In recent months, Microsoft has reignited controversy by implementing automatic updates on Windows PCs without explicit user consent. This practice has raised significant concerns among users who prefer to control when and how their systems are updated.
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Microsoft’s Windows 11 24H2 update is officially rolling out to a wide audience, but the much-anticipated release is not without caveats, ongoing controversy, and a dose of confusion for both home users and IT professionals. Despite the company’s confidence in the update’s readiness, a portion...
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In March 2025, a significant number of Windows 11 users encountered an unexpected issue following the installation of OS Build 26100.3476: the disappearance of the Microsoft Copilot app from their systems. This anomaly, which also affected some Windows 10 installations, led to the unintentional...
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To a devoted Windows user, life is a perpetual trek across a digital landscape littered with the relics of past glories, fresh innovations, and, yes, the quietly infuriating first-world problems that simply refuse to die in the plush modernity of Windows 11.
The Bizarre Science of User Directory...
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We all know that moment—you're ready for a virtual meeting, you click on your camera app, and nothing happens. Perhaps you've seen the dreaded error messages like 0xA00F4244 or 0x200F4244. If your camera is playing hard to get in Windows 10 or 11, fear not! Microsoft has a handy guide aimed at...
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I downloaded Samsung Kies to enable me to read the messages on the computer, which were backed up by Smart Switch from my Samsung phone. After installation of the new program, the icon of many programs was replaced with its icon (Kies). Also the programs did not work as they were not...
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Booted into windows 10 normally and received the attached desktop and cannot find a way to get the desktop back to normal.
Thanks if you can help.
My Num lock keep turning on Randomly. While I type something the numlock turn on automatically during typing. it uses U O key etc s forward and backward same for all keys for . make all my text spoiled and disturbed.
its been since 8 months I reset and formatted window twice nothing got...
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...
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...
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I have been attempting to create a recovery flash drive but each time I try it fails with the message unable to complete – I have tried three 8 GB drives and one 16 GB, I have tried both the front and rear usb sockets on the desktop. Maybe it is significant – I have had more BSODs since I...
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Hello !
After installation of Windows 10 1511.
When I try to run an ISO image, I receive this message : setup.exe has stopped working
and close the program.
Also I was receiving the error : Microsoft Setup Bootstrapper has stopped working.
How can I fix these problems ?
Thanks you in advance!
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I'm staying at my parent's house for a week and got an old pc there. For some reason windows xp is not getting installed. I want to play a game on it but windows 10 isn't able to handle even light web browsing! I don't know much about linux so please help me choose one that requires low specs...
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My Yoga 2 13 has a slight green tint to yellow. So I tried to do a color calibration. I decreased the amount of green with the slider. But, when I checked the yellow color, it looked the same. So, I went back to the color calibration and the slider was back at full scale. I tried several times...
Okay, where to start...
I start off here.
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I try to take the side off of my tower, and end up screwing something up. My dad is extremely handy and puts all of the screws back perfectly. However, when I log on, I get the "The RPC Server is Unavailable" error. However, Windows...
Hello, I own an MSI GE60 running Windows 7 SP1. I have had it for a few months now with no issues, but as of late (past 2 weeks) its been crashing repeatedly. The first two happened back to back 2 weeks ago, and the most recent 3 happened back to back just last night. I really need help fixing...
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I had a program called StartIsBack installed on my computer, and after deciding that it was not needed, I removed it. Recently, when I log in, I can see that there are updates available to Windows. However, when I try to enter Windows Update in Control Panel it either does not load and crashes...
Oh god, I don't know what I have done, everything is now a winrar file, If I try to open a file it says: ''The file is either in unknown format or damaged''. I can't even post a print because I can't open paint!