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Hi, I reinstalled recently Windows 10, but before I have installed Linux on another internal SSD, before every time I boot I have the options to choose on what to boot, now it boots directly to Windows 10. How can I have back the boot option when I turn on the PC?

Hi. Windows 7 Ultimate x86 It was on my original 1TB Western Digital HDD. After several consecutive PC crashes it doesn't boot anymore. After the BIOS POST there appears a blinking underscore in the top left corner, and it stays in that state forever. (I don't want to perform a clean Windows...

From the launch of Windows 10, our focus was on moving people from having, to choosing, to loving Windows. With the release of every new build of Windows 10, we have seen customer satisfaction improve as we have made fixes and added new capabilities and experiences. We are humbled that customers...

I bought a used Surface Pro 3 with Windows 10 Pro English version installed. I have installed the Chinese language package. I am planning to change my English Surface Pro 3 to Chinese Surface Pro 3. I have the following questions: Q1: I am wondering what are the differences between these two...

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I am sooo pi*sed that I'm being forced to "downgrade" to Windows 10. I tried it when it was free and really gave it a chance, but I couldn't stand it, so I rolled back to 7. It was like I could breathe again. Now that they have ended support for 7 and fearing malwares and viruses, I'm forced to...

On January 14th, 2020, Microsoft will end all support for Windows 7. This means that computers that run on Windows 7 will no longer get important security updates and you will no longer be able to get customer support if you do have a problem. If you still own a computer that runs Windows 7, you...

My Dell Inpiron 7250 has been working on updates at 90% for days now. I recently as a last resort tried to turn it off to boot into safe mode or see what my options were. However, pressing or holding the power button puts the pc into sleep at the slightest touch and upon waking up, it resumes...

I just returned my 2009 win7 Toshiba Laptop HDD back to its factory defaults from the OEM hidden restore partition. With the final security patches for win7 due out next month in January 2020, I want to have a clean fresh out-of-box 2020 win7 install with all the service packs and security...

I cannot watch videos on youtube on my laptop recently, which ends up causing my laptop to crash and refuse to start up. I'm not sure if some of the possible causes for the OSOD matches with my possible cause. However, it exclusively happens when I play youtube videos, except once when I was...

Hello! I made the big mistake (head low) of installing Ubuntu 18.04 on my Surface Pro 4 with a complete disk wipe. I tried to reinstall Windows 10 from a bootable USB but it failed because the disk does not have a NTFS formatted partiton and the formatting option was greyed out. Should I do...

where foes this stand in relation to version 1909 ?

Assume I created a SRP on a Win10 v1803 system. Later I was upgraded by automatic updates to Win10 v1903, Then after some problems in the following weeks I decided to do a System restore to the SRP I created in the past. Is this possible? Or are (in general) only SRP inside the same, current...

Hi! I have a problem. I have installed Debian 10 on my computer as second OS next to my Win 10. After this the Debian was my default system to boot into, but I wanted my Windows as default, so I went on and made some modifications after tutorials that I can't remember, and now I couldn't boot...

Hello, I dual boot Win 7 and Win 10 TP. If I want to switch OS, all I have to do is to click Restart and I will be given a choice of the 2 OSs. That's nice. The time it takes to switch to the other OS seems to be forever. That's disgusting. Is there any way to speed up the switch over ...

Problem signature: Problem Event Name: BlueScreen OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1 Locale ID: 13321 Additional information about the problem: BCCode: 116 BCP1: FFFFFA80047B4010 BCP2: FFFFF88004036CB0 BCP3: 0000000000000000 BCP4: 000000000000000C OS...

Hello, i recently noticed that my customise folder options are not working anymore and i have to manually change the columns of each folder instead of applying the settings to the folders i want via the customise tab. For example instead of size, date modified etc i want to make folders for...

The upgrade fails with a message "x80070005-x2000A error in SAFE_OS phase of PREPARE_FIRST_BOOT operation. In the setupact.log, I've located the error(s), but I don't know what the problem is. The following is an excerpt from the setupact.log containing the error: 2019-07-13 21:42:42, Info...

Windows 7, I can't add user accounts The ASUS X73T computer with WIN 7 64 bit began to announce that the version of Windows I use is not genuine even though it is the machine's original system. The factory settings for the reset machine and the operating system were activated with the original...

Can one convert an existing OS from .ESD to .WIM or is it just the installation media you convert such as a flash drive?