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Hello, first time poster here and losing my mind. I know we all have things to do, but I'm on a job-killing deadline and can't get my HP laptop to complete a "repair‑install (in‑place upgrade)". The details: I couldn't install that pesky security update KB5077181. I read this thread...

Guys, please help! I was moving a 55GB Steam folder from drive C to drive D. Then I got a blue screen of death with the error "KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR" then I was thrown into the BIOS, and then I rebooted the computer 2-3 times and the system started again. Then my Steam update started, I...

I am using Hyper-V in Windows 11 Pro. I have very little experience with Hyper-V and VMs, so treat me like I'm a 7-year-old. I've been using a USB drive in a virtual machine. I've been following the operation where I start the VM, open disk management on the host machine, take the USB drive...

Error 0x8000FFFF — the dreaded “Catastrophic failure” — is rarely fatal, but it’s a disruptive Windows error that often appears after an update, during a System Restore, or when a core servicing operation fails; it generally signals corrupted system files, a damaged component store, driver...

Hello All, I'm running Windows 10 Pro version 22H2, OS build 19045.2364. I attempted to update my computer on April 15. There were a host of security updates as well as the update to 19045.2846. It seemed to go well, but I noticed that Windows Explorer seemed laggy. I'd try to click and drag a...

About 2 weeks ago, I noticed that the slider switch on my Emsisoft AntiMalware home security, which activates/deactivates the Windows Defender firewall, was in the 'off' position. Thinking it strange, I set it to 'on'. More strange though, as 10 seconds later, it reset itself to 'off'. Further...

In task manager, I tried to run new task explorer.exe Nothing Ran sfc /scannow Nothing Entered a batch file to terminate and run explorer.exe Nothing File explorer options through control panel are viewable/customizable but no matter what is done...

Hi! I'm curious if any one here has used any of the W10 recovery options. W10 has several ways to recover from mistakes. W10 has the old stand by Restore to a earlier time, but it has other ways to recover. I would like to hear what experiences members have had with the other recovery options. I...

Hello, I have a Latitude E5450 laptop running Windows 10 with the latest updates. Recently I have started getting the blue screen of death very often (several times a day) with various errors. I did all the hardware diagnostic possible (memtest, CPU, GPU,..), all were passed. I even tried the...

Hi Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade This tutorial will show you how to do a repair install of Windows 10 by performing an in-place upgrade without losing anything! After looking through this it doesn't seem to show the option to not lose anything the way that I thought it...

Have an interesting issue with explorer.exe locking up when I try to close photo viewer within several minutes, but only if I open the picture file from the desktop. Opening photos from within a folder anywhere else on the system it opens and closes fine (no need to wait). If I let it sit for...

So yesterday i shut down my computer, and today when i started it up (about 2 hours ago) i can see the startup Motherboard message and all the BIOS stuff, but after that it is just a blank black screen, can't see the blue Windows logo, or that spinning circle indicating that it's loading. I...

I have run sfc /scannow a number of times (as an administrator) and I always get a message that says System File Checker has found corrupted files but cannot repair some of them. I have opened the Log and have found many files which SFC says are corrupted. In Windows XP, there was an easy way...

Hi Yesterday while I was trying to get my computer to boot again, I discovered another option for recovering your Windows install. Starting with the blue screen... I recieved this message, File\boot\BCD Boot configuration data contains errors. It told me to insert the installation media to...

Hi, unfortunately my Lenovo e530 laptop run into a little issue recently and i was looking for a way to reinstall windows but without having to do a whole factory reset, as with the built in setup files, there only appears to be the option to restore to factory default and no 'repair only'...

On the very first boot after completing a successful, error-free Repair Install, and after entering my username and password but before the desktop appeared, I received the following BSOD message: I saved the kernel dump (no mini-dump was created, even though I have that enabled) and the boot...

Microsoft Office Pro 2007 - Reconfiguration on every launch. Using MS Office Pro 2007 on Window 7 x32. When I launch either Word or Excel, a configuration pages comes up that takes several minutes to resolve. After the re-configuration runs, the component, Word or Excel then launches and works...

[Solved] Cannot install updates nor IE10 Hi all, Windows 7 version: 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601 x64 Computer Model: Dell XPS 8300 (PSU upgraded to 750W) Motherboard: Stock Dell RAM: 16GB Hard Drive: 1TB + 1.5TB both Seagate (ST31000528AS, ST31500341AS) Graphics Card: NVidia GTX...

I would like to do a Windows 7 repair install of my OEM system. I followed a link for a 64 bit oem download but it would open;see below: "You can do a repair install on a factory OEM installation with the latest official Windows 7 with SP1 ISO file here: Microsoft: Windows 7 Direct Download...

I first got my bsod's only when playing bf3. Then I started getting them on firefox, and now it's anytime. I've ran dskchk /r /f. I only use Microsoft Security Essentials. I've restored to last known good configuration. I upgraded my ram because I thought it was the problem, but after buying...