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  1. V

    windows crashes(blue screen) with different codes on first boot

    Hello, I have recently changed my motherboard and installed windows 11. Every time I turn on my pc it loads and then windows crashes with a blue screen, every time there is a different error code. I have searched the internet for a solution and I tried everything. I updated all drives, ran some...
  2. M

    Audio suddenly goes missing until I switch audio source back and forth

    Hello I only recently noticed this issue because I usually keep the volume muted. At some point, usually while gaming, the sound just suddenly stops working system-wide. I can usually get it back by going into the audio mixer and disabling and re-enabling the audio source, even though only one...
  3. Dillon Bezuidenhout

    google play games beta unknown issue

    Good day, i was really hoping to find a solution to running 'google play games beta' on my laptop, its a windows 11 system and i have google play games installed. The issue is only it fails to start up when trying to run it and it gives absolutely no error message or hint of any kind to why it...
  4. TillyWilly

    Laptop not charging & now not turning on at all

    Hello! I have a Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x which is almost always plugged in on my desk. A few days ago I took it downstairs, unplugged, to do some work. When it got down to about 40% I took it back upstairs, put it on charge, and went about my day. Later on, when I went back upstairs, I realised it...
  5. H31K4L

    BSOD under high power usage/load "Critical Process Died"

    Good evening! I have an issue with my PC. At the moment, whenever I try to run an application or a game that requires more power/more resources, after a couple of minutes the PC BSODs giving the error code "CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED" every single time. I tried reinstalling windows multiple times...
  6. A

    MSI Monitor Didplay Issues/Graphics Card Issues

    This is following up from my previous thread, https://pchelpforum.net/t/windows-11-boot-issues.88451/page-2#post-188788. After trying all the previous recommendations in my previous thread. I was able to finally do a start up repair which allowed me to boot back into Windows. Though once I...
  7. Costa24

    Solved My external drive isn't working in Windows 11

    Hello everyone! My external hard drive has stopped working. The disc is no longer readable. When I connect the drive to my computer, the system asks me to format it. It's an HHD drive that was in FAT format, but now appears as RAW in the disc manager. I have important files on the drive. Can...
  8. A

    How to transfer files via local wifi-network?

    Dear community, At home I typically transfer files between Pcs using an USB-stick. The two computers in question are usually a Windows 10 desktop PC and a Windows 11 laptop. Both Windows installations are in Dutch. So in this text I use translations, e.g. ‘Network detection’ is my translation...
  9. Justus Braitinger

    Heavy audio crackling

    Hey there, I´ve run into the problem, that if for example i play a game oder watch a video the audio starts crackling like crazy. Furthermore if it starts to crackle my microphone stops working too. I am using an HyoerX Headset. I have no idea what the problem is, maybe somebody here can help...
  10. Reelonk

    My pc keeps BSOD and i don't know why

    Greetings, i decided to upgrade my pc from a complete build pc to a new one which i built myself. The prebuilt one i have used for many years without any problems, but when i upgraded my pc everything went downhill. I upgraded basically everything ( my cpu, motherboard, cooler, case and...
  11. F

    Computer randomly crashing

    (Specs = Windows 11 / GTX 1660 / Ryzen 5 3600 / PRIME B-450M Motherboard / 8 gb RAM) Hi, my computer had this problems for a couple of months now, it will occasionally turn itself off when playing games, even when I play Minecraft it does that, sometimes it just turns off, sometimes it blue...
  12. Velikanka

    Solved Crashes, Crashes, Crashes, and weirdness

    OS : Windows 11 Home Edition MB : ASUS TUF Gaming B550 + WiFi CPU : Ryzen 5 3600, then Ryzen 7 5800X AIO MSI Watercooling SSD : Samsung Pro 980 M2 RAM : Corsair Vebgeabce Pro RGB (2x8) GPU : ZOTAC 3070 Ti Amp Holo PSU : 650W Gold 80+ VR : Oculus Quest 2 Hi all, After 2 years of flawless...
  13. John Lockwood

    Taskbar icon keeps popping up that is associated with nothing - cause?

    Hi all, Recently I started getting a Windows icon in my task bar that I can not close. I was wonder if anyone knows how I could go about finding what is causing it. It's happened a couple times now, and I am not sure exactly when it starts, and I can't close it. When I left click it, nothing...
  14. Tinmar123

    PC keeps restarting

    Hello, so since a couple of days i have had an very interesting problem. The issue startet when i upgraded to windows 11 and started playing a new remastered game of Ark known as Ark survival ascended. The game just came out so i expected some issues and the game did crash a couple of times...
  15. Vignesh Vijayakumar

    Computer freezes on Gigabyte screen during boot

    It freezes at the attached screenshot when I boot many times and having to restart multiple times. But when windows loads, it works properly. Any idea why? I use windows 11 and Gigabyte UD4-X99 motherboard
  16. Rubrek

    Windows 11/Black screen with delay

    Hi, Could someone please give me some advice? I've searched the forum and the solutions I've tried so far don't work. My computer is running Windows 11. When I switch my computer on, everything seems to boot as normal: logo, etc. However, the screen immediately goes black. The monitor still...
  17. Jamieeeeee

    Windows 11 wifi issues

    I have an issue where after 15 minutes or so my WiFi connection is lost, and I can't see or reconnect to any available WiFi connections through settings. WiFi is fine on every other device. The only way to temporarily make it work again is it restart the pc. I had struggled with this issue...
  18. jing_liu

    Solved windows explorer related functions suddenly become unresponsive randomly

    i have had this issue for nearly a whole month, when using my laptop, all windows apps (ex: task bar, start menu, alt+tab, settings, task manager) suddenly stop responding and the only way i could get them to unfreeze is to ctrl+alt+del but the issue returns again shortly after. though i have...
  19. agnes2310

    Suddenly no pin to login to laptop

    Roughly 2 years ago I received a laptop from work. I am not an admin, so I have no access to any advanced settings. The operating system is Windows 11. I have a lot of work saved on it. I have been doing some work on it yesterday - all was working fine. I don't recall any issues or system...
  20. Iceman Leviathan

    Solved Taskbar on my Windows 11 is glitching.

    Hi I have problem with my taskbar on my notebook with win 11 OS. I have tried all advices to fix it from this website https://www.partitionwizard.com/partitionmagic/windows-10-taskbar-flickering.html. But none of those things worked. I started having this problem since 6/2023 I updated my...