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    Windows 10 Avoid login screen, password etc

    I’m beefing up my laptop (which in any event needs a new cooling fan (sounds like a 737 starting up sometimes) and battery (short charge time and looks a bit lumpy) with a new SSD. I’ve retrieved the product key just in case, and this is going to be a completely fresh installation using the...
    • oscarcat
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    • asus best practices bloatware encryption fresh installation home page home use installation laptop maintenance media creation tool password ssd tech tips user experience windows update
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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    Windows XP vista reformat

    I have a Sony Vaio VGN NR220E. I bought it in 2008 with windows vista. It did not came with a reformating CD or anything. I am just assuming that the vista is installed in it. I love my laptop and want to keep it. My brother used it for some years. Now I find my laptop running with XP. In the...
    • Doan
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    • document issues laptop maintenance microsoft support mmc problem partition management reformat service pack 3 sony vaio windows vista windows xp
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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    Windows 7 Programs and files opening very slowly

    Starting last night, Google Chrome was taking longer than usual to open webpages. Now under an hour ago, other applications and files take up to 10 seconds to open. My laptop is running fine now because I restarted. I ran CCleaner to clean out my history, cookies, etc. I also ran scans with...
    • Danny1
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    • application lag ccleaner file opening google chrome laptop maintenance malwarebytes microsoft security security scans slow performance startup issues
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Looping Last Sound When Gaming

    I am extremely tired from posting this. My laptop specs are: Dell XPS L502x Intel I7 Intel HD Graphics Family Nividia Geforce GT 540m Realtek High Defintion Audio Okay, so whenever I game, eventually and randomly, my game will freeze and loop the last sound. I'm not even kidding, it loops the...
    • FrickenWin7Bugs
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    • audio issues customer support dell xps deus ex driver compatibility driver update game freeze gaming gta iv heat management laptop maintenance laptop performance nvidia drivers overheating performance problems realtek audio sound loop system specs tech support temperature monitoring
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
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    Windows 7 Screen problems.

    So I'm new to the forum, and I was hoping you guys can help me with a problem I have with one of my laptops. So the laptop I'm having trouble with is the one I use for fiction writting and I'm worried that if I dont get help or find out what's happening all my work will get deleted. So the...
    • Justin123
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    • fiction writing flickering hardware issues laptop maintenance laptop problems loose wire screen defect screen issues tech support user help
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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