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    Windows 10 Navigating Between Apps / Windows Behavior Changed - Due to Updates?

    About 2-3 months ago all of the sudden my Windows 10 started behaving very differently and I'm not sure if it is something that Microsoft forced on me after an update or I inadvertently changed something. Basically the way you switch between applications changed in that I can no longer just...
  2. CES 2018: Acer unveils new Swift 7, Nitro 5 Gaming laptop and more

    Acer Swift 7 At just 8.98 mm thin, the new Swift 7 is powered by Windows 10 and designed for mobility, with an ultraportable design, all-day battery life, and a personal, trusted 4G LTE connection. The Acer Swift 7’s unmatched slim design is only the beginning of the new features available...
  3. IFA 2017: Dell debuts new gaming rigs and rugged tablet powered by Windows 10

    This week at IFA and leading into PAX, Dell announced new gaming PCs powered by Windows 10, new curved gaming monitors, and the Latitude 7212 Rugged Extreme Tablet – designed with the uncompromised performance, flexibility and reliability needed for the world’s toughest jobs and harshest...
  4. IFA 2017: ASUS announces Windows Mixed Reality headset and new laptops with Windows 10

    Let’s take a closer look at these devices: ASUS Windows Mixed Reality Headset Link Removed The ASUS Windows Mixed Reality headset is powered by Windows 10 and designed to bring you immersive real-world and virtual experiences. It features a beautifully unique design with a pattern of...
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    Windows 10 Windows OS install continuously restarts

    Alright so today I decided to clean out my cluttered gaming laptop and start completely fresh. So I decided to do a full system refresh. All was going good until my computer began to get stuck at the windows OS install screen saying "Installing windows 10%. Installing drivers 16%" for 3 hours...
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    Windows 10 Turbo mode on my MSI Gaming laptop not working since update... can't play steam games now.

    Since the update my MSI Gaming laptop with a nVidia GeForce 650m graphics card is not able to play games any longer without lagging horribly even on lowest graphics settings. Please help. Tried reinstalling the nVidia drivers and re-installed them but they are not the issue. Game and drivers...
  7. Windows 10 Power Surge on the USB Port

    I recently purchased and starting using the alienware 17.3. Using two of the usbs, i put in my logitec mouse, and hyper x headphones. I got an error that said power surge to the usb port. I looked it up and uninstalled the software. It didnt work. The one usb on the right works, but the two on...
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    Windows 7 Battery Problems

    I've been having some issues with my battery. I have a Sager X8100 gaming laptop. Specs are i7 Q840, dual Nvidia 285m in SLI, 8gbs RAM, windows 7 64 bit. Its a fairly old rig.. 2009 or 2010 not sure which. I bought it used in 2012. Had a 1 year warranty. I noticed the battery wouldn't keep it...
  9. Windows 10 From mac osx --> Windows 10

    Good day. Small introduction. I'm Rien from The Netherlands. 42 years old. In a few weeks 43. Things go FAST! Excuse my english, I'm doing my best. As the title says, i'm currently moving away from mac osx and going to Windows 10. Basically for economic reasons. My macbook has died on me, I...
  10. ASUS Announces the G752 Gaming Laptop

    Today, ASUS Chairman Jonney Shih revealed details of the latest world-leading gaming innovations from Republic of Gamers (ROG) in a pre-IFA 2015 press event held at the Bolle Meierei, in Berlin, Germany. At the event the G752 gaming laptop was announced. Link Removed ASUS G752 Gaming Laptop...
  11. 3D Builder Tutorial Part 5: 3D Scanning with Kinect V2

    In this video, Alex Blondin and Gavin Gear demonstrate how you can plug a Kinect V2 sensor into your PC and turn it into a portable 3D scanning setup using the latest version of 3D Builder. In this video a custom "turntable" was used so that the person being scanned us rotated smoothly, but you...
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    Windows 8 Restore PC to last known point.

    I have an MSi Ge70 0ND UK. This is a gaming laptop and therefore has a Turbo boost that activates when I open a game - it clocks the processor up to 2.4 Ghz I believe. The problem I have here that Windows 8.1 completely breaks this and if I launch a game for example Minecraft, it runs at 30...
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    Windows 8 Major Windows 8 issues. Crashing, blue screen, can't update to 8.1. Help Please!

    So I have a Lenova Ideapad z710. It's a powerful gaming laptop, and came with Windows 8. There was tons of blue screens due to Nvidia crashing, and that seems to be sorted out.. But regardless, there's tons of freezing and crashing for no reason. And I tried updating to 8.1 not to long ago...
  14. Windows 7 Stumped on BSOD 0x0000007a / 0xc0000185 combo (ataport.sys) - happens almost daily

    Hi guys, noob here, obviously, and am having problems with my aging Gateway FX P-7805u Laptop (AVG Free is my Anti-Virus, and I believe I just am using the default Windows Firewall)... Ok, so starting 2/21/14, as you will see in the attached files, I started having frequent BSODs with mainly...
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    Windows 7 Need help installing Windows 7 to a Windows 8 laptop.

    I just got a new gaming laptop(MSI GE70). I was planning on getting the windows 7 version but they sold out before I could get one so I had to get the windows 8 version. I am trying to install Windows 7 with a USB created with the Microsoft USB client from an iso of Windows 64 bit that was...
  16. Windows 7 Audio drivers for Alienware m9700 laptop

    Hopefully someone out there cna help me out here! I have an alienware M9700 gaming laptop. Win 7 64 bit installs beautifully but I am having a nightmare finding a driver which will get my 'Multimedia Audio Controller' working. The support from alienware was literally none existant and I cannot...
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    Windows Vista Help! Vista doesn't start!

    Please help me! I got my laptop less than a year ago. It's an ASUS G1-S Gaming Laptop. It's running Vista Home Premium 32bit. I had this problem twice before, but the only thing I didn't really take the time to figure out the problem. So I reinstalled Vista with the built-in partition(both...