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    Windows 11 BSOD when installing

    I have a 2 year old computer that is running Windows 10. I made a new partition to dual boot Windows 11 about a year ago, installed Win11, tried it for a few days, and removed it because it was extremely slow. I figured I would give it another try a few weeks ago. It would install, and put...
  2. Windows XP Windows XP, 7, 10 & 11 System Suggestions!

    Howdy! I want to create a robust system to support Windows XP and later. I want to start some old projects like emulation and other old stuff, so I will probably use XP, 7, and 11 on three different partitions. I want to use a Mini ITX, if possible, or a Micro ATX motherboard. As a CPU and...
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    Veracrypt Corrupted UEFI

    Asus 2012 UEFI 16GBDDR3 Laptop N56V(z) Veracrypt version from april 2023 Win10 22H2 Pro Encrypted C Windows system partition, then deleted all partitions on disk, then in UEFI, removed Veracrypt boot entry option. It never booted since then. It is always black screen, 100% black, nothing else...
  4. Help with Gigabyte Mobo and Secure Boot

    I have a Gigabyte X570 Aurous Master mobo. PC health check says that my PC can't run Win 11 because I don't have secure boot. I've looked in the BIOS (under Boot menu) and I don't see secure boot anywhere. Would anyone know, does the Gigabyte X570 Aurous Master support secure boot?
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    Windows 11 suddenly available on my previously incompatible PC

    I have a PC that is around 7 years old, running Windows 10 Pro 64bit 22H2. Ever since Windows 11 came out, Windows Update has been saying my PC doesn't meet the requirements for Windows 11. I looked into it a while back and decided it was my processor that was the problem, so I had resigned...
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    Windows 10 Problem Installing a m2 SSD to clone windows into.

    Hello everyone, I'm not that knowledgeable on this so please bare with the details. I just brought a nvme to install on my motherboard. After taking out my original memory which was a 250gb nvme with windows installed on it. I cloned windows from the 250gb to a 2tb HDD drive. Im trying to...
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    Windows 10 Problem Installing a m2 SSD to clone windows into.

    Hello everyone, I'm not that knowledgeable on this so please bare with the details. I just brought a nvme to install on my motherboard. After taking out my original memory which was a 250gb nvme with windows installed on it. I cloned windows from the 250gb to a 2tb HDD drive. Im trying to...
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    Windows 10 Windows10 ISO validation and installation

    Users from the Russian Federation can currently get iso only through the windows media creation tool service. And since microsoft does not provide checksums, there is no way to check the created image, moreover, the checksums of the files vary with each new launch. Based on the above, I have a...
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    Windows 10 Clear all history AND all events in reliability Monitor

    Windows10 I am trying to completely clear the Reliability Monitor after changing MoBo and components but all I can clear is the Report History. How do I also clear the events (Red and Blue Dots with X's) Thanks
  10. Windows 10 Windows 10 PC won't boot

    I have an older PC which I keep for test purposes and it has stopped booting. Specs are: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3r Mobo Samsung 850 Pro 512GB SSD Nvidia GeForce GT120 video card 16GB ram Windows 10 home 64 bit When I try to boot, it goes through normal startup sequence, Windows Logo appears...
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    Outlook Office 2021 cannot run on startup

    Tech Support Guy System Info Utility version 1.0.0.4 OS Version: Microsoft Windows 10 Home, 64 bit Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6500U CPU @ 2.50GHz, Intel64 Family 6 Model 78 Stepping 3 Processor Count: 4 RAM: 8101 Mb Graphics Card: Intel(R) HD Graphics 520, 1024 Mb Hard Drives: C: 465 GB...
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    General inquiry about Hardware about USB 4.0 and 4-way SLI

    I want to know about two separate H/W parts. 1- USB 4.0 Every once in a while I do a search for USB 4.0. I am able to find some random parts that are for USB 4.0. But I am still unable to find a motherboard that has USB 4.0 on it or a PCIe card that can be added to a computer that is USB 4.0...
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    Windows 10 Need help with computer freeze on Windows 10

    A few days ago, my computer started to freeze during regular use. The screen, mouse, and keyboard freeze, and the red led (in my case) that blinks rapidly when there is disk activity stays lit continuously. The only way to stop this behavior is to shut down the computer by using the power...
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    Windows 8 Network drivers not loading

    Hi so I put my motherboard into a new case and since then the built-in Realtek ethernet drivers will not load. So I thought maybe it went bad and bought an Asus USB wifi adapter., It will install but again the drivers will not load so I can't use it. I have tried just about everything I could...
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    Windows 10 pc never restarts, requires power cycle

    ok, so i have a Z87M MSI board with 16gb of gddr 3 ram with a 4690k cpu. i also have tested with different cpu, ram and gpu with exact same results. Anytime i hit restart via the windows menu, it never restarts. it goes black and just sits there. the onboard troubleshot number says 00 and there...
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    Windows 10 Questions regarding a laptop with liquid damage

    Hello, I have an Acer Predator Helios 300 laptop that's suffered fluid damage that I've gotten diagnosed. The SSD is okay, but the motherboard needs to be repaired or replaced, and some other parts may also be damaged. IIRC, Windows is built in to the computer. Thankfully, I can easily afford...
  17. Windows 11 Bluetooth Keeps Disappearing From Device Manager/System

    I have an EP-9636GS EDUB LOVE Wi-Fi 6 / Bluetooth 5.1 3K Mbps Broadcom Adapter with AX-200 tech, really broadband, fast transmission rates, but I am continually experiencing a significant problem in that the network card keeps becoming invisible to the system, like it's not even there, not...
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    Windows 10 boot manager not where it should be.

    Hello please help I'm trying to run the mbr2gpt command and conversion so I can enable my secure storage option so I can move to win 11. When looking at the log for why the action failed to validate it tells me that BCD for boot volume cant be opened. Also my boot manager is somehow one disk 1...
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    Windows 11 Need Help Identifying and Installing ASUS Drivers for PCI-SM Bus Device

    Other devices -PCI -SM Bus These are needing drivers. I did not install my mother boards Asus utility as I thought it might be malware and included bloat like Norton which can be unchecked. All worked well except this one item I wet to ASUS and saw utilities but there are 9 drivers listed and I...
  20. Windows 10 Random shut downs

    Recently I have been getting random shut downs (crashes), especially when playing simple Mahjongg type games. These crashes are now becoming more frequent and are extremely annoying. I tried to test the system using FurMark stress tester and it immediately crashed the system. The problem is...