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    Two Nvidia graphics cards problems and USB to VGA not working

    Hi! I have PC with Intel Core i5 with integrated Intel HD Graphics 530 which supports up to 3 separate displays. I have connected also Nvidia GeForce GT 710 which supports up to 3 separate displays. I'm using 6 displays for comfort work, but need else one for side info (monitoring tools etc.)...
  2. whoosh

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  3. A

    Is this graphics card likely to be quiet?

    Hi, I was going to buy another graphics card because my existing one makes this weird hissing noise despite the fact it is fanless and it is irritating me. Anyway, whilst looking around it seems the best silent one I can find on ebay is a radeon HD 6450 1gb which is fanless, however I am...
  4. C

    SSD boot died.

    My custom Photoshop box refused to "wake from sleep" yesterday. Drive analysis showed the SSD corrupted.[emoji27] It's being replaced and I've got my fingers crossed. According to the Tech it was the last Win 10 update that screwed with the power settings evicerating the wake from sleep routine...
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    Windows 10 PC not matching download speeds of other devices on WiFi

    Hello folks, The machine in question - a Windows 10 Home PC desktop, (Version 20H2 (OS Build 19042.870)), virus scanned running on a Core i7 8086K with 32GB RAM and a GTX 1080ti - cannot seem to get remotely close to the download speeds of any of the others PC and devices on my home WiFi...
  6. WonderWoman77

    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...
  7. M

    Windows 10 Changing C: drive letter of installed Windows problem

    Hello! I want to change Windows drive letter C:\ to another (in my case W:\). We all know that it is not possible by easy way, but some tutorials I found, but three times installed Windows 10 Pro it failed. Here's what I was following: Start Regedt32.exe as admin Enter...
  8. S

    Windows 10 Backing up a crashed system from the recovery console (or what10 calls the command line)

    I have a system that refuses to boot to Windows 10 Professional (64-bit), and I think I need to do a reinstall. The advanced boot options is available, but it will not go into safe mode. I can however get the command line, and it recognizes both robocopy and xcopy. Assume that C is the hard...
  9. S

    have an issue with new monitor Aorus FI27Q

    Hello. First my pc.I have Gigabyte Rtx 3090 OC ( stock ) and 10850K stock ,32gb ram. Issue is only on 1920x1080P with 165hz. On 1440P with 165mhz is fine. On 1920x1080P with 144hz is fine. On 1920x1080P with 165mhz i can see on screen small black dots flickering vertical. If i wanna catch...
  10. Z

    Windows 10 Bitlocker - Make login passoword impossible to break with software.

    Dear all, Before you can help me here you must understand fundamentally what Bitlocker is about. Bitlocker: ------------------------------------------------------------------- The idea with Bitlocker is that you do not enter a bitlocker password when you boot up. Your TPM does this for you. As...
  11. C

    Windows 10 Transferring Windows 10 to a new computer.

    I created a Windows 10 recovery drive on USB a while ago and I reckon I could create an updated version from ;media creation tool'. Can anyone tell me if I can then use this to install Windows 10 on a new PC when I stop using this 8 year old slow model? I have a product code for the original...
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    Windows 10 How to find out if a certain USB flash drive supports USB 3.0 or 3.1 or only 2.0?

    Assume I have an USB flash drive with unknown brand and model label. The only thing I can say it has not a new USB-C plugin and its capacity. But what I want to know is the highest support USB version. So if it is USB 3.0 or USB 3.1 or only USB 2.0 How can I find it out? I guess via right...
  13. FraidyMan

    Windows 10 Network ID reverts to "Business"

    10 Pro identifies the network ID as Business regardless of being set (repeatedly) as a "home" computer. The result is a morass of network connections and passwords that work then fail and change in inexplicable ways with every reboot. I have edited the registry, group policy, adapter...
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    Windows 10 How to install minimum WinPE onto USB-Flash drive PLUS portable program + auto-start?

    Assume I have a running portable program on my Windows 10 system. Its works. Now I want to run it from USB flash drive on various computers without leaving traces. At first the USB flash drive should boot a Windows 10 system from it. Then afterwards automatically start the target program (in...
  15. D

    Windows 7 (2013) Streets & Trips on Win 7...I Hope...I Hope

    hello again... [just wanted to start by saying that...even tho discontinued; & probably inappropriate topic material, S&T is STILL the best mapping program on earth (or at least for me)...& I REALLY need it for my work] Did a reinstall of Win 7 Pro (got corrupted somehow); & did not back up my...
  16. M

    Windows 10 20H2 update

    windows 20 h2 update this is the craziest way to get updates for new versions. I tried a month agao to update to the 20H2 update and all I accomplished is a messed up computer i had to have a complete reinstall because after the ypdat i had multiple errors had Clsid errors on task...
  17. Rich73Kelly

    Windows 10 Adobe Photoshop Elements/album 2.0

    I am not sure where to post this so, admin, please move if need be. Hi all, ... I purchased "Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 plus Photoshop Album 2.0" back in like, 2004 for $130 from Best Buy when I bought my XP machine new. At that time, our phones weren't capable of taking decent photos, if at...
  18. C

    USB Printer mini print server

    I'm wiring a new-old house for a network and I'd like to try putting an older, Epson Stylus 2200, inkjet directly on the network. Adding an extra drop is trivial but ... Epson never made these to be networked. Anybody made one of those mini print servers work? Good idea? Bad idea? What hoops did...
  19. MikeHawthorne

    Windows 10 I had a weird thing happen this morning.

    Hi Everyone. My computer was running fine yesterday and this morning when I booted it up, I got the dreaded message "No Operating System Found Disconnect your hard drives." I shut down and the same thing happened again, three times in total. The really weird thing was the "Disconnect the hard...
  20. S

    Windows 10 Black screen after Microsoft update

    My desktop finished updating Windows 10 this morning, after which I got the dreaded "black screen". Has anyone else encountered this recently? I tried to call Microsoft, but evidently they no longer take phone calls and want you to go online to Just Answer for which there is a charge. If you're...
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