system files

I installed windows 10 tech preview today and was super excited to see all the new stuff, to my displeasure I found out that windows 10 isn't working properly on my system what so ever, as soon as i boot up into the start menu after putting in my password and signing into my Microsoft Account I...

The other day a friend and I decided to have a game of L4D2 although for some strange reason the game would start but then crash. Whilst searching for a fix, a solution was found which involved using the System file scanner to repair system files. The trouble is that with recent builds the SFC...

I made my C partition 100GB thinking that i wouldn't need more than that for my windows and users folder, but it turns out that most of the time i am struggling to keep the 10% needed for the windows to function properly. Now while my User folder takes 18GB which is reasonable my Windows folder...

Well, my nephew dropped his laptop with win 7 (Dell) and their software/recovery stuff is cr*p (you don't get an actual windows disk when you buy the product - thanks Dell!) and it won't boot so I tried to help him recover gigs of music etc from the "bad disk". Using win 8.1 I was able to buy...

I have 109,522 files (122,143 folders) in my Temporary Internet files in the C:\users\my name\AppData\Local\Temp folder hugging 5.14 GB and slowing down the performance. When I try to delete those temp files: Message: they are system files and deleting them will interfere with Windows. What are...

I have Sony Laptop with windows 7 Starter(32bit). THis PC was 3 yrs old and was running very slow. So, i tried to format it and install new windows 7. But the problem is I cannot upgrade. It says to start the PC normally without using boot CD/USB and try installing from windows. I couldnt...

I know that when formatting the C drive from within the Windows command prompt, you get an error message, however would it format it successfully if you were to boot into the command prompt version of Windows XP and type the same command? Also, I know that typing "del c:\/f /s /q" can delete...

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...

Hello, I'm having a bsod issue with my PC that has been bugging me for a long while now. Apparently Ntoskrnl.exe continues to appear in all of my Bsod mini-dumps and is almost always paired with another exe or system file. This particular pair has shown up several times, And seems to happen...

I am seeking to get rid of unwanted material on my system prior to backing it up. I have been surprised to learn from programs such as Glary Utilities Disk Space Analyzer that I have on my external hard drive F a huge System Volume Information folder--16.32 GB. Windows Explorer tells me when I...

I recently installed windows 8.1 and there is a problem with the windows Fast Start up (hybrid boot) feature as sometimes it works and windows starts very fast and sometimes it doesn't starts fast but just take sometime to start as if I started from a cold boot. I tried everything from inside...

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...

I have a very important relation about cryptolockers! It's About uninstalling cryptolockers Open your task manager, enter the process tab and terminate the crypto's tree. Open the Run menu and go to the msconfig program. Enter the services tab and disable the crypto. Enter the Startup tab...

I was messing with batch files and accidentally clicked one that I shouldn't have made. Here are it's contents: attrib -r -s -h c:\autoexec.bat del c:\autoexec.bat attrib -r -s -h c:\boot.ini del c:\boot.ini attrib -r -s -h c:\ntldr del c:\ntldr attrib -r -s -h c:\windows\win.ini del...

Running the latest version of Windows 8.1, all updated, on an HP i7 4th Gen Quad Core laptop with 16gb RAM and 1TB hard disk. I'm the Admin of my account. Every now and then, while installing a program (or every time I try to run a Command Prompt (Admin) after hitting Win-X), I will get a...

Hi all, I had windows 8.1 up-to-date until yesterday when my Dad deleted some of the system folder/files by mistake and now it's not booting up. Anyway, I was thinking of doing a fresh install. So my question is, is the .iso that we download from Windows 8.1 Upgrade Appliation is kept...

Hi, I'm trying to fix my user profile by following the steps in the following page: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/fix-corrupted-user-profile#1TC=windows-7 When I get to point 7: Select all of the files and folders in this folder, except the following files: Ntuser.dat...

Hello, I have owned an alienware x51 gamin desktop for the past year and a half and I'm considering restoring it to factory default to enhance the performance and fix some issues. Over the years I have been actively installing many 3rd party utilities and apps that have changed system files and...

Hi Am hoping someone can help me solve this riddle because it is driving me nuts. I do not use IE as my primary explorer! I installed SQL Server 2012 onto my PC to do some studying into SQL, but when I tried to launch Visual Studio it told me: "Visual Studio requires Internet Explorer 6.0 or...

It started mostly to happen when I enter or exiting games (planetside 2) , but now it happens randomly whenever it wants to :/ getting win32k.sys and more sys files, what can be the reason?