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  1. willbd33

    Automatic Repair Loop

    All of a sudden, after turning off my pc yesterday, every time it is turned back on, it starts getting diagnosed and then says "Automatic Repair couldn't repair your PC". After trying the troubleshooting advanced options, none of these recovery options work. I watched some YouTube videos...
  2. T

    Windows 10 OS update issue

    Hi! So sometime recently my OS has been giving me issue since I updated (or tried to update) to the Anniversary version of Windows 10. I now have this recurring "Activate Windows Go to Settings to activate Windows." message at the bottom of my screen. I got my Windows 10 OS from college and...
  3. Almo

    problems during the installation of any programs

    Every time I try to install any program it shows me this: Could not access network location 9e0a\Microsoft\Windows\StartMenu\Programs\. pls help me
  4. OcT0 Mystic

    Solved Cannot change permissions for msmpeng.exe

    cannot change my permissions for msmpeng, cannot change registry, cannot change owner, access denied, cannot close down in task manager. and im very worried as it was taking 600mb of memory up on task manager last night while performing no scans. please help ive been trying to fix this for months.
  5. V

    Solved How to get Windows 10 Key from external Hard Disk

    Hello, I sent my laptop to get new SSD and HDD as the old HDD was low in space. Now, After replacement the shopkeeper has installed the windows 10 on it (It may be pirated copy) but I had original key in my old HDD. Now I want to re-install the original windows (downloaded from Microsoft) and...
  6. Laro

    Solved Strange process dupe bug crashing many programs

    Hello there! Yesterday, my Windows machine began doing something really strange. I was multitasking with several programs open like usual: Whatsapp Desktop, Discord, Spotify, Chrome, Photoshop, etc. Suddenly, many programs (all mentioned above) stopped responding (with the exception of...
  7. B

    BSOD loop

    i’m going to get straight to the point my pc is stuck in a BSOD loop while trying to boot. The stop code is page fault in nopaged area. i’ve done a good amount of research and all i’m seeing is go into recovery mode and safe mode but it can’t even boot without blue screening. It’s my hard drive...
  8. Z

    Upgrading Computer Storage

    Hello, I am looking into upgrading an HP ENVY Phoenix 810-135qe by installing an SK Hynix Gold S31 1TB SATA 2.5 inch Internal SSD because the HDD that came with the computer seems to be slowing down significantly. I'm posting this to ask whether the SSDs I'm considering would be compatible with...
  9. rkinsel4

    Ethernet takes 30ish minutes to connect

    I recently bought a used gaming pc, and for whatever reason it wont to connect to Wi-Fi (I do have a WiFi adapter plugged in) and the Ethernet cable won’t connect until some random point after 20 minutes-1 hour. Any ideas why this might be happening?
  10. R

    Solved PC freezes and Firefox crashing

    Specs: i7 4790k, GTX 1070, Windows 10, 16 gb ram Hello! I've been having a lot of trouble with my PC over the last couple days, with hang-ups and Firefox crashing. Firefox opens to my last window, but immediately freezes and eventually crashes. I can launch games, but they eventually start to...
  11. S

    a window do not captured in any windows screen recorder

    today when I want capture my online college class, I wondered when I can see the window but any windows screen recorder or "print screen" key on my keyboard can not capture it (as you can see in photo below that I use obs). anyone has any idea about how can I capture it, or how it works? thanks
  12. Tipu

    Solved PC Freezes, Stopped working randomly Asus Z690 Intel 12700k UHD 770 DDR5

    My PC Randomly Freezes while working. I had to shut down always holding the power button then start again. I am using windows 10. The keyboard and mouse are not working while pc freezes. I played fifa 21 couple of times. Sometimes I can play and sometimes pc freezes. Sometimes it is stopping...
  13. C

    Suddenly unable to connect to network printer (error 0x00000709)

    This happened around 2 weeks ago and I can't seem to be able to find the cause of it. I have restarted the spooling, checked if any recent windows updates have reported bugs and tried to reinstall the drivers. Any ideas on where to look would be greatly appreciated. Running Windows 10, my...
  14. S

    Boot Failure Error Code: 0xc0000001

    Whenever I try to boot Windows 10 from my SSD, I get a blue screen with the error code 0xc0000001. I've tried all of the troubleshoot options on the screen, but nothing has helped, and I can't boot in safe mode. I can, however, use command prompt. The Windows 10 installation on my old HDD still...
  15. psyhost22

    Solved Random Black Screen Hang/Freeze/Crash

    Hello all... coming to this forum after I tried a previous one and got 0 responses. (Is it because I was a new user?! That's no reason to discriminate!) Anyways, here's the problem: I have had this laptop for a while--needed a new upgrade for college and it does everything I need without a...
  16. Daniel90

    Solved In safe mode i suspend some process and i have Black screen with cursor

    Can someone help me? I go to safemode and i in procces suspend some process after my pc go to black screen with cursor. Ctrl+shift+del, ctrl+shift+esc doesnt working. Sorry if i have gramar problem, i speak english not well.
  17. H

    Discord, Battle.Net and Wallpaperengine.exe constant refresh loop / crash on launch.

    Hi all! I have been dealing with this issue for over a month at this point, trying multiple different things to fix it with no luck what so ever. TL;DR: Battle.net, wallpaperengine.exe and discord wont open/work correctly for some reason. Battle.net is stuck in an infinite refresh loop, discord...
  18. T

    I need help with my PC

    So for a couple months now it would be Ive had this issue where my pc (windows 10) completely restarts itself randomly like it would if you press the restart button. And it would do this at random intervals, sometimes with a blue screen sometimes none at all and just turn off and back on. so...
  19. valdringfx

    PC becomes very slow after some minutes or sometimes hours +(Kernel Power 41 event)

    So right now im not sure what started to cause this problem, my pc was working fine like 1-2 weeks ago. This problem started lately im not sure if i messed it up by changing Power Plan settings or this came after some windows updates. But also i was getting Kernel Power 41 Event without BSOD...
  20. H

    PC Reset but my old personal files are still there?

    recently I had issues with the new update and has this "no bootable device" error loop, so I tried fixing it by downloading media tool of windows on a USB to use some advanced options. Long story short literally no command prompt or nothing helped, So I decided to download windows, not knowing...