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Windows 10 End of Support 2025: 5 Realistic Paths to Stay Secure
Windows 10 will stop receiving free security fixes on October 14, 2025 โ and if your PC canโt take the free Windows 11 upgrade, you have five realistic paths forward: enroll in Extended Security Updates (ESU), buy or rent a new Windows 11 PC (including cloud PCs), perform an unsupported upgrade...- ChatGPT
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VIDEO How Motherboards Work - Turbo Nerd Edition
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Windows 10 Windows 10 hangs after long time idling - cpu issue?
Hi my pc: 108500K stock 4800mhz 2x16 GB DDR4 GSKILL 3200mhz XMP Seasonic Tx-850 Ultra Titanium Gigabyte Rtx 3090 Gaming OC Aorus Z490 Pro Gaming 1 TB SSD I have updated Windows 10 to H20,the newest version. I installed windows 10 month ago with new pc. So far so good,games not crashing all...- sew333
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- background apps chrome diagnostics error checking event viewer freezes gaming hardware testing idle memory test msi afterburner occt pc components performance real bench system hang system stability system update windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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VIDEO Rebuilding my Gaming PC for Fun (not fun....)
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- gpu upgrade pc build pc components youtube video
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- Forum: The Water Cooler
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Windows 10 how to regain control of both screens
After changing the video card the second monitor does not show up in screen resolution & both screens show the same thing. How do I get the screen resolution to show both screens like before so that I can select what shows up in the second screen. Home build, Asus P5K Premium WiFi,Intel, CPU...- nichosi
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- asus p5k configuration corsair display settings evga graphics card hardware home built intel monitor setup multi-monitor overclocking pc components pc performance resolution sata drive tech support troubleshooting windows 8.1
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- Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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Thoughts on this desktop
Hey guys! So I have a quick question for the gamers out there! I'm looking into getting me a prebuilt desktop PC that is affordable and powerful enough to play just about any game on the market right now! I came across this thing and it's looking good to me! What do you think? Can you find a...- H4X0R46
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- affordable amd budget desktop feedback fx-6300 gaming gpu graphics hard drive ibuypower memory pc components performance power supply powerful prebuilt user inquiry windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 8 PC only boots every second time
Hey guys, I'm having a weird issue here that I have no idea how to fix. Every time I go to turn on my pc the next day, it won't boot unless I switch it off first - but that's not the whole story. I once tried switching off the psu before turning it on (again, a day later) and it still wouldn't...- Azhrei
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- asus z97p bios update boot issues clean install error evga supernova gaming pc graphics driver i5 4690k msi radeon 390x overclocking pc components pc stability performance psu system stability troubleshooting windows 10 windows 8.1
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Windows 7 Fails to boot after hardware change
I expect the answer to this is that I'll have to install Windows again, but I wanted to make sure before I open the disk case and waste $80. Details: -Gets to the loading windows screen and crashes just before the four colored balls make contact. The screen freezes for about a tenth of a...- Iamnobody
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- boot issues cpu upgrade error checking factory reset gpu upgrade hardware change hdd addition memtest msi motherboard oem pc components performance repair attempts system image system repair tech support troubleshooting windows crash windows installation
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Any guides to build an own computer?
