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I'm using a secondary touchscreen with my Win 11 laptop for controlling some virtual instruments on Cubase. Whenever I touch it, it takes the mouse pointer off of the main screen and moves it to the touchscreen. Moving it back isn't particularly easy or convenient to say the least. Is there a...

I recently purchased an open box geek squad certified G15 Zephyrus https://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-rog-zephyrus-15-6-qhd-gaming-laptop-amd-ryzen-9-16gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-rtx-3070-1tb-ssd-eclipse-grey-eclipse-grey/6448848.p?skuId=6448848 . Upon startup, the windows 11 setup feature felt...

And is this RescueCom report accurate? https://www.geckoandfly.com/6311/the-most-reliable-laptop-survey-best-netbook-reliability-comparison/ - I find it hard to believe that Lenovo is up there with Microsoft. Laptops these days seem to break within 2 years or have issues if you don't get a...

So, Windows says that most of my space (170 GB) is being used by applications when the heaviest one is 700 mb. Why is this?

Hey, I recently wanted to dual boot Windows with Ubuntu. My Windows was supposed to be on my NVME drive and Ubuntu on my old SATA SSD. When I was checking if my PC could handle it I found out, that my BIOS is somewhat "broken". It doesn't show up that my NVME is connected even though I...

I downgraded my laptop to Windows 8.0 because windows 10 is slow. I need drivers so I can use it again. Gateway's website is completely useless, since when you click "Download Drivers" It just redirects to the purchase screen. Please Help! My model is GWTC116-2BL

As the title says I had a virus on my laptop, but I think I solved it, although i have some questions and worries about the whole situation. I will explain in detail exactly what happened. Last night I downloaded a game setup from a site ive been using for years (never had this happen b4), i...

Hello, I‘ve seen some similar Questions but I got an old Company LapTop that I can’t use. I first installed Ubuntu and that worked without any problems but now that I wanted to use Windows(I installed completely after a Factory Reset), the first thing after Windows is installed is a Login Page...

I have a Dell Inspiron 5379 convertible laptop which is around 3.5 years old. I serviced my laptop last year (not from a Dell service center) and the CPU thermal paste of the laptop was replaced. Now my laptop started to switch off suddenly. It does not restart or switch off while the laptop is...

One of my laptop's USB 3.0 ports seemed to have died, as it wouldn't detect my external hard drive (the drive powers up normally, it just isn't detected by Windows), though connecting it to another port worked fine. I tried the regular stuff - Disk Management didn't show it, deleting everything...

I am migrating from windows server 2012 to windows server 2016 R2, I want to ask about copying all data and copying the updated data only. I am asking if I would do a Copy All to try and get the whole data and then to copy the updated data only just before the cut? Any help from the experts with...

I have a HP branded laptop, the model name is unspecified. The laptop specifications are: CPU: AMD Athlon Silver 3050U GPU: Integrated Radeon Vega 8 (I think) RAM: 1x16GB 2666Mhz (Clocked to 2400) DDR4 Storage: -Boot: 128GB M.2 -Other: 1TB 5400RPM Seagate Barracuda OS: Windows 10 Home Other...

I am using a core2duo intel processor, with windows 10, but my PC gets hang when I try to do some small multitasking. Then, one of my friend suggested me to install the windows 7 to avoid the hang issue. The next day I was installing the windows 7 on my PC, but the windows installation process...

Could you please help with a few questions about Defender Antivirus in Windows 10, after recently getting the 'review files' question, clicking send, only to find nothing happened as the file had either moved or been deleted, I am wondering wether to use Automatic Sample Submission, I had...

I'm seeing many posts lately about issues in Windows 7/8/10 laptop batteries showing "Plugged in not charging" and after much research and trial and error I wanted to share what finally worked for me. I had this same issue on my Acer Aspire ES1-711 laptop with "non-removable battery" running...

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Free 2TB USB Flash Drive as Reward for Anyone that Solves the Issue of Failure/Dirty Drive. I am good at searching out fixes and using them. This, I believe, in spite of some (years) old posted issues and a few new similar ones - is new. I am certain these drives are 'good'. These are not 'fake'...

i have disabled antivirus and real time protection but it swtill prevents it from installing. I have tried several ways. Although i know this works quite well on linux buyt why is it not installing on windows is what i dont know.

Hello, I am seeking help from you guys regarding my internet connection that i keep loosing every now and then. What's weird about it is, i would be working normaly in Chrome or Firefox and suddenly it tells me that i no longer have internet connection, all thought the network icon in the task...

I was looking to transfer some files on my windows laptop but when I connect my iPhone to USB it's only performing changing. it doesn't le me copy and paste any data from windows to iOS device.

I'm had installed the PUBG lite launcher from here but it refuses to start. Getting error- launcher updater error: 0x1600000005 Any help would be appreciated Please help!

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I looked up this problem and found a few threads with similar problem to mine. In those threads people suggested that it could be due to hard disk failure. I tried out a tool name Hard Disk Sentinel to check the health of my hard drive and it showed that my hard drive health is excellent and it...

Is there a way to find out the last time a sd card was plugged into my laptop? I have access to the laptop but not the sd card. I lost a sd card that was plugged into my laptop, and am trying to narrow down when, hence where it was last connected. My laptop is running Windows 8. I know no...

I bought 2 HP Elitebooks 8730w 17" laptops for less than $150 each back in 2017. One of them works fine, while the other constantly often fails to boot Windows. It fails about 70-80% of the time (at least). While Linux (Ubuntu 16.04) will be successfull (at least 90% of the time). For Windows...

Hello. I have a problem with my Lenovo Y50 - 70. Apart from the slow start, many apps do not open them, Google chrome first of all. Some open them only as an administrator. Sometimes it starts the task manager, sometimes not even that starts me. If I try to uninstall / install some programs, it...

HELP!! After using my laptop for about 5-10 minutes, the laptop hangs and shows vertical with distorted colors and stuff. The windows is inaccessible on that stage and the only way to turn the laptop off is to turn it off with the power button manually. I really need help. I'M JUST NEW HERE...

So I just bought a Lenovo Legion Y530 a few weeks ago and it was working fine until I got a random Blue Screen of death while playing earlier with my friends. Specs: I7 8750H 16GB RAM 128GB SSD 1TB HDD GