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Windows 11 three-state Xbox button: Game Bar, Task View, Power Off
Microsoft is quietly turning the Xbox button on controllers into a small but consequential multitasking shortcut in Windows 11: a long press now opens Task View so gamers can switch between apps and games without leaving the controller, while a short press still opens the Game Bar and a...- ChatGPT
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- accessibility controller controller mapping feature rollout gaming handheld gaming insider preview multitasking oem partnerships power off rog ally task view windows 11 windows insider
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- Forum: Windows News
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Windows 11: Three-Mode Xbox Button Remap for Controller-First Play
Microsoft has quietly remapped how the Xbox button behaves when an Xbox controller is paired with Windows 11, and the change—now rolling out to Windows Insiders—has immediate practical benefits for controller-first play and deeper strategic implications for handheld gaming on PC. Background /...- ChatGPT
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- accessibility handheld gaming power off task view windows 11 xbox ally
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- Forum: Windows News
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Windows 11 Insider: Xbox Button Long Press Opens Task View, Short Press Opens Game Bar
Microsoft has quietly repurposed the Xbox button on gamepads when used with Windows 11 Insiders: a long press now opens Task View while a short press still launches the Game Bar, and a press-and-hold continues to power down the controller — a small but practical tweak rolling out to Dev and Beta...- ChatGPT
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- Forum: Windows News
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Windows 10 Can't switch off S Mode
I just installed windows on my Computer, but i can't switch off the s mode in the settings, when i go on the Microsoft Store i see the following error message: (in english it means "It is impossible to load the page, try again later"), can i do anything to solve?- LuckySe7en03
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- computer error installation microsoft store power off s mode settings troubleshooting user issues windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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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...- ajhearne
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- 1tb storage 6gb ram avast chrome clock sync computer issues fujitsu intel core i5 linkedin malwarebytes performance power off random shutdown system specs tech support troubleshooting unusual behaviour user experience windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows 10 How to troubleshoot laptop crashing
My guess is hardware, but what I notice is that the machine will stutter -> hang -> then totally crash. The system is still "on" but I must do a hard-power-off in order to turn it on again. Sometimes after crashing it will hang and crash during the whole POST/BIOS startup section as well...- blksith0
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- bios cpu crash error hanging hardware laptop lenovo performance post power off random specs stuttering support system troubleshooting video w510
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Reoccuring BSOD: Bugcheck 0x0000027 RDR_FILE_SYSTEM csc.sys
Hi All, I'm new in this forum and would like to ask for your assistance. Previously, I have a client who have been experiencing multiple/several times a week (in some instances a day) encountering BSOD: Bugcheck 0x00000027 RDR_FILE_SYSTEM csc.sys. In addition to this, the computer is having a...- reset
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- bsod bugcheck chkdsk clean install computer issues csc.sys driver update error lenovo memory test new computer power off rdr_file_system system crash system file checker tech support troubleshooting windows error windows update
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 10 Laptop powers off at first windows icon
Hi I have a problem which googling hasn't provided an answer too. It's not really a BSOD but a startup issue. If I start my laptop normally (from powered off), it only gets as far as the first windows logo (no rotating icon) and then powers off. If I start from a recovery USB and continue to...- crapula
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- bcb boot issues error fast boot fixboot fixmbr hibernate laptop os installation power off rebuild bcd recovery usb safe mode startup troubleshooting wake up windows 10 windows 11 windows logo
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 printer settings (epson lq 2190)
Dears.. we using epson lq2190 printer a printing form manualy created and printing in this..after a power off (12hr) printing form not b seen in the printing prfernce or printer server properties this issue is als in windows 7 ,8,8.1and windows 10 but its not in while xp using- sherinlal
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- epson forms issues lq 2190 manual power off printer printing properties server settings user preferences windows 10 windows 7 windows 8 windows 8.1 windows xp
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Random freezes
My desktop computer sometimes freezes requiring a manual power off. It seems to happen randomly; when I'm browsing the web. when I pause a movie or a game and leave it for ~5 minutes. I have googled and poked around the internet for three days, but I'm stumped. I have upgraded the drivers that...- hgjkg
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- browser crash desktop diagnose drivers freezes games graphics hardware logs memory minidump movies power off random troubleshooting uefi upgrade verification windows 8.1
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 Since few days ago can't connect to home network
Hello guys, Since two days ago I simply can't connect with my home wifi network, or the connection is lost after 20 minutes or so and from that time my home network doesn't even appear in the avaliable networks list... (Ethernet connection is working fine.) I have nothing changed in my laptop...- mirald
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- connection drivers ethernet home network intel interference laptop loss network power off reinstall reset router settings signal issues troubleshooting unavailable networks uninstall wifi
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- Forum: Windows Networking
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Windows 7 Complete power off issues while playing games.
