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Part of an answer of Microsoft on a problem with dwm.exe (see my topic W10 on small / marginal systems) is run sfc/scannow. That was a disaster, when I returned after an hour or so, I found my PC trying to install W10 TP 10041. I just rebooted, it told me that it could not install and all looks...

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...

I am trying to update newly installed Win. 8 so I can install Win 8.1. Up[grade will not take, upon rebooting it has a failure to update and reverting changes(takes forever). I have had this problem before and usually doing a "troubleshoot updates" and a clean boot worked, even did a...

Hi. I am having a problem with a brand new computer from day one. I ordered a new computer from a reputable manufacturer with an ASUS X99 motherboard, Samsung EVO 850 SSD hard drive, Geforce 980GTX and 16 GB of system memory. After the very first boot which was successful I am experiencing...

I've been having the biggest issues with my computer as of late, and need help fast.. Basically, my audio driver fails to work, and won't play sound. After digging around, I found out it was AVG quarantining files with Realtek drivers. I had AVG, but uninstalled deleting all of the stuff in the...

The Aero Flip 2D does not work anymore although the Flip 3D does . When I press Alt+Tab I only see the classic list of active tasks: And I cannot use the directional keys to select a task. Facts about the problem: Ø Only one user account is affected. Ø The Desktop Composition is...

Hey, everyone. My first BSOD occurred about 10 days ago, randomly and frequently. I'd done SFC /scannow and 'Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth', nothing wrong. Then several rounds driver verifier, uninstalled some programs with drivers that triggered BSOD, drivers indicated by...

Hi all, Up to date Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center. Media Center crashes immediately on (attempted) start up, with this info: Problem signature: Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: ehshell.exe Application Version: 6.3.9600.16384 Application Timestamp: 5215efc2...

I don't know where else to ask this so I am posting this here: A few days ago I installed a third party program which installed a hijacking search engine called snap.do, I then proceeded to uninstall it but now I can't connect to the internet altogether, so I run a virus scan and a few things...

Cannot install Windows Live Essentials 2012 Here's the latest in a long series of unsolvable problems where Windows Essentials 2012 can not be installed. I've asked this same question on other forums only to have it insulted, ignored or used to guide me to spam. The repeated error message -...

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...

Laptop #1..... 32-bit. Win 8.1 Pro dual boot with Win 10 TP Laptop #2..... 64-bit. Win 7 dual boot with Win 10 TP There is something inherently wrong with the Win 10 TP iso non-Enterprise copies. Both 32-bit and 64-bit copies. In both copies ( 32 and 64 bit ), sfc found corrupt files but unable...

Within the span of one week, I have installed Dual Boot on my 2 laptops. Win 7 and Win 10 TP 64-bit Win 8.1 Pro and Win 10 TP 32-bit In BOTH cases, after install and before I started to install programs, I made a restore point, and then did a sfc. Both cases, sfc reported corrupt files but...

This button is not working. The window doesnt hang. There is no error message. It just doesnt say anything. I am trying to install Visual Studio 2013. It needs to create a system restore point before starting installation. Needless to say, it fails too. I am on Windows 8.1. I ran sfc /scannow...

I had read a few threads about ........ 1. Error 87 2.That it is not applicable to Win 7. Since I have 3 machines with different versions of OS, I decided to check it out. On each machine, I ran sfc /scannow, then after that, dism. I found a thing or 2 perplexing..... On my Dell laptop...

I hope this is the right forum but I think my error is fairly generic across all the windows OS's. I have found myself is a fairly irritating position. My SBS 2008 server has failed and causing me a whole lot of pain in the process. There was a fairly comprehensive backup plan in place...

Hello and welcome, Today my beloved Win 8.1 gave me a surprising license deactivation, meaning the license just suddenly became void despite working properly for some few months. I suspect two reasons: - I changed GPU the day before (but it's not like the problem occurred right after changing...

Hi, I currently have an issue with my sound icon showing a x on it, its not muted and the drivers are installed correctly, infact i have tried uninstalling the software and letting windows install its own driver which comes up as a hd device audio device, but the icon still have the cross. if i...

Help! After the latest updates on Windows Update I can't boot my laptop (an HP Envy Ultrabook 4). Every time I try to start the computer it first goes into repair mode (where none of the solutions have worked so far) and subsequently displays only a blue screen with the message: "STOP...

Acer Aspire 7741z Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit IE10. Windows ( Live ) Essentials installed and up to date. I am unable to run the current Windows ( Live ) Movie Maker. I have to install and use Windows Movie maker 6.0 version instead. The problem started long ago. Once I reinstalled Win 7...