windows issues

Got the BSOD about an hour ago and it's been stuck on 86% progress since then. Should I keep waiting or is it safe to hold the power button to shut it down?

When I right click in certain areas on my computer, I get a Not Responding error. This happens with my mouse and trackpad when I right click, so it's my computer and not mouse. For example: Applies to: - Desktop folders/icons/files. When my desktop stops responding, it flashes white, refreshes...

Problem ejecting mass storage device,this device is currently in use Close any programs or windows that might be using the device. Changed removal options in device manager with no difference? Hoping someone has the solution,as my efforts searching the internet have failed. Cheers dark...

The other day, I attempted to make a Windows 8 Recovery USB using my external hard drive and the Media Creation tool. I specifically made a new partition for this process, as I had two other partitions on it with data. Making sure that the partition that was empty was selected, I successfully...

Hi, Last saturday I bought a new laptop, an ASUS N751JK. In those few days I have had 5 BSODs. I think it has something to with the Nvidia driver but I'm not sure. I hope somebody here can help me, thanks in advance!

I somehow lost the registry key HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList. In fact there is only one reg key under CurrentVersion ( WPAEvents ). So that would explain why when I log in as user "ME" the default user profile gets loaded instead of the one for "ME". Also...

ive been getting the blue screen of death since yesterday along with many others from what ive noticed (doesnt seem to be a coincidence). So far nothing helps although im currently running malwarebytes to see if the problem is virus-related. Oh and im not that tech savy so take it easy with the...

I keep getting blue screens. Please help.

A new app? Maybe and for now a misterious one, click on it and it disappears from the startmenu - and that is the only thing I can do with it. And the directory windowsapp, I am unable to open it. Why? Henk

By accident I have screwed up a pair of user system folders. In moving their locations from the system drive to a second drive, I carelessly managed to point the system 'Videos' folder location and the system 'Music' folder location at the same folder. The two system folders are now totally...

Hi, I'm not sure why or how this has happened but, occasional a little box will pop up 'asking what i want to open this file with' without me actually clicking on anything. I can't remember what the main option was but the next time it pops up I will screen shot it and update! anyway when I...

Hi there, folks. I am running Windows 8.1 64-bit on a Dell Inspiron 660s Desktop. This morning when I tried to sign-in to my computer, I used my password and got an error reading: "The Group Policy Client service failed the sign-in. The universal unique identifier (UUID) type is not...

I have a problem with my Windows 7 computer. I installed a modified version of Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit called Tiny7 (search it on Google). which is basically a version of Windows stripped down of unnecessary features in order to keep it lightweight for older computers. I decided to install...

Win 7 64 bit. I suddenly a large number of DefaultAppPool and DefaultAppPool.IIAppPool folders have appeared in my User folder. Where did these come from? Can I delete them?

i lost my administrator account and i dont know how or why its gone there is no way for me to get on it can someone help?

When a new PC is started for the first time, or when a PC is "recovered" back to factory conditions and started for the first time, a list of PCs that can be used to copy settings, apps and personal stuff is shown. A week ago I bought a new PC. The list of PCs had several that I have not owned...

Hello everyone, I really need your help. My Sony Vaio laptop (model: SVE151G13M) did not recognize my dvd/cd-rom anymore and dumb as I am, I tried to fix this myself. On the website of Microsoft I read a step-by-step guide on how to remove the upper filters and lower filters to fix this...

Hey, guys! I'm back again! Haha :-) I have been moving a lot of files around on my external, but I keep getting this message. It doesn't make since because I should have full control. Any ideas? Thanks in advance! - Alex

Hi. When I first bootup the start button and notification buttons are non responseive. I need to reboot the pc before it will work. Any clues as to whats going on? Also is cortana working for thenuk region yet?

Hi On my wife's computer in Windows 8.1 she uses Thunderbird as her mail client. But when she clicks on a mail link in on line in Chrome or IE it opens the Mail app instead of Thunderbird, and want's her to log into her Microsoft account. The mail app doesn't work with Comcast mail even if...