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Windows 10 Why is my computer doing this?Freezing Windows 10
when I play games or watch videos it starts freezing every few minute or 30 seconds or something freezing its annoying I have 8 gb ram gtx 960 and i5 processor it should play a game like wow or lotro without freezing I was playing without freezing this started recently pls help me fix using...- meph144
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- banned users email issues freezing games gtx 960 intel core i5 performance ram registration support tech help troubleshooting video playback windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Crazy page file growth! - Help needed!
Hi All, I'm having a strange problem I've never encountered before. When I first boot my Win10 machine, I have about 17-18GB of disk storage space. After about 2 hours (often less), my page file has grown considerably to the point where my storage is out of space and my system crashes. A reset...- kovacsa
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- disk space memory leak page file performance issues ram ssd system crash system properties troubleshooting windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Question about Chipset Drivers
So I recently did a fresh install of windows, did NOT keep any files, wiped every drive. Upon installing Windows 10 version 1803, I installed all my drivers, and all was normal. In device manager I saw under system showing the proper things, including an Intel 300 series controller with (Z370)...- RayJayS1986
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- chipset clean install compatibility configuration device manager driver installation drivers gaming gpu inf file intel 300 performance issues ram stuttering troubleshooting update upgrade version 1803 version 1809 windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 unexpected error message
Hi Guys, new to the forum but thought i could do with some help from some tech savy individuals!. I've only turned on my computer today to receive an error message. I'm not to sure if it's as simple as just replacing the RAM as indicated in the screenshot i've added on. If someone could take a...- creidy1234
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- computer error forum help ram screenshots tech support troubleshooting windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Installing ram memory
I have added 4 Gb RAM but memory to the 4Gb of my Intel 3 64 bits processor desktop. In the Bios I read 8 GB RAM memory but looking to the memory usance in the task manager it seems that only 3 GB is available. But also there the header says that 8 GB is available?? Do I have to change...- piet174
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- 64-bit bios desktop installation intel memory ram settings task manager upgrade
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 10 Windows 10 gaming performance problem
Hi everyone, Since I updated my computer to Windows 10, I can't play games as I used in the past with Windows 8.1 It is a little weird because Windows 10 performance overall is very very good. But when it comes to playing games, lag spikers are common and I can't play games at the same graphics...- BabuMoshai
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- compatibility dead by daylight drivers game quality gaming graphics gtx850m intel lag msi nvidia optimization pc build performance ram resolution settings specs update windows 10
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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Do I need to re-activate after adding ram and/or a new videocard?
Hi all, I bought some additional ram and am planning to buy a new videocard in the near future. Will adding the ram and installing the new videocard result in the de-activation of my Windows 10 pro? Regards- Wolf
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- activation configuration deactivation graphics card hardware upgrade installation ram support windows 10 windows pro
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 10 Persistent BSOD Errors While Browsing and Gaming: Seeking Solutions
Hello, I have been getting constant blue screening and I am no sure how to fix it. I normally BSOD whenever I am just on Google Chrome and gaming. I tried solving this issue by installing another motherboard, PSU, and RAM, but I still get the blue screens. Hopefully someone can help. Thank you!- TheMrMilkMan
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- blue screen bsod chrome error gaming hardware issue fix motherboard performance psu ram troubleshooting windows
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Computer having troubles starting up and shutting down.
