home edition

I just bought a new laptop with Win 10 Home on it and I want to make the logon password the same as the old one, which was "not" the Microsoft account password. When I set the new one up it only uses the Microsoft password and if I change it the Microsoft password also changes. How do I just...

Hello, I am using Windows Home Edition 7. What is happening is that, while writing anything in any application, some characters activate something to do something. It varies. For instance if I open a Browser window and the first letter I type is W then the browser window closes. Often I also get...

Remote desktop (connection to work computer from home) no longer working.

So, here is the problem. I was looking at Antimalware Service Executable for a long time, then as soon as I start doing something big such as copying a lot of files at once, a lot of the CPU goes to the Antimalware Service Executable, and then what I am copying goes down to literally Kilobytes...

Hi Upgraded to windows 10 Home 32bit and 64bit, by free download at the release stage. all OK for a long time then crash. Bought windows10 Home 32bit & 64bit (to meet my 2 disc system requirement) on USB Pen drive, found my old PC would not load from USB so used Product Key to download...

My computer refuses to Shutdown/Reboot. I exit Windows (64bit Win7 Home), it goes through the normal shutdown process (exits windows, goes through "Shutting down" message, the screen goes black,) but the computer never shuts off. Lights & fans stay on (as does the Num Lock LED on my keyboard.)...

Hello all, I needed to seek out some help with updating my Xbox app on my PC. I have long ago obliterated automatic update on my Windows 10 PC but now I decided I want to give this app a go and it wont work without the latest version. Is there a work around to get it updated without...

I get a BSOD almost every session. The computer (Windows 10 Home Creators - not Fall) re-boots almost instantly but I just catch the message "Page fault in non-paged area. stdriverx64.sys Is there an easy fix that does not involve editing the registry.

Hello friends. I was trying to create a system image backup, using Windows own backup tool. I connect my 1 TB external HDD and select "use this drive" and the "select" button is greyed out and non-clickable. How do I get my PC to recognize this drive? The disk is formatted and completely empty...

October 10th saw the end of security and quality update's for Build 1511. So if your currently using this build and would like to carry on receiving updates you'll need to update to a later version which you can do by either running Windows Update or using the Link Removed. Ref...

I have two Win 10 Home laptops. One has a start menu with one three tile column. The other has a start menu with two three tile columns. I have forgotten how to get the second three tile column. Any help will be appreciated. Regards, Jim

I go to the Mozilla site and download FF, but it doesn't install. At the end of the installation, I get a message: " your Firefox profile cannot be loaded. It may be missing or inaccessible. " I've tried several times on different days, but still the same Toshiba laptop L55-A5226, W10 Home...

Hi, I have a Lenovo H535s with the following: AMD A10-6700 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics 3.70 GHz 8.00GB RAM (7.19 GB useable) 64 bit operating system, x64based processor I am running Windows 10 Home, Version 1607, OS Build 14393.953 yesterday and today I am getting a Low Memory message...

Toshiba laptop, Widows 10 home anniversary. When I first turn on my computer, I need to log into that screen. Then, there's a 2nd screen that I need to log on to. My old laptop, running XP, needed only to log on to the first screen. Is there something I can do to eliminate one of these screens...

I just upgraded my motherboard/cpu/ram and installed windows 10 home successfuly. However, I am unable to activate my windows 10 because I don't know how to sign into my mircrosoft account that my digital license is tied to active it. I get an error code: 0x803F7001 and there is no place to add...

ASUS P5Q Pro Turbo Motherboard Corsair 750 Watt Power Supply Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Processor 2.83GHz 4 GB RAM Windows 10 Home x64 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 [w/ Latest Gaming Drivers] ASUS Xonar DG PCI 5.1 Audio Card Hello. I'm running Windows 10 Home x64 and whenever I put it to sleep, I am...

Ok, here's my situation. I have two (2) HP dc7900 desktops. One has Windows 10 Home, and the other Windows 10 Pro. I have a new Crucial MX300 SSD hard drive I want to install in the desktop with Win 10 Pro, but, I want to install Windows 7 Home (going back to using Win 7 Home) on this...

Hi, I am attempting to reinstall windows xp home on my mom’s Dell 740 optiplex computer with the Dell reinstallation CD that came when unit was purchased. All her files were copied to a flash drive & no need to recover data. Have done this in past without any problems but this time I can’t seem...

Lately, I have been getting some odd messages when I turn on this HP desktop with Win 10 Home. It had Win 7 before and it has all the latest updates. More the updates, the more odd messaged I get. Here is one that came up this morning when I first turned on the PC. "You PC/Device needs to...

I have windows 10 Home with all current updates. Just in the last 3 weeks my firewall has become uncontrollable. ANY, meaning any, app or game gets a warning box thrown up immediatley and for some of my games, this kicks me from the server. When I add apps to exception list and hit OK, they are...