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Microsoft’s definitive update: after an internal review and partner testing, the company says the August 2025 Windows 11 security rollup did not directly corrupt or “brick” SSDs — but the incident has exposed a fragile interaction between OS updates, SSD controller firmware, and real-world...

When Windows users encounter error code 0xc00d36c4 while attempting to play videos or audio files on Windows 10 and Windows 11, the experience is often bewildering and disruptive. This error appears across a range of built-in media apps, such as Windows Media Player, Films & TV (Movies & TV)...

The launch of Windows 11 has been met with mixed reactions, especially concerning its redesigned taskbar. Many users who appreciate the classic functionality and design of the Windows 10 taskbar have been exploring ways to revert their interface to a more familiar setup. In this article, we'll...

Hey Windows warriors! If you're here, you're likely wrestling with the enigmatic ERROR_NOT_TINY_STREAM, aka the 598 (0x256) error code. This nagging error pops up when your file or data "stream" isn't playing by the rules, specifically concerning its size constraints. But no worries—this guide...

Hi.....this problem started a few weeks ago on my pc where on updating before shut down, it showed, "we couldn't complete updates; undoing changes". I went on to microsoft support and been through the following stages; 1. Ran the network troubleshooter 2. Ran the Windows Update troubleshooter...

Word 16 suddenly would not open a document I've been working on for a while. I get the error that it needs to be recovered. After I recovered it the file contents were gibberish. My question is how do word documents become corrupt? Can this be prevented?

Hi, I have a body cam which I use whilst on the scooter. Problem is that when I replay the files some play ok and the all of a sudden I get Windows Media Player encountered a problem while playing the file. So why is this happening ? downloaded media codexs, DivX and Xvid and installed them...

Windows 7 destroyed itself using AUTOCHK without warning on boot twice, where after the second time, even the Windows repair DVD could not help. After the first chkdsk on boot (autochk), some pictures on my SD card and on the PC itself were unreadable. When I opened the photo files using...

There are four desktop icons including the Start Menu (open) that will not move, do not function, I ran a scan, I believe it was scannow and that shows file corrupt I am able to use the laptop but these icons need to go, I created another Recycle Bin that functions and I am able to open...

Hi If you aren't creating back up images of your OS, you should read this that I copied from a web page. I like sharing these things, but I never know where to post them. If this is a appropriate thread and needs to be moved, please do so! This is so important for users to know about! Thank you...

Hello guys and Windows guru's! Yesterday after the computer restarts,the text file is turned into binary. I don't even know why! In the header of this file there is a word - Compattelrunner.exe. It is possible to restore the original txt file? Please help me people.

I ran the SFC tool after my computer crashed while gaming online. I received the following error message. Cannot repair member file [l:24{12}]"utc.app.json" of Microsoft-Windows-Unified-Telemetry-Client, Version = 6.3.9600.17747, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_AMD64 (9), Culture neutral...

After a sudden power loss forcing the computer into a hard shut down, the first thing I noticed was my UAC setting being reset from "Never notify" to the default. Since that has been changed, I think it's possible other things have been changed as well. Why would these settings change after a...

I boot up and it just says: PC Needs to be repaired. File: \Windows\system32\winload.efi :(

Okay so I recorded a video on my ipad with my cousin to upload it on youtube. I moved it from my ipad to my computer after finishing(so yeah I deleted it from the Ipad). I opened up windows movie maker to edit it and it said, "The file C:\Users\User\Desktop\IMG_1323.MOV is not a supported file...

Hi, i am using windows 8 on my vaio sony laptop, when i rescued data from my laptop hard's disk to external disk. After rescuing is finished, some files are error. Please advise.

I have an NAS (Network Attached Storage) but I recently set up. (It replaces the old NAS I left turned off for three years. The drive is unchanged from the old machine, it simply has a new machine around it.) There are a lot of zip files I have stored on it. Every one of them, if I dry to...

Ok, So, I started up my laptop this morning and the screen was all wonky, It was light blue and there were swiggly white bits, I waited a bit and then restarted it. The Auto Repair started up when the computer started back up so I left it alone for a bit "Automatic Repair couldn't repair your...

Hello Everyone, MSI laptop - Windows 7 32 bit very recent fresh install (1 month). 320 GB Hard drive partitioned in two= C" & D" for data. The other night, I started my laptop and the first thing that appeared after boot-up was the windows utility. The message said: " Drive C has to be checked...

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