system issues

I am running a Dell XPS 8930 with 21H1 version of windows pro, 4mhz processor, 16 gig memory on an ethernet lan. I haven't noticed any problems with the system, but I entered the Settings - System - Storage window yesterday and it said that my C: drive was 1.6 TB. Now, while that sounds good...

Hello, I am a help desk tech with 25 yrs experience so pretty skilled I would say. I am having a sudden issue with my personal laptop. It has recently as in within the past week started taking an unusually long time to get Windows to start from a cold boot. I wind up sitting for approximately...

Beginning about four days ago, all three of my Windows 10 machines stopped running batch files scheduled in the Task Scheduler. These batch files had been running on schedule for over a year when all three suddenly stopped about the same time. I believe that this is about the time that the...

I let my machine update yesterday and it took over 3 hours. My system now says it's OS Build 19041.329. Now my start menu gives me a critical error message. I've done most of the things I have found in Google with no different outcome. What did I upgrade to and how do I get the windows menu...

Often, when I do something that requires a program to access the folder structure, such as an "attach," the system responds incredibly slowly. It might take a minute or more, during which it shows as non-responding. This mainly occurs with several web browsers, including Edge and FF). My sense...

Hi. Been struggeling with this for weeks. Device manager do not detect new devices. I'm also not able to uninstall any of the universal USB controllers. Have tried to boot without any USB devies exept keyboard and mouse, but usb is still not working correctly. I have win10 with latest update...

I have 2 desktops in same condition, I can't enter pw after switching power on. First one was in use with legal Win pro until i had to restart it. Second haven't been in use for 3-4 months and now today when i tried to replace first dt with it, second one went in same mode right after first...

I thought Program Manager was in Windows 3 Why is it in Win 10? On shutdown, occasionally the pc hangs with a message saying Program Manager is still running At times it will freeze indefinitely After running several malware and virus scanners the system reports no abnormalities Can I safely...

Originally updated Win 7 to 10 successfully as soon as available with many updates installed .subsequently without any hassle. Recently this changed. Last successful update 1803, but then failed right up to recent 1909, error code 0xc004f075. This error code is meaningless - does not produce...

Hello, I am asking for information on what could be the reason. The system is correctly restarted. Start - run - restart After restart, despite all the message "event tracking will shut down the system" why why since the system has been correctly restarted and not as a result of power failure

The mbr on my Windows 10 professional laptop is missing or corrupt. I've tried to repair it through the command prompt but it won't let me run as administrator because it can not find the runas command. I have bootable usb and able to boot into the troubleshooting mode but it won't repair...

I recently did two updates (Windows update [manually – I am Windows 8.1] and MS Office 365 update [automatically via ‘Update Now’ within MS Office settings]) that created a host of problems including: -- Office hanging/”Not Responding” -- Office not recognizing printers (despite the fact all...

When I press shutdown nothing comes up. I've read lots of different ways including alt f4 and it closes shutdown immediately I also can't get into certain settings. Any ideas?

Hello, I purchased a branded MSI system in Oct, 2018 with Win 10 preinstalled and since then i have constant and daily BSOD events. I use the PC mainly for work (graphic design), browsing and playing but the events do not seem to be related to a specific activity. I manually checked for all...

Running windows 8 64 bit. Completely updated. Not quite sure what is going on but I have a massive 128GB file named FlashUtilOActmveX*dll that I cannot delete. Not even sure what it is but when I got to delete I get some weird error messages. Any help on what this is and how to get rid of it...

Tolong bantu saya, windows saya error ketika masuk, itu mengirim saya 'windows telah ditemui dan akan restart secara otomatis dalam satu menit. tolong selamatkan pekerjaan anda'

I've been getting BSOD crashes increasingly for the past couple of months, it started out as a couple times a month, and now its multiple times a day. Mostly UNEXPECTED_STORE_EXCEPTION and CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED. I don't know if this is relevant, but i replaced my hard drive a couple months back...

Just did a new PC build and have been forced to upgrade to Win10, --- Not a happy camper, but resigned to it. A few days ago I began getting this every time the OS is loaded: Then, I found this on one of my data drives about the same time: There has been nothing to indicate a ransomware...

I'm stuck and need help. Hardware: asrock pro gaming x399 (latest bios) 1950x (custom liquid cooler with phantom block + 420gtx nemesis rad) msi gtx 970 gaming 4g (latest firmware, stock dual fan cooler) crucial ballistic elite 2x 8gb sticks at 3466mhz corsair commander pro for the fans...

today i downloaded a game called chess ultra. when i opened it the graphics was so high that the game started lagging. so i quit the game. but after this my pc was super slow. the cpu,ram,disk,gpu,network all are free (2-15% used) but i can't even search a program on start. i disabled all third...