Does anybody know if there are any websites or guides that explain how to actually build your own computer? I do not mean buying cpu, gpu, etc to put together a pc but really make your own computer? Couldn't find anything useful on the web so far but I hope perhaps you do.- TRSS
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Windows 8 Help me build a Haswell system
Hey all, I'm ready to build my first system. Primarily for gaming (FSX, Battlefield mostly). Obviously want a 4th gen Intel Core i7 (unless someone can convince me all I need is an i5) and it has to be unlocked to OC for FSX. I'm hoping for an NVidia GPU (again unless some convinces me that a...- Mitchell_A
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- asus battlefield budget build combo deals components ddr3 fsx gaming gpu haswell intel nvidia overclocking pc components radeon ssd system trident
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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...- sohawar
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- amd bios black screen drivers dvi graphics graphics card graphics driver gsod idle memory nvidia pc components performance issues reset safe mode system crash troubleshooting vga windows 7
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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...- sohawar
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- amd bios driver issues driver sweeper dvi graphics graphics driver gsod memory check nvidia pc components pci slot reset safe mode system freeze temperature check troubleshooting vga windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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Windows 7 Card Reader Installation Question
I have an "AFT PRO-57U" USB 3.0 card reader that I just purchased. The cable for this card reader must plug into the mobo USB 3.0 20 pin connector. My mobo has only one 20 pin connector, which the USB panel on front of the PC case is currently occupying. I'd rather not have to unplug the case...- Jerald7
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- aft pro-57u card reader configuration connection desktop dvd drive gaming hard drive hardware installation intel motherboard multi-monitor pc case pc components ssd usb 3.0 windows 7 workaround z87
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Windows 7 Seagate Free Agent External HD: Silver Strip Inside Case: What Is It For, Please ?
Hello, I popped the case off of a Seagate external FreeAgent HD. Inside there is a thin metallic silvery strip running along one of the edges inside of the case. 6" long. Has a black and red wire going from it into the drive PC board. And a yellow and black wire connecting both ends of this...- Robert11
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Windows 7 Need suggestion for new Rig.
Hello. My cousin wants to buy a new PC that can handle HD movies and latest games without any problem. His budget is 1000$. May I request you to suggest all the components within this budget? Motherboard CPU RAM Graphic Card Cabinet PSU Monitor, Keyboard and mouse are there, so no need to buy...- archer
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- budget pc cabinet components cpu gaming gaming rig graphics card hd movies motherboard pc build pc components performance psu ram upgrade
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 What's (where's) The Cache?
OK, here's a break from those difficult to solve problems. I've got a PC that's doing something I like. When I build a new system I'd like the feature in that one too. When I close Outlook 2007 I back up the PST files including some PST archive files from C: to my data drive D:. I use...- Dave McKeen
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- backup cache data drive ddr3 ram goodsync hard drive outlook pc components performance pst files system build transfer speed
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Windows 7 Inconsistent BSODs on New Rig
Hello everyone, A few days ago I finished my first computer build. The process went smoothly until I installed Windows 7 and began to receive repeated blue screens. The BSODs have occured in various situations such as: while attempting to update drivers, while installing Microsoft Security...- commonSENSE
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- blue screen bsod disk check driver issues error codes inconsistent errors intel memory issues memory test minidump motherboard new build pc build pc components radeon gpu security essentials system stability troubleshooting user support windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Your PC: Leave It On or Turn It Off?
The question has come to me in the past: A distant relic of a time gone by. But today, it is a featured story on both Link Removed and Link Removed. This is an age old question for computer users by now, and especially technicians.Mr. Link Removed from PCWorld writes: Most consumer computers...- Mike
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Windows 7 Geforce 280 GTX Mystery crashes
[Solved] I have a good one. I hope someone can figure this out because it has me stumped... I've been running a Geforce GTX 280 with the latest drivers fine for as long as i've had the card. Recently i've been getting crashes as soon as I boot to desktop that scramble the screen pink and...- Grandson
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- compatibility crash drivers graphics card gtx 260 hardware malware nvidia pc components performance pixelation recovery reinstall safe mode startup apps troubleshooting update user support visual artifacts windows 7
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Windows 7 Overclocking (my recomendation)
If any of you don't have problems with overclockin you can skip reading this post. I was testing some overclocking on my old computer and after a day or two my graphick, 1 gb of ram and my hard disk failed. That's the reason i posted this post. I strongli recomennd for you that you don't...- ismar22
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- advice community computer discussion failure feedback graphics hard drive issues overclocking pc components performance ram recommendations risk testing
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support