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    DCP Watchdog Violation issue while gaming

    I am getting consistent blue screens on certain games and the error codes I am getting on the blue screens keep changing the last one was DCP Watchdog violation but I've also had Page Fault in the non page area and Unexpected Kernnel Mode Trap. This seems to be happening mostly in Call of...
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    Windows 10 resets date format by itself

    Hey guys, I have a strange behavior on my system: I manually select date format to be dd.mm.yy and after every reboot, or even randomly while using the computer it resets itself to dd/mm/yy. This is driving me crazy. I even tried to edit the registry key manually but it's not helping it...
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    Windows 10 Driver Issues as "flagged" by "Device Manager". Would like to resolve prior to RESET or Hard Drive Change and MS10 Reload

    NET: 1)I have an older Thinkpad T500 which came with Windows 7 and I later upgraded to Windows 10. 2)I had given it to my sister; she no longer uses it, and I am planning on: A) Doing a Reset and reloading Windows 10 B) Possibly change the hard Drive and reload Windows 10, etc, via USB Tool...
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    Windows 11 Black Screen After Update Windows 11 With A Monitor Connected

    Dear all, I just did an update of windows 11, I have a monitor connected, after restart my surface pro 7 stays black and monitor is working. Important info, when I touch my surface screen, it moves things on minotor screen, as if the sytem is considering my monitor as the computer screen. How...
  5. Windows 10 BSOD Errors I've tried everything please help

    So this morning I awoke started my computer, cat ripped out power cord, so I plugged it back in and restarted. Crashed within an hour after that However after over 18 hours of crashes, BSOD, and black screens I'm huffed, I've done the sfc check, system restores/ system reset, reformatted my HDD...
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    Windows 10 Path doesnt exist - for most anything

    so today I discovered something majorly wrong with my win10 PC. I tried something simple like accessing Task Manager from the task bar only to receive the following message - " turns out I cant access anyting but the folders and the internet....any administrative function, device manager...
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    Windows 10 Random restarts

    OK so a few weeks ago my PC screen would go off and the oc would reboot. There is no rhyme or reason to it. I am not watching videos or doing anything that would cause it to crash. I am getting an event error 10016 The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation...
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    Windows 10 Windows 10 revert to 8.1 after system reset and problems still unfixed

    Today i had to do an OS Factory default reset becaus of some issues i was having starting services needed to run a server i had for personal use, the reset worked but then it was too late to notice my mistake, this laptop had a Windows 8.1 rom as Factory and now i'm stuck with Windows 8.1...
  9. Windows 10 Uninstall all traces of Win 10

    Hello all. I am in quite a predicament here. I recently installed Win 10 because it was time to reformat and I figured that an upgrade from win 7 was a good idea. After installing and using win 10 for a few days I decided it was not for me and used the system reset function on win 10 to wipe...
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    Windows 10 How can I do a full reinstall of Windows on my laptop to make it stock, no bloatware, etc?

    I have a Toshiba Satellite E45DW-C4210 (came preinstalled with Windows 10 so no disc obviously) & it came with some bloatware from Toshiba. I have no idea what other junk is on this machine. How can I do a "fresh" wipe or whatever you want to call it so only Windows 10 is on the laptop, I don't...
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    Windows 10 Several types of bsod

    Hi, My computer is having several bsod since quite a long time. But i'm really tired of trying to solve it myself. So I post. My computer configuration : OS : Windows 10 family 64-bits CPU : Intel Core i7 2600 @ 3.40GHz RAM : 8,00 Go Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz Graphics : SyncMaster...
  12. Windows 10 Losing internet connection, and Taskbar not respoding.

    Ok here is my problem, my internet connection works for a certain amount of time then without warning the connection dies showing the yellow triangle with a ! on it, showing no connection when I try to use shortcut keys nothing works I can get Run to work but when I try to load like cmd, it does...
  13. Windows 8 Cortana blocks unwanted calls... 8.1 phone

    Fyi after much stuffing about… and a system reset to flush non Microsoft apps, it is possible to have Cortana and still block unwanted calls on a Nokia 520, Windows 8.1 phone. The issue appears to be network related so having 3rd party apps that add flight modes or look for Wi-Fi/ Bluetooth may...
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    Windows 8 I need help. Laptop won't boot.

    So, I have an HP laptop, I'm not sure which kind, and it has Windows 8.1 Installed on it. When I start it up, it shows me the HP logo, and under that it says Preparing Automatic Repair. After about 30 seconds, it shows a blue screen saying Error Code: 0xc0000185 and says Recovery didn't work or...
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    Windows 8 Laptop Keyboard and Mouse not working properly

    Laptop Keyboard and Mouse is not working properly now. Last time this occurred which was about 3 months ago, I reset-ed Windows 8 and it was all working again. When this occurs, in both incidents, I can't go to bios, can't enter password to login, can't open on-screen keyboard(except sometimes)...
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    Windows 8 Problems I think caused by updates, help needed!

    Hi all, I've been having some problems with my laptop recently. I have Windows 8 installed on an Acer V3-571g and about a week ago I started to get BSOD with two errors KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR and CRITICAL_PROCESS DIED. After playing around with sfc/scannow etc, I decided to completed reset...
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    Windows 8 Windows Update Problems

    Hi, This explanation is pretty long, so get comfortable. Before the error I had Windows 8.1. After installing a conversion skin wrong(getting a version for Windows 8 instead of Windows 8.1), I was forced to refresh my computer. It was downgraded back to Windows 8. Afterwards, i went to Windows...
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    Windows 8 Difference between reset and recovery?

    I see that there is 4 options: 1) System restore (I know what that is, won't help me) 2) There is refresh (I also know what this is, won't help) 3) Then there is RESET, which gives me 2 options: 1 of the options (none of this is verbatim, I am outside on my phone and forgot exact words as to...
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    Server 2008 can not be reached after equipment reboot.

    I have a windows 2008 server machine in my network, and it is connected to a UPS, it seems that they lose power every month or so in this company and all the other devices, switches, client machines, router reboots. The problem is that after the system reset the client machines can't seem to...
  20. Windows 7 Can't install update KB947821

    My system has corrupt files according to the "sfc /scannow" command and after running it 3 times I am suppose to use the windows readiness tool, and install additional updates, the first time this update came up it installed and i reset the system, running the .exe again the same update appears...