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    Windows 8 Laptop won't reboot after removing upper filters and lower filters

    Hello everyone, I really need your help. My Sony Vaio laptop (model: SVE151G13M) did not recognize my dvd/cd-rom anymore and dumb as I am, I tried to fix this myself. On the website of Microsoft I read a step-by-step guide on how to remove the upper filters and lower filters to fix this...
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    Windows 8 Computer updated, serious problems now

    Hello everyone, I've been trying to figure out a fix (along with looking around in the forums) for a few hours now, but I'm worried about my computer. I have a Lenovo with 8.1 installed and today I got a notification that my computer was going to restart and update, which it did without any...
  3. Windows 10 New Notifications?

    Hi Here's something that's been bugging me for a while. Every time I boot my computer I get the message, "Your computer needs to be rebooted to install updates", but if I do reboot I just get the same message again. Second, it always give me messages that say "Click Here", to do this or that...
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    Windows 7 Taskbar functionality problems on new install on dual Xeon server

    A Win 7 install on an old server has got me flummoxed. I cannot get the taskbar to function properly. I have tried every trick I have found Googling and none have fixed the problem. I have reloaded the OS twice since the original install and same problems reappear. Once as a Win 7 "upgrade"...
  5. Windows 10 No start No notifications on bootup

    Hi. When I first bootup the start button and notification buttons are non responseive. I need to reboot the pc before it will work. Any clues as to whats going on? Also is cortana working for thenuk region yet?
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    Windows 8 Sometimes BSOD after Reboot

    Hi, I regulary get BSOD on reboot of the system. The problem has not bothered me much so I lived with it for a year now. In the last few days the problem occured more often so I plead for your help^^. Usual BSOD is : Driver Power State Error Also seldom : Driver Corrupted Expool I attached the...
  7. Windows 7 Windows 7 installation problem

    I have a Toshiba satellite that was up until now running Linux, however running windows 7 before that, and I decided to switch back to windows. I originally planned on using a USB install, which for the most part worked perfectly. The installation process went without any errors, until after it...
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    Windows 7 Font Installation

    The short version: I've been using FontForge to create my own fonts, successfully until this morning. Suddenly, installing a new font causes the font to appear in the \Windows\Fonts\ folder, but NOT in the control panel ( and not in the dropdown list of my editor). I have rebooted, checked...
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    Windows 7 usb3 drive causes BSOD!

    For some reason the 2nd time I plub in an exernal USB3 HD to my USB3 4 port hub, I get the dreaded BSOD!!! I do eject the drive by right clicking on the "Safely remove hardware and eject media" and choosing the drive. When i connect a USB 3 HD or flash drive to my hub later on, I end up...
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    Windows 7 bsod hours after start

    bsod pc reboots every night can someone help thank you
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    Windows 7 BSOD after closing hitmanproer

    i runned the malware scanner hitmanpro on windows 7. I deleted the found items. I closed the hitmanpro window by clicking x in the right upper corner: at that moment there Was a windows crash: blue screen. I rebooted with succes. Does this mean there is something wrong with hitmanpro? I used...
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    Windows 7 Windows7 crash

    i runned a scan with the malware scanner hitmanpro. i deleted my found items and then i closed the hitmanpro window by clicking x in the right Upper corner: at that moment my windows crashes: a blue screen. i rebooted with success. I've removed hitmanpro. Does this mean there is something wrong...
  13. Windows 10 Figured something out!!!

    Hi I've posted about issues I've had with my sound not starting, and my printer not printing and I've had a few other issues I haven't posted about. Well I think I've found the cause of at least some of them. I noticed that when I reboot the computer the start sound plays but when I boot the...
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    Windows 8 Win 8.1 Inactivity BSOD issues.. pics attached

    Hi Guys, Basically I have a new Zoostorm PC and only in the past 2-3 months that if I leave the PC for about 5 minutes or so I get a BSOD and it reboots itself. Weird thing is that the PC works fine when using it...it's only after I leave it. Naturally I have disabled it from hibernating...
  15. Windows 8 Windows 8 I cannot update

    I try to update Windows 8 and I cannot. I have stuck with 19 updates on my list. Windows seem installs the updates but when I reboot the Windows 8 states that cannot configure the new updates (around 35% in the process) and reverts the changes. It doesn't provide an error code. So far I have...
  16. Windows 8 Windows 8 BSOD all the time

    Hello, I am having a BSOD.. Computer is always restarting. I have tried a fresh install of windows from scratch. That didn't help. I stress tested the video card and CPU.. It never over heated. I have ran a hard drive test. The hard drive passed.. I just started to run a Memory Test. But...
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    Windows 8 Having some glitchy and laggy audio

    Lately, when I play any kind of audio, it will slow down and start crackling. When I reboot, it goes away....for a while. It seems like when it sleeps, it gets this problem. I tried to update the driver, but my computer said it was up to date. I don't know what else to do. Does anyone know what...
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    Windows 7 Windows7 hanging when shutting down applying updates

    Whenever I shut down or reboot Windows7 I get a message that Windows is applying update 9 of 13, but the "update" never gets "applied" and Windows7 just hangs supposedly trying to apply it. Yet when I subsequently boot into Windows7 and look a Windows Update there are no important updates...
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    Windows 8 Windows 8.1 experts needed, sleep & hibernate stopped working

    So Windows forced me to update to Windows 8.1, which I didn't want but still. They don't care, they forced the update. Which means my laptop reboots way slower, but I'll deal with that. Perhaps W8.1 is better at several area's. Anyways, I got a problem with sleep and hibernate mode. I can enter...
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    Windows 8 crash and automatic reboot on Win 8

    I usually leave the machine running. It is set to produce a memory dump and to "automatically restart" upon system failure. When I came to the computer this afternoon, it said it had crashed and restared. Here's a summary of the machine by Speccy: Summary Operating System Windows 8...