pc issues

  1. Windows 7 Worst PC I Ever Owned

    Just venting, but I got a Dell Optiplex 760 desktop planning to upgrade & haven’t been able to afford anything. It’s old but still very poor excuse for a PC. Constant issues with it & cant fix missing NIC controller or whatever it’s called. This is so fkn dumb. From buying PCs so far I’ve...
  2. Windows 10 Help! My Folders are Hidden After a Possible Virus Infection

    Hi everyone, my pc recently got infected with what I think is a virus and all folders in my drives including drive C(windows installed) have been HIDDEN. When I click on any of my drives the folder is empty. The only way I can access my files/folders is keying in the folder directory in the...
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    Windows 10 Unable to start real Windows HDD in virtual machi

    Not tested on Windows 2000. But if I attempt starting a working XP/Vista/7/8/10 HDD via VirtualBox or a different PC, I can only access the boot menu. Even safe mode results into BSOD.
  4. Windows 10 PC not starting as before

    On start up is interrupted asking to press either f1 to get in Bios to sort it out & set date/time or f2 for defaults. Whichever I choose it still does same on every star up. Can you help? Home build, Asus P5K Premium wifi Intel, Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 95W 2.4GHz, 2x2GB, 240-pin DIMM...
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    Windows 8 Computer has been asking me to "Activate Windows" for the past 6 years.

    I have had this PC for the past 6ish years, and ever since day one, every few hours, about 3-4 times a day, whatever program or application i'm in will close and prompt me with a completely blue screen telling me to activate windows and only gives me the option of going to my PC Settings before...
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    Windows 10 Build 16299.rs3_release_SVC_escrow.180502-1908 issues

    Hello all, I have several issues with Windows 10, but I shall try to keep each question limited to one topic. A quick history: I bought a new HP Pavilion Desktop PC 570-p027 computer in November of 2017. The only "original" problem I had was video-related, and I won't go into that here. I...
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    Windows 10 Windows Bug on Hard Drive

    Hi my name is Ricardo and I recently bought my computer with w10 and everything but as 1 month ago my pc started to slow down and I researched several possible solutions and I ended up finding out that it could be a windows bug, so far I have not found nothing that would solve it. I try to do...
  8. Windows 10 Troubleshooting Windows Update 1803: Uninstalling Non-Existent Avira AntiVirus

    my pc is trying it install update 1803 and it keeps telling me I have to uninstall Avira Anti Vis I do not have that prog/add/remove not in there , not on pc???
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    Windows 7 No Bass in Headphones

    Occasionally when I'm using my PC, my headphones will no longer produce any bass. The sound is very flat, and empty. I've tested the headphones on other PC's and on my phone, and they produce a full-bass sound on those devices. Just not on my home Windows 7 PC. I've also tried different...
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    Windows 10 EMERGENCY - Boot Loop After Win Update

    Today I updated to latest major win 10 update. But just it finished updating the updayes made my PC go on a boot loop which never boots to the desktop. I tried mamually restarting but the PC keeps boot looping. What do I do???!!
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    Windows 7 I need help windows crashing but not blue screen

    I think errors like this should appear as a blue screen right? This happens during playing games high performance or not this happens after a few minutes of game play idk why, I've tried the startup program solution but it didn't fix this error, the game just freezes and then after waiting for...
  12. Windows 10 No wifi driver

    Recently my laptop can't connect to wifi nteworks, there aren't any network shown and i know there are since my phone connects properly. So i checked the adapter window and there isn't a wifi adapter, only an ethernet one. I check device manager and there's only a Realtek PCIE family...
  13. Windows 10 Update Failing / Trojan:Win32/Detplock (PLEASE HELP)

    I woke up this morning, and booted up my PC, then I got an alert from Virus & Threat Protection, saying that I have Trojan:Win32/Detplock on my Pc. I deleted it, but it kept reappearing, regardless of how many times I got rid of it. After some research, I decided to see if there was a system...
  14. Windows 10 Plz help!!! Stuck in Safemode bootloop...

    Ugh... So, I'm having major issues with my PC freezing up a lot. I even tried reinstalling Windows 10 and it worked great for about 2 hours before freezing up again. I figure there must be some kind of trojan downloading stuff to my PC. This is strange because I formatted the drive twice before...
  15. Windows 10 I just Updated My BIOS In My PC, But in Windows 10 it's not working

    I Just Update my BIOS on my Dell Pc but I got a message on my pc: please repair your windows 10 some file is missing.
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    unusal behaviour - windows or PC?

    Anyone come across this unusal behaviour of my PC? It seems to at random turn off at the base unit; I have to unplug it at the back and then plug it Could this be Windows 10 problem or the PC? It is an Intel i5 1tb hard drive 6GB Ram Windows 10 Pro make is a Fujitsu Q9000 No viruses or...
  17. Windows 10 Creator's update vs HP printing

    One of my computers did the creators update and now refuses to print. It is a Dell Optiplex 3040 and the printer is an HP Color Laserjet CP2045. I worked great until the update. I have removed the printer and reinstalled it several times but I get no response from the printer at all.
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    Windows 10 Pc won’t start after overnight windows update

    Hi, when I turned my pc off last night it did a windows update. Now this morning it won’t start at all. I press the power button and nothing happens. Other plugged in items are working. I’ve looked inside and it looks fine. I’ve tried switching plugs and using another power supply cable from...
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    Windows 10 Windows+alt+r not working

    Earlier, before i reset my laptop, i could record games using xbox but now it is saying that my pc doesn't meet the hardware requirements to record... I researched a lot and there was something called ProductOperatingSystem which i had to set to 0 from 1. This does not exist in the registry of...
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    Windows 7 Cannot uninstall Avira on Win7 pc

    I have installed Avast while I disabled Avira. Now Avast is on system and I am logged in as Admin in order to uninstall Avira. Unfortunately, Avira will not let me uninstall saying I need permission from Admin. Can someone give me a clue as to how to get this off my system...