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    Certain websites won't open in any browser, others do

    Windows version related : Windows 10 Home, Version 22H2 - build nr: 19045.4291 Hardware: Dell Latitude E6540 laptop Please help me find out how to rectify the faulty operation as desbribed below : Problem statement: Certain websites won't load in any browser ( Chrome, Ms Edge, Opera , .... )...
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    Windows 10 HDD or Motherboard failing?

    I have an Acer Aspire V 15 V5-591G-70s6 It has an i7-6700HQ 2.6 GHz, 16GB DDR4 ram, Nvidia GTX 950m, and 2 drives: 128GB SSD that has the OS installed on it and 1TB HDD that just has other things like programs and games. A while back, the HDD stopped working for a couple days. It just stopped...
  3. Windows 10 how to recover Windows 10 from hard reset

    Recently I had to reset my computer which I upgraded to windows 10, it reverted it back to windows 8.1 (the original windows) is there someway to recover it?
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    Windows 10 sms syncronization

    I cannot get sms syncronization between devices to work in WP10. I had to do a hard reset of my phone, and the old sms doesnt come back. The sms's are listed if I go into a contact on my PC it lists the sms's in the log on the person. This does not happen on the WP10. And the old sms's are not...
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    Windows 10 Windows 10 boot problem + freezing after power outage

    At first the power went out and the computer wouldn't boot, and kept trying to repair it but couldn't. Eventually booted it in safe mode and it froze after a minute or two, requiring a hard reset. When I restarted it, it was able to normal boot but continued to freeze after a few minutes and...
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    Windows 7 Intermittent problem, HP ProBook 6550b (Windows 7, 32 bit)

    Here is my dilemma: my computer intermittently will not start. I will push the power button, the lights come on on the base of the laptop, but the screen does not come on. I have attached an external LCD (via VGA cable) and it does not come on either (when it decides to malfunction). The fan...
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    Windows 10 Windows 10 BSOD

    Hi, I'm also having problems in this case and i would like to ask for some advise. Tipically the same issue - "unexpected store exception" BSOD, the info collecting percentage stucks at 0%, need hard reset, rebooting is not smooth, only once i got error message in with bootable device was not...
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    Windows 10 Win 7 to 10 Upgrade stuck on "We've updated your PC"

    Like the title says, I'm stuck just after final restart of the upgrade, when it gets to the series of screens that say "We've updated your PC", "All your files are exactly where you left them", etc. My computer has been sitting on the first message for well over an hour. I thought maybe it was...
  9. Windows 10 Help with Windows 10 Phone Installation

    I really need help upgrading my phone to Windows 10 or revert to Windows 8.1. I am in the insider program and started downloading the Windows 10 OS and it suddenly started restarting constantly. I have tried to hard/ factory reset my phone and tried using the Windows Phone Recovery Tool, but my...
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    Please help

    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...
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    Windows 8 I can't find out how to fix an issue with booting up Windows 8

    Specs: Windows 8 Lenovo IdeaPad U430 Touch I first noticed the problems when my laptop would freeze while booting sometimes, and I would have to restart once or twice in order for it to work. I REALLY REALLY need help; I’ve done all of the following things to try and fix my computer, and...
  12. Windows 10 windows 10 phone doesn not turn on properly :(

    hi everyone! i have upgraded my lumia 625 to windows 10 from windows 8.1 and when i turn it on, it vibrates, writes "nokia" on screen and turns off, itrepeats every time i turn my phone on, i tried to hard reset,but it did not work ( or maybe i do it incorrectly), please help me :)
  13. Windows 8 Can I format windows without changing my partition scheme?

    Hi. I have a dell inspiron i5 core, and the 'dell backup and recovery' thing is not working. I called tech support and they told me to format my PC but I have a lot of important data ( about 130 GiB ) and I have a separate partition for that data. I just want to make sure that if I do a...
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    Windows 8 Manually updated a driver, performed a Windows update, now Laptop won't start

    Dear Windows Forums, This is my first time posting here as I have found myself caught in an emergency with my laptop. I have purhcased an Asus N550 Laptop with Windows 8 installed already (so I have no CD) merely yesterday, and I believe that I have slipped up somewhere and made a fatal...
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    Windows 7 Media player causing lockups

    Guys - I am not a technical user so this description will lack some detail, I ran into a problem and thought I would post here for suggestions. My machine recently started locking up when browsing. (Toshiba laptop running windows 7 that I have owned for about a year since new) I ran all...
  16. Windows 7 AND WIQoeNDOWS 7 HAVING VERY WEIRD THINGS GOING ON

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    Windows 7 Display Driver Crashes in Normal Windows Mode

    Everything was working great for almost 6 months but 3 weeks before while my pc was idle suddenly some graphic display glitches came up and my keyboard and mouse froze up, so I had to do a hard reset by pressing the power button. There used to be GSOD when windows login screen comes up. If I...
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    Windows 7 Display Driver Crashes in Normal Windows Mode

    Everything was working great for almost 6 months but 3 weeks before while my pc was idle suddenly some graphic display glitches came up and my keyboard and mouse froze up, so I had to do a hard reset by pressing the power button. There used to be GSOD when windows login screen comes up. If I...
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    Windows 7 Explorer uses up most of my RAM

    This started happening a few days ago. All of a sudden, my computer would be act really sluggish and I'd look at the task manager and see that under processes, explorer.exe is taking up most of my 16GB of RAM. It started happening after I was trying to play counter STrike after I had installed...
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    Windows 7 DNS server not responding. Differs from other thds

    Ok, after 4 days of research and much head scratching, I will enter the fray. I think that my problem is in my router after reading everything I can find on the net. I'm getting the error ' DNS server not responding' but have followed suggestions from this site and others to resolve the problem...