windows issues

Morning all , I bought a new 8TB Hard-drive online , I installed Windows 10 on it and it's only showing 1.99TB on my computer . I thought windows only showed 3TB as the largest size , but the bloke in the local computer shop said windows 10 had solved that problem . (Meaning I wouldn't have to...

I did something stupid two days ago and because of that I have problem download file. I have my own account and I was admin but I have a guest account as well, I was stupid enough to let the guest account be admin and now I can not change it. I want my account to be admin just like before but...

guys ever since i got the cumulative update iv been getting a black desktop screen any help to stop it?

Guys i got the Build 1511 update some months ago and ever since then iv never been able to get wondows update they keep on filing any help please?? tried the` services` solution i got but it still failed :(

I have a HP Pavilion, and for the last two days it’s been stuck on either the loading screen, diagnosing screen, or preparing updates. No matter what I do I can’t get past it. I’ve tried every type of resetting, which has worked in the past when this has happened. All I want is to get into my...

Hi , Having issues with the updates , windows runs updates, but doesn't always install , will then ask for updates that is already installed , then shows errors . I have run the software to repair ( left hand pane ) and software finds a multiple of errors and then repairs them . I reboot and...

I reinstalled my windows from a Recovery Cd, and i ran sfc /scannow But it fails and i am worried something is wrong with my windows, It says "Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them Details are included in the CBS.Log windir/Logs/CBS/CBS.log. For...

A neighbough of mine has brought me a stricken laptop. She explained it had been running slow and after restarting the recovery screen appeared. At this stage a simple key press should initiate the process however the keyboard is unresponsive. Does anybody have any ideas how I could recover...

i have recovered my windows 10. Now it is on windows os version 1511 and it updates till os build 10586.962 (i.e the last os build of 1511). but it is not upgrading after that to os version 1607 and more. what should i do? is there ny problem with my os or something else i need to know?

I was trying to move my Music, Videos and Pictures folders to the D: drive instead of keeping it on the C: (SSD) drive. Unfortunately when doing so I created this monstrosity and I can not seem to undo this mess: Link Removed How do I fix said issue to remove those D:/ links and actually move...

When I click on All Settings or right-click on the home screen and choose Personalize the screen pops open, but it's a blank screen, I would have to close that screen and re-open it a second time in order to see the actual All settings or Personalize menu screen. Any ideas as why?

To keep the story short (and avoid embarrassment to myself)... I have a file (.exe) to which everyone supposedly has full permissions, except that with explorer I cannot delete it, copy it, or move it. I can take ownership of it, but the same situation still exists. I **know** (because there...

Hey guys, it has been a while since I posted. I was having some terrible issues with my Windows 10 install. I had some terrible issues with updates breaking my activation. I would go from 14393.1066 to 15063.0 or 15063.250 and my activation would tell me it either couldn't reach the activation...

hi everyone, I have an HP Stream, and Iove cortana, but whenever I tell her to search something, she searches on edge, not chrome, BUT, chrome is set to my default browser in every way possible, please help! sincerely, christian

The security updates for Vista are also for Windows Server 2008. Windows Server 2008 will continue to get those updates until 2020 (edit: this is incorrect as Neemobeer points out below). You can make a simple registry change in Windows XP so that windows updates thinks it is Windows POS Ready...

I want to delete two massive videos (155 GB combined), but when I press delete, it starts the usual 'Preparing to move items to the Recycle Bin' procedure, and during that, it gets stuck on the 'Discovering items' part. Please help. Thanks in advance.

Hi there! I'm having a problem with my picture files. I have hundreds of them in separate folders: holidays, family etc. The problem is is when I try to copy them or move to another folder, I keep getting the message: 'Windows Explorer Has Stopped Working.' Windows Explorer then shuts down...

I am having trouble deleting two files. I could not work out why I couldn't delete the first file (a photo), and then it happened again, so it became obvious what I had done wrong. It was in my "incoming" folder in a P2P file sharing program, and I made the mistake of renaming the file after I...

After having disabled the option "protect my system folders) I had a look on my folders and found 4 (!) different RECYCLE BINs on my second, non-system partition D: Have a look at the attached snapshot of my WinExplorer view and the corresponding listing with "dir /a". Why are there so many...

If I want to create a Windows Credential entry to allow automatic access to another machine on my local network (XP and W2K machines), it requires me to enter the target's IP address (as well as username/password). This is all well and good so long as I assign static addresses to those machines...