32b. The original partitions by OEM were re-partitioned and thus caused the problem that eRecovery, the Alt+F10 keys and eRecovery DVD's, can't recover the system back to out of factory status. Symptom: The recovery process restarts...

Hi, unfortunately my Lenovo e530 laptop run into a little issue recently and i was looking for a way to reinstall windows but without having to do a whole factory reset, as with the built in setup files, there only appears to be the option to restore to factory default and no 'repair only'...

Hi, I was unable to download any apps from my Windows Store after upgrading to Windows 8.1. I have had 8.1 previously so it wasn't the problem. I think my laptop got a virus. anyway I restore my HP Pavilion laptop to factory condition, as the store had also said it was corrupt by then. Today I...

I have a Windows 8.1 Asus UX303LA laptop up-to-date on all updates. If I do a shift + restart, it goes to a "Choose Options" screen that includes "Continue", "Use a Device", Troubleshoot" and "Turn Off". If I select "Troubleshoot", the options are, "UEFI Firmware" and "Startup Settings". There...

hi guys, I bought a Lenovo laptop 3 moths ago and it was connecting fine to my wifi network until the day before yesterday.. since then it connects to my wifi network but shows limited connectivity and invalid ip configuration..please help asap things I tried were -resetting the router -changing...

Recently my PC has been having many issues. One issue was that it would freeze the screen with a tint of green and pink after a while of being unused. I attempted to fix this issue myself. What I did was I restored the computer to its factory settings. Everything seemed fine. When I booted it up...

Hi, I currently have an issue with my sound icon showing a x on it, its not muted and the drivers are installed correctly, infact i have tried uninstalling the software and letting windows install its own driver which comes up as a hd device audio device, but the icon still have the cross. if i...

I'll just give you the flat out story: I one day wanting to Factory Reset my Gateway Laptop to clean it entirely. Obviously I backed up some stuff I had to keep and proceeded on to factory reset. All is going good, and then during the factory reset, my computer shuts off. I turn it back on...

Hello, first off im new here so nice to meet everyone. I did a factory reset on my gateway all in one computer (Model is ZX6970) a while back and everything was going good and I got a message that seems pretty common from my research. it says "Windows could not complete the installation. To...