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I am trying to factory reset my Samsung R519 laptop (running Windows 7 home premium) in order to recycle it but have encountered a problem: once the Samsung Recovery Solution 4 utility has finished using the 'initial computer status' recovery option and the system reboots, I still get the...

I managed to retrieve my HP external drive from being a recovery drive. I finally got through to Dell tech support and they took files off. As an aside, I knew if I could format it it would erase everything and I could use it again. The Dell person did just that but I couldn't - I right clicked...

Hi all, Since I bought this computer, about 1.5 years ago, it will randomly BSOD while gaming. I play a variety of games and eventually it will always crash. It never does it while only chrome or some other apps such as discord are active. At first it crashed maybe once per month but recently...

An elderly neighboor has a HP laptop that was managed mostly by her deceased husband. It has one Local account on it and she /we have the password full access to all their documents etc. She says the unit has become very slow, not sure why an i am starting to help her clean it up, backup all...

I'm almost certain it has something to do with my hardware but I can't make heads or tails of the information in the dump files. I've recently reinstalled Windows, clean install, because of the BSOD's to no avail My computer is approx. 3 years old & I recently upgraded my graphics card. If any...

HI, I have been getting BSODs on a number of Lenovo PCs (T540-T570 and X260-X270) all of them run Windows 10 1803 build. I run windbg on the minidump and it almost 90% returns ntkrnlmp.exe I have attached the minidump from the most recent one. I can't pinpoint the problem. I know something...

I have 2 laptops both running Win10pro. Both on the same network, although one is connected via a repeater due to its "remote" location. I can ping one to the other without any issues. Both are connected to the Internet via wifi through one router. I have been trying to use Remote Desktop to...

So I'm having trouble finding and installing updates, and that has led me to an issue with DISM while trying to fix it. When i run DISM, "Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth" it returns an error:87 the Cleanup-Image option is unknown. I can run "Dism /online /Cleanup-Image /?" and it will...

I have a Dell PC which has accounts for all members of the family - W10 Myself as admin others as users I don’t use it … as I have my own PC. Daughter advised me Anti-virus about to expire – went to install new license and W10 does not accept (or I have forgot) my password. Is there a way of...

Are you looking for a perfect guideline to know How to Change File Extension in Windows 10? We are presenting some key ideas to meet your quarries about this. File extension is usually a suffix attached at the end of a file name and determines the application to open that particular one. File...

I get a BSOD almost every session. The computer (Windows 10 Home Creators - not Fall) re-boots almost instantly but I just catch the message "Page fault in non-paged area. stdriverx64.sys Is there an easy fix that does not involve editing the registry.

In try to log in, my password is not recognized. When I try to reset it, I enter my email address, then get a notice that I didn't enter the Captcha correctly! I wasn't asked for a Captcha! P. S. Is it log in, or login? Thanks! Sent from my SM-N950U1 using Tapatalk

Several weeks ago, I had to do a restart on my Asus laptop (Norton couldn't repair a drive). Since then, I can't access any Windows apps (One Drive, Store, etc.) According to Windows, I have no internet access, which just isn't true (I'm using it for everything else!). I had two chat sessions...

Hey everyone. Yesterday, (30th August) I decided to do a fresh install of Windows 10 after I noticed that there was loads of viruses on the operating system. How did I reinstall it? I went onto Settings > Update & Security > Recovery > Reset this PC. After doing so, I left the computer doing...

Hey everyone! I have an issue. I used to have a USB drive for Windows 10 by MSi and got destroyed (corrupted). I need your help here. Issue: to create a NEW USB installer of Windows 10 using MSi's 5 ISO files on my D:\ drive and create one installation USB drive Files in question: recovery_dvd...

Background... a few days ago I shutdown and disconnected my Desktop PC (running valid upgrade to Pro) and cleaned the inside (compressed air). Upon reconnecting it to all of the cords it decided to go into a BSOD loop. Long story short I did a repair and then did a hardware test (all was OK)...

Hello there, I have an HP Pavilion DV6-6C35DX. I did a clean install of Windows 7 (64-bit), then tried downloaded the drivers from HP's site. All the drivers worked except for the WiFi driver. I tried upgrading to Windows 10 to see if it would auto update but WiFi still wasn't working. I was...

Hi everebody,I have Toshiba laptop and i dont have windows.I want install windows 7 but dont when a expand files during instalation instalation is stop it and laptop screen is white.Boot drive is dvd room and is stop to reed.Please help Послато са SM-G925F уз помоћ Тапатока

Hi folks there's a service called Software protection it eats my CPU it take about 30% of my CPU when it works , and it works when I startup any Office program it may also when I startup my Internet Browser The only solution to solve my problem is to take it .exe from...

Hi I am new on the forum. I'm working with Side Effects Houdini and it crashes all the time due to "command exit code: -1073741819". I thought it was a Houdini issue, but I tink now it is a Window issue. Please advice. Ragnar Egeland