reinstallation

I had this really strange issue with my computer this morning, the audio and network weren't working. In addition to that, I couldn't even see the network status on the taskbar. I went to services and almost all of them were disabled. I looked for ones that said network and ones that said audio...

I had to re-install 10 and in the background it automatically re-activated without me having to insert my key (this obviously doesn't happen in 7 automatically) and it also had all the drivers installed which is awesome, but how does it know my product key? My updates aren't downloading like...

Hi. I've reinstalled win 10 on a few computers this month and the first update that comes along (a very time consuming one) copies the ENTIRE c: drive system partition's worth of date again to do this update??? The old partition info is put in a folder called "windows.old". What do they do this...

Windows 10 was working fine until a few months ago when I started getting BSODs very frequently and at random. I get at least one every 24 hours and it's either "Unexpected store exception" or "Critical process died". It never creates a memory dump no matter what I've tried and I' already ran...

Hi It's been almost two weeks since I uninstalled Chrome because of problems I was having with my computer after the Anniversary Update. Since then, there have been several updates to Windows 10 and my computer has been running perfectly. So today I decided to reinstall the latest version of...

From my local C drive I want to copy a folder named windows.old.000 to cd or memory stick. But also I want to be able to reinstall the same folder if it need to be. please tell me if it is possible and how to do it? Thank you

I have an installation of win7 Ultimate x64 that is going wobbly. So I want to run repair on it. But I can't find the original disks. found the microsoft site where I can download a win7 ISO if I give them the key from that machine. That's fine. And I'll do it. But just wonder - that will...

Ok, So my PC was heavily infected my malware, hence I reinstalled windows 10. Installed drivers from company site. Now some problems remain: 1. No digital output device listed in playback devices 2. Company signature missing when I check system properties 3. USB 3.0 has very less speed (won't...

Okay so today I was having some major issues with windows 10, apps were taking forever to load and i did a defrag and after some more issues i decided to reinstall windows. But for some reason i keep on getting a error 0xC004C003. So windows 10 as of now is unactivated, I had a valid key and I...

Hi, my computer had many viruses and i could not enter google services like google and youtube and these sites. So, i choosed to reinstall my windows os from the control panel! But, the installation was stuck on 14% in about 8 hours or somethings... Then i turned my computer off, And when i...

My PC is infected with a Trojan that NOD32 can not cleaned. Before Windows 10 I would just go ahead and reformat. However, since WIN10 have the reset option (keep my files but reinstall all Windows files) I was wondering if I should just go this route.

Hi All, I've had Windows 10 home edition for quite some time now, basically since it was released. All the sudden this morning it asked me to restart for an update (didn't think anything of it) but then it was at the install screen doing the three steps "Copying Files, Downloading Drivers...

ACTIVATION OPTION UNFOUND WIN7 HOME BASIC.. OBTAINED ACTIVATION KEY LOOKED IN COMPUTER PROPS NO OPTION TO ACTIVATE. THIS IS A CD I BOUGHT I USED IT FOR A MONTH ALL THE TIME NAGGING ME TO ACTIVATE. WHEN I GOT A KEY THE OPTION DISSAPEARED!!! THE CD WAS A WINDOWS CD.I INSTALLED WINDOWS THEN...

For the past couple of weeks I have been having problems with my laptop, which I initially thought was a virus, and after reinstalling Windows 7 on many, many occasions, it just will not update. I have read, and tried many of the suggested solutions from many various websites, but it just won't...

Hi, after I bought the Lenovo Ideapad 500S with Windows 10 pre-installed, a Linux OS was installed. Now, I want to change it again to Windows 10. I made a bootable USB (with Linux), changed the settings in BIOS to EUFI and tried to boot. He's giving me 2 options; HDD and the USB after...

To save confusion, I'm going to refer to the two programs as X and Y. When I have program X running, it all works fine and I can open any program alongside it. However, if I try and open program Y while X is running, X crashes without warning or an error message and Y opens up as normal. I've...

Hello! This is my first time posting here. I hope I'm doing it right. I've been having a lot of trouble recently with my computer. I really started noticing this after I upgraded to Windows 10. I've tried several things: sfc /scannow, DISM, a computer reset, and an in-place re-installation...

Hello! I'm using Windows 7 Home Premium edition running on an Asus Laptop, purchased approximately in August 2012. I just restored it to factory settings, erasing all data and installing the original version of Windows. Unfortunately, when I try to run Windows Updates it won't work. The...

I've been experiencing lots of issues with my pc recently. Most notably is that, no matter what I tried to fix it, my AMD drivers crash at the most random times even when my pc is idling. after trying every software solution I could find and/or think of (Incl. reinstalling windows 10) I decided...

Hello, I bought a restored hp elitebook 8460p with a core i5 processor and 16gb of ram, Recently the hard drive failed so i put a new one in, re installed windows 7 home premium 64 bit and downloaded all the drivers I could find and installed my programs, but now when my computer is just on the...