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Windows 11 Bluetooth Keeps Disappearing From Device Manager/System
I have an EP-9636GS EDUB LOVE Wi-Fi 6 / Bluetooth 5.1 3K Mbps Broadcom Adapter with AX-200 tech, really broadband, fast transmission rates, but I am continually experiencing a significant problem in that the network card keeps becoming invisible to the system, like it's not even there, not...- gremlinkurst
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- adapter bluetooth broadcom connectivity device manager drivers fast startup gaming hardware installation intermittent motherboard msi network card performance system issues tech support troubleshooting wi-fi 6 windows 11
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Driver power state failure pci.sys
Recently i have been facing BSOD with driver power state failure. i have opened the dump file and debugged it PLEASE HELP ********** DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE (9f) A driver has failed to complete a power IRP within a specific time. Arguments: Arg1: 0000000000000003, A device object has been...- nilaygala
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- acpi bsod debugging driver issues drivers dump files error failure hardware support kernel pci.sys power state system issues tech help troubleshooting windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 11 Windows NT BSOD "C" Variation (occurs on every single version of NT including 11)
Hello, After playing around in a Windows XP VM, I noticed a very peculiar type of BSOD that I like to call a CBSOD due to it only occuring with bugcheck codes that start with a C. From NT 3.1 all the way to Windows 7, it basically looked like this: Unlike the normal XP-7 BSOD, this one is...- theOneHAL9000
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- bsod bsod variation bugcheck c errors corruption error codes file issues research system issues technical details troubleshooting user friendly vm issues windows 11 windows 7 windows 8 windows history windows nt windows xp
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Help, Apps Not Working?
Yesterday I ran into a couple of problems, 1. When I click on Microsoft Store noting happens, it won't open 2. Apps such as Snip & Sketch, Calculator, Maps, Sticky Notes along with other apps that were downloaded from the Microsoft Store are shown in the start menu, but when I click on them I...- donb2012
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- app application issues error microsoft store reinstall support system issues troubleshooting utilities windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Desktop icons just plain white
About 50% of the time when I book up W10, almost all desktop icons are just white ... and PC shows as busy. No matter how long I leave it does not recover. If I use Ctl_Alt_Del and log off, then log back on it does build properly. I have also carried out right-click Refresh on a correctly...- sargan
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- icon cache log off performance issues refresh system issues user interface version 21h1 windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 11 Anyone else running Windows 11 notice this?
Hi everyone. While Windows 11 has solved several problems that I've had, like not being able to sign in to Widows Terminal as Admin, there is one thing that I think is kind of weird. One is that it will sometimes open multiple copied of programs that it wouldn't do before. I discover that if I...- MikeHawthorne
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- 3d content creation admin rights bugs feedback file explorer gaming memory memory optimization multitasking optimization performance programs ram system issues terminal update user experience video editing windows 11
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Windows 10 home freezes after update 21H1 ver. 19043.1288
Hi Windows Forum I have been experiencing some rather annoying issues with my WIndows 10 Home Edition. At random times it either gives me a blue screen where it says "Your PC closed unexpected, please restart" or just this evening after opening Battlefield 3 while having a administrating program...- shadows
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- blue screen bootable usb crash error freezes gaming home edition loading screen media creation tool pc maintenance performance reboot repair software conflict system issues tech support troubleshooting update windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Windows changed all directories to Read Only
Ok, I'm not enjoying Win10 at all at this point. Every day something new happens that causes me issues. Today, ALL of my directories are suddenly Read Only and I'm not able to update certain Word docs. I've gone online to see how to resolve the Read Only issue but it seems that everybody...- persius
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- directories file issues file management help request microsoft word read only system issues troubleshooting user experience windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Windows Boot Manager installed to other harddrive with windows on it.
I am trying to figure out what happened to my system to prevent it from happening again, and how to fix it. I had an old hard drive that I got from my family member after I upgraded their hard drive to an SSD for more speed. My plan was to slave it to my computer and format the hard drive, using...- malak2004
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- active partition bcd bios boot manager boot time command line disk formatting drive management hard drive hardware upgrade installation media m.2 os partition performance issues repair storage system issues tech support troubleshooting windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 How to reset all permissions to default?
I couldn't find this anywhere and I really need help about this. Long story short, I thought RESTRICTED PACKAGES, ALL PACKAGES and TrustedInstaller were viruses so I removed their permissions from wherever I could but it turned out to be Windows 10's feature and the permissions are now messed...- Nimit
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- factory reset reset security settings system issues troubleshooting user rights windows 10 windows apps
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Windows 10 seeing C: drive as too large
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...- schmieg
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- c drive dell disk management gigabyte partition size samsung 970 evo storage storage issues system issues version 21h1 windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 RTX 3080 Crashing
Hello, I am experiencing crashes in multiple different games. I originally thought the crashes were purely related to Call of Duty games but I have now experienced crashes in Doom Eternal, Madden 21, and Rocket Arena. Funnily enough, I never experienced a crash in Cyberpunk... Anyways, the...- wundermittens
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- crash cyberpunk directx driver issues error codes event viewer fault bucket gaming gpu hardware livekernelevent nvidia performance ram rtx 3080 system issues troubleshooting warzone windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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Windows 10 Search task missing
The search bar in windows explorer is greyed out and I can't type anyting in it. In Task Manager there is no Search task. Perhaps that is the reason. HJow do I get the Search task back?- hcccs
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- explorer greyed out keyboard missing task search system issues task manager troubleshooting user interface windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 W10 Pro Laptop suddenly cold boots slow (has SSD for C:)
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...- WonderWoman77
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- cold boot diagnostics error hard drive hp laptop intel laptop specs malware performance personal computer ram slow boot ssd startup time system issues tech support troubleshooting upgrade windows 10 windows update
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Temp Profile Issue
Multiple users on different desktops getting temp profile in Windows 7. I know the fix to delete the .BAK in the registry but the temp profile doesn't have it. Started around 3 months ago. I attached event viewer errors. Stumped.- MikePuz
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- desktop issues event viewer multi-user profile management registry system issues temp profile troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 memory_management BSOD at random times
Hi! This is a newly built computer, it worked fine with a GT710, replaced it with an RX480 now it keeps throwing memory_management and other various BSOD upon bootup or during a clean windows installation. I can confirm the RX480 works on an Intel based system that passed MSI Kombustor 15min...- Loximity
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- access violation bsod clean install dump report gigabyte graphics card memory management memtest86 motherboard overclocking ram rx480 ryzen 5 safe mode stress test system issues thermaltake voltage adjustment windows installation xmp profile
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 10 Task Scheduler will not run batch files
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...- schmieg
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- access denied automation batch file command prompt cumulative update debugging dism error image restore sfc software conflict system issues system restore task scheduler troubleshooting update issues windows 10 windows update
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 PC freezes when wifi randomly disconnected
Once it freezes, I can't move my mouse pointer or keyboard. Only to hard shutdown my PC. I did not update my drivers. Nothing is shown to windows update settings window. My PC is Dell Inspiron 15 3552. Driver name: Qualcomm QCA9565 802.11b/g/n Driver date: April 21, 2017 This just happens...- NerferMC
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- connectivity dell driver issues drivers hardware incompatibility laptop mouse network issues performance qualcomm random disconnects shutdown software system freeze system issues troubleshooting wifi windows update
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Start Menu Critical Error
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...- marcycn
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- critical error google solutions os build system issues troubleshooting user experience windows 10 windows update
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Extremely slow response when a web browser accesses the folder structure
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...- amz
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- browser edge firefox folders non-responsive performance slow response system issues system performance windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support