My computer has been acting up the past few months and I've fixed a lot of problems already, from constant freezing to not booting. About two weeks ago my computer hasn't been shutting down correctly. When I choose shut down, it shuts down, but a few seconds after being off, it restarts. About...- JeronStevens
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- amd bios boot computer cooling diagnostics freezing gtx hardware issues performance power supply ram restart samsung shutdown startup troubleshooting windows
- Replies: 30
- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Sick of windows 10
Hello! I'm just a guy who is sick of useless updates, useless apps, useless pre-installed programs and uselss RAM and CPU using stuff. I was wondering : Is there any way, or any alternative to windows 10 which has no updates ( like, never, ok, maybe security updates, but ONLY security updates...- Adrian SickOfWindows
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- alternatives cpu customization performance ram resources security software update windows 10
- Replies: 21
- Forum: Windows Software
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How to tell if my new ram is working
I installed a second stick of DDR3 1x8gb in my system. I opened up task manager and it detects 16gb of ram, but it only shows 8gb in use. Link Removed Is this normal, or do I have to allow my computer to use all 16gb? Thank you- JeronStevens
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- computer ddr3 detection installation memory performance ram task manager usage
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 10 Encryption Software For Windows Home
I have been living in the "Apple Mac Ecosystem" for the last 22 years, but I came back home 3 weeks ago. I'm doin' O.K. with Windows 10 Home on my new Acer Gaming Computer, ( I don't play games at all, I just wanted to try to future proof the new baby with RAM & power. Can any one recommend some...- bloomy
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- acer community encryption file management future-proofing gaming pc home mac ecosystem power ram software windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Cat 5 works on one desktop but not another
I have a Del Dimension 4700 running on Win XP (service Pack 3 v.2002). It has a 4 (quad?)CPU running at 3.4 GHz with 2 GB RAM. (64 bit) Win is running off a 500 GB conventional Drive. It has two network adapters: 1394 Net Adapter (dial up?); Intel Pro/100 VE Network connection (Cat 5). It...- Dale
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- 500gb amd cat 5 compatibility connectivity desktop dual system internet network network adapter performance ram realtek service pack ssd tech support troubleshooting windows 10 windows xp wireless
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- Forum: Windows Networking
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Windows 10 Dual boot question
I've been trying to set up a virtual machine on both of my PC's to no avail since they don't have sufficient RAM (only 6 GB). I'm thinking my other recourse is to set up a dual boot system. I've never done that before. Are there any caveats to be aware of? I don't want to mess up the current W10...- Hermitkrab
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- caveats computer setup dual boot os management ram virtual machine windows 10
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Computer freezes, hardware issue?
For a while now my computer has been freezing up, quite odd freezes as well. I can move my mouse, and interact with some objects, but i cant do things such as open folders/files/start menu. If i have a browser open, i can still scroll on the page, but if i click on anything it wont load. its...- JeronStevens
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- amd desktop background display issues gpu fan gtx 1050 ti hardware issues intermittent pc performance power supply ram ssd symptoms system freeze task manager troubleshooting user interface video issues windows
- Replies: 22
- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 10 Woke up to BSOD, MEMORY_MANAGEMENT
I hardly doubt it's how much memory I have. My laptop has 64G of RAM. I haven't installed any new drivers recently, that I know of (thanks Microsoft). I did notice there is an app crashing (mouse and headset app) almost daily in the reliability report, but hasn't caused a BSOD. I am hoping...- addohm
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- bsod crash driver verifier drivers dump files error laptop memory management ram reliability system crash troubleshooting windows 10
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 10 Games lag after few months of smooth run!!!!
hi, i have a 8GB ram 1TB hard disk hp pc with graphics memory of 512mb. i have been using my pc for gaming and it worked well on almost all games i have tried. but recently most of the games started to lag and some of them even have a cutting frames. even the game with the lowest quality and...- JamesBond007
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- compatibility frame rate game quality gaming graphics hard drive hp pavilion lag low spec optimization pc maintenance performance ram screen flashing software issues system requirements tech support troubleshooting user experience visual artifacts
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- Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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Windows 10 New PC opens programs slowly and has a lot of lag issues
Recently just rebuilt my workstation PC to be a lot better for this school year (I'm an engineering student). My hardware is as follows: AMD Ryzen 7 1800x CPU AMD WX Radeon Pro 5100 GPU Samsung 860 Evo 512gb SSD 2 WD 2tb HDD in RAID setup ASUS Rog Strix B350-F motherboard Corsair Vengeance RGB...- Evan Horsley
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- amd ryzen corsair cooling disk check engineering student hardware hdd lag motherboard pc build pc performance ram samsung magician software ssd task manager troubleshooting windows
- Replies: 27
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Freezes and five beeps
I recently changed my Hard drive for a SSD, and today ive gotten multiple freezes, the computer is unresponsive and all audio stops for about a minute. There is no logs in the event viewer either. This last time, everything froze, but i was still able to move my mouse, but it was extremely...- JeronStevens
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- amd beep codes build 16299 cloning event viewer freezes graphics card hardware issues logs multi-monitor nvidia performance issues ram ssd storage task manager troubleshooting upgrade windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 Help with blue screen
Friends how could solve this, is a new computer, I upload the WinDBg, since the .DMP file is very large Motherboard a68f2p-m4 Processor A10 7890k Ram 4 Gb HDD 500 Gb WD 7200 RPM disk Power source 350 watts real- Ronyaqp
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- a10 7890k blue screen computer dmp files error analysis forum hardware issues hdd help motherboard new computer pc build power supply ram system crash tech support troubleshooting wd 7200 rpm windbg windows
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)