upgrade problems

I am 58 and have been using Windows probably since Windows 95 started. And yes, there have been problems (XP) But Windows 11 has to be, by far, the worst! It's pretty fast and doesn't have many errors...BUT, you took away ALL user controls!!!! I am a graphic designer and my work is based on...

I upgraded to Windows 11. All was fine except after ~1 day, the mouse left-click becomes unstable. The mouse's left-click only works some of the time, else no response. eg when 2 apps minimised in taskbar at bottom, clicking on them doesn't maxmise. After a further hour, there is also the...

I guess Wusers could be divided into a) naive users who need a machine to performs tasks b) curious users who want to know whats going on inside the works If you are a) then when problems occur you ask the IT guy to fix it. If you are b) like most of viewers here then you open Pandora's box to...

Hi, For almost 2 years I have Lenovo Legion Y520-15IKBM. I noticed that I have an old version of the system (1803). Windows did not inform me about this. Trying to upgrade to 1903 (or 1909) the problem occurs: The Windows support page has a guide on what to do in this case...

I have a Lenovo G510 PC and have for some time been upgraded to Windows 10, but have problems including With Windows Update, when an error message appears and it does not update. I have run disk cleanup and see that there are many files etc that I can delete. The 3 pictures show it. It is among...

I just upgraded my PC and my laptop to the Windows 10 Creator's upgrade and after the upgrade I noticed that my laptop is having a minor issue. I know that with the update Microsoft has removed Control Panel from the START menu but it's still available by searching for it on your PC. On my...

Ever since I got a new hard drive and installed a fresh copy of windows 8.1, I have been having issues with my pc's speed. Before both of my usable hard drives inconveniently broke within a week, my pc was just fine in terms of speed. I could run most games I had installed. Nowadays, after...

Hey guys Ive been going crazy trying to get Windows 10 to work on my girlfriends computer. Ive done it 2 times successfully on mine with 0 issue and have been working on hers for 3 days now and am no closer than I was at the start First off - I have windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit and it is...

basically while I'm on my computer I'm finding at random times my computer monitor goes black similar to how you switch sources except it stays black and I can't do anything about it ovi I went into safemode and tried to deal with it by downloading software to remove old drivers as that is what...

Windows Edge is becoming a joke. Half the time it 'cannot find the page your are looking for. It also prints 'gobbledygook. in IE and in Google e.g. random characters are printed when attempting to enter a web address. It seems to be pushing you towards using Edge and nothing else. I never had...

Hi, Upgraded to Windows 10, for 1 or 2 months ago. Now I am having issues with my computer. The problem is as following: When I am doing something on my computer for some time it freezes (both audio and visuals) for a few millisecs, maybe a sec. This happends about 10-15 times through a session...

For some users who installed the November update for Windows 10, login options have disappeared. read more Continue reading...

I'm in the windows Insider program and have been running Windows 10 in a virtual machine. The last upgrade to 10565 has problems. Start and Search don't work. I did not upgrade from Windows 7 or 8. Can I just create a new VM and do a fresh install? If so what about the key do I skip that at the...

I installed Windows 10 on my laptop a few weeks ago, only to discover that the laptop in question is not compatible with Windows 10 which unfortunately Microsoft forgot to mention when I was offered the free upgrade. I have now done a factory reset to return the computer to Windows 7, but I now...

I have a problem since I installed windows 10 every time i go to move a window with the mouse soon as i click on the window to be moved the window completely disappears I move it and let go of the mouse button the window reappears where ever I moved it too. Is there a way to fix it so that you...

About 2 months ago I built my first computer, nothing insanely special, but enough to replace my dying laptop and play games at half decent settings. I got it with a copy of Windows 8.1, and late at night and in a hurry to get int.everything set up I didn't do any research and just did windows...

My snipping tool was OK until a fairly major update on Win10 a few days ago. It will only work on my console background, for everything else it appears as if the film which occurs when active is too thick to see thro. If you guess and try to snip all you get is black. I've used the disk...

Since I upgraded to Windows 10, my pc doesn't see or recognize either of my iPhones. Before, with Windows 7, the iphone would show up in File Explorer so I could copy photos to my PC. My iPhone is recognized by iTunes, and another computer I have that is still running Windows 7 recognizes it...

Hi guys I upgraded to Windows 10 today and found myself with difficulties. A while back my headphone jack snapped in the port so the laptop (ASUS K55A) wouldnt play through speakers as it always thought there were headphones plugged in. Im not sure if I did anything but it started to play...

I have on a network drive a folder that contains downloaded movies and TV shows. If I try to open the folder so I can play a file, I get the "handle is invalid" message. I had this problem with Windows 7 and the problem has stayed with the upgrade to Windows 10. If I go to a different PC...