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    Windows 10 Troubleshooting WDF_Violation BSOD After Windows 10 Update and Driver Changes

    I use Win 10, recently updated to 1903, on an Asus notebook. After updating to version 1903 and then using IObit Driver Booster to update some drivers (I don I get wdf_violation BSOD when restarting or on shutdown and sleep. I don't remember the drivers which got updated in order to roll them...
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    Windows 10 StrTrail.txt Error. Any help is appreciated.

    Hello, I am currently running into a BSOD on my windows Laptop. I currently am stuck in a loop where I cannot even enter Safe Mode, and I have run out of online sources that could help me in the correct direction. According to my SrtTrail.txt file, my error lies within the bootres.dll, which is...
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    System Restore Issues with Windows 10 and Malwarebytes: Troubleshooting Tips

    When I tied to run this with 1803 t said the probable cause was an a/v interfering. I only have MBAM so I disabled it by right clicking and selecting "quit". When I ran system restore again the same thing happened. Can Windows be working against itself so I should disable ransomware etc.? I...
  4. abrogard

    Windows 10 Can't Reinstall - GPT disk it says.

    What can I do? My win10 installation seems to have died this morning. I can't rescue it, repair it, go to a restore point or put an image on - nothing works. So I tried to install a new Win10 but got a message that it couldn't be installed because that chosen disk and partition (the very one...
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    Windows 10 Dedicated backup drive won't let anthing to be written to or deleted from it for no good reason!

    Windows 10 Enterprise 2016 I tried to restore to a previously 'created restore point' but it failed (System restore error 0x80070091). Because I had an Audio Driver issue... Meantime I fixed my audio card driver problem (reinstall)... But immediately two irrelevant things are screwed up now...
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    Windows 7 Deleting Windows Restore Points, then wiping the free space

    Hello: I am trying to sell a computer to someone else, and want to more or less sanitize my personal info from the computer. I secure-deleted the files with sensitive info, uninstalled my financial software, and then ran a program like Eraser that claimed to effectively wipe all free space. I...
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    Windows 10 Understanding Recovery Options: Repair Disc vs. USB Recovery Drive vs. Bootable ISO

    HI all, I'm running Win 10 Pro 32-bit Anniv. Ed. I've created a DVD Repair Disc, a USB Recovery Drive, and a bootable ISO on DVD. I understand that the Repair Disc has an option to return to an earlier Restore Point. When would a USB Recovery Drive be needed, instead? What does it offer over a...
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    Windows 10 Baffled By Hard Drive Space

    I've got Windows 10 Pro 64bit installed on my system and the hard drive is showing me over 60GB of used space. When I open the C drive and unhide all folders and do a Properties, it shows just over 20GB of used space on my system drive. I'm trying to figure out where 40GB of files are hiding...
  9. omar ed

    Windows 10 laptop starts again after shutdown (instead of shutting down it reboots)

    update no F!"/ way I only maintained the power button pressed to force shutdown and that solved everything for ulterior shut downs... until now Hello, I was trying to solve my bluetooth mouse disconnecting issues but I got a "bigger" one. I went to device manager and under human interface...
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    Windows 10 No restore point on Windows 10

    Can someone help please. My hp PC seemed to seize up. I found there was no restore point. Evidently this was not turned on! I didn't know I had to do this on Windows 10. Anyway, I pressed recovery instead. I was warned I would lose apps. What I didn't know was that I would lose Microsoft...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 pro update problems

    System.. Windows 7 pro sp1. Lenovo lap top, last update registers as 08/05/16 Problem.. When I use the check for updates from the control panel it tells me the last check date is 08.08.16 last updated 08/05/16. When I try to go to windows updater and check for up dates the green bar just...
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    Windows 7 Space available on a triple SSD (40GB each) in RAID 0 keeps changing

    A couple of weeks ago I got a message that I had virtually no space on my C drive (3 x 40GB SSD in RAID 0). This was a big surprise. I am running Windows 7 PRO. I removed some restore points to get back to 7 GB of free space. I then did a disk cleanup to get to 11 GB. Since then, the free...
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    Windows 7 Can't Boot from any source

    Having trouble booting computer after failed Windows 10 update. After cancelling the install restarted machine but only came up with a cursor and a blue background. Got to task manager so changed msconfig to start in safe mode on restart and was going to go back to a restore point. Tried to...
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    Windows 7 Can I use System Restore Points WITHOUT Shadow Copies? Relationship?

    I am uncertain what the differences are between System Restore Points and Shadow Copies. Actually I need only System Restore Points. 1.) Can I use SRP without (!) Shadow Copies? 2.) When Shadow copies always necessary: Why are SRP invented? Why not using Shadow Copies only? 3.) Assume I...
  15. MikeHawthorne

    Windows 10 Restore Point Creator!!!

    Hi I don't know about everyone else but I find that Widows isn't very good at creating restore points where I sometimes wish I had one. For years I've used a program that quickly creates a restore point with no hassles when ever I want one. Installing some new program or installing some...
  16. BobDobalina

    Windows 7 Complex Problem with Windows 7 (again)

    Hello everyone, today I expected a hard (or more than even one) issue(s) with my computer. Yesterday I installed Windows 7 Security updates and also with a driver clean installer newer GPU drivers. Somehow I recognized, that the system startup went a bit slower so I thought I make a restore of...
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    Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB Desktop Problems

    A few days ago over half of the shortcuts on my desktop disappeared. I have no idea what happened to cause this. My user desktop folder still showed all of the shortcuts that were previously on the visual desktop. When I attempted to recreate the missing shortcuts on my visual desktop I...
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    Windows 7 System Restore Points with full or only partial Registry backup?

    Assume I create a System Restore Point. Is a full Registry backup included? or only a partial backup for all branches which are core Windows 7 related? By the way: Is each SRP independent from the others? If I delete lets say the 3rd out of 5 SRPs. Are the two 2 SRPs following the third still...
  19. Curious

    Windows 10 Issue with Windows 10 Backup Default Libraries Resetting

    Hello, When i use feature Backup of Windows 10, i see in Option "Back Up These Folders" some libraries as default. I know that i can add or remove libraries or i can exclude Folders. But, happens that, when i leave the backup and days ago i come to do another backup, it appears again with the...
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    Windows 10 Window 10 Boot issues! ! !

    So I downloaded Windows 10 on my Desktop and Laptop(using to post). My laptop had no issues what so ever. My desktop on the other hand, the start button stopped working after I restarted the computer. Today I turned my PC on and got this screen. it says Error Inaccesable_Boot_Device I have...
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