Hey Guys, I have an issue with my rig completely powering off suddenly within the first 15secs of graphics/cpu/RAM intensive games. The 2 games tested is BF3 and L4D2. UT99 works without issue. This issue started a few days ago, here is my set up: 8 GB G-Skill 1600 RAM 256 GB Kingston SSD 1...- MAVE2ICK
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- bf3 component swap computer issues cooling gaming graphics card hardware l4d2 memory issues motherboard overheating pc build pc performance performance power off psu upgrade stress test temperature monitoring troubleshooting
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 Refuses to shut down
I've use ccleaner & have TuneUp Utilities which all keep my system in tip, top condition. However from about a week ago my system just hangs on shutting down. It refuses to shut down & power off itself & just sticks on the Shutting Down screen with the little motion class at the side. I've all...- VsUK
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- ccleaner driver issues error performance power off shutdown system hang troubleshooting tuneup utilities windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Power off problem
well microsoft has egg in its face... does anyone have this problem when you click on shutdown winlogon.exe crashes and says theres no disk in the drive retry ignor continue...something like that and after that the message wont dissappear and the computer wont shut down or restart...- nightflyer
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- power off restart shutdown system crash troubleshooting user experience windows 10 windows update winlogon
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Uninstall driver permenately.
I have installed a Logitech webcam. It installed a driver called 'Logitech Mic (Notebooks Deluxe)'. The driver causes my computer to hard power off (crashes it immediately) when I start a cam program (u-Broadcast). I know how to disable and un-install the driver through Device...- Landers
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- device manager drivers logitech power off reboot support system crash uninstall usb webcam
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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A computer stops responding during shutdown if BitLocker is enabled on the system drive on a compute
Fixes a problem in which the screen turns black and the computer never powers off completely when you enable BitLocker for the system drive. Occurs on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. More...- News
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- bitlocker black screen error power off shutdown system drive troubleshooting windows 7 windows server
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- Forum: Knowledge Base (KB)
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Windows 7 Bootup / HDD issue
My computer was stuck at the logging off (while shutting down) screen a few days ago, so I had to do a forced power off (pressed power button for 4sec). When I tried to turn the computer back on, it would now stuck on the Windows 7 loading screen, without HDD activity. After several tries...- Zomad
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- automatic repair boot boot issues command prompt data recovery diagnostics disk management drive issues file system hardware issues hdd power off repair shutdown smart software issues troubleshooting ubuntu windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 white screen fading to grey on power-on, does not display BIOS
Hi everybody. I am running win7 64x on a 14-month-old advent 5401 laptop, though I upgraded from vista at christmas time. since then this error has occured 3 times, but the first 2 times it seemed to resolve itself after a while of being shut off (the second time was this morning and I still...- borgol
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- advent 5401 backing up bios blank screen display issues fans forum grey screen hardware issues laptop power issues power off software issues system freeze tech support upgrade windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 System shutdown while playing certain games in Win 7
Hello folks I'm having a puzzling problem after upgrading to Windows 7 from Vista (clean install). Certain games are now completely shutting down the computer. The games in question are Dragon Age Origins and The Sims 3. Both of these games ran with no problems in Vista but now after about 5...- lazydivey
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- administrator clean install dragon age game compatibility gaming issues graphics driver power off shutdown sims 3 windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Games
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Windows 7 Win 7, 32 Bit RC build 7100 won't shut down
Hello I have have this problem since the installation of RC version. When I press shutdown button, logout works and then computer stays in "shutting down" forever... I have to shut down computer by pressing Power button 6 seconds... At startup it sometimes tell that computer was unexpectly...- Corsair44
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- 32-bit asus bios update device manager drivers error event viewer gigabyte hardware issues performance power off rc build shutdown support system hang tech help troubleshooting usb windows 7 workaround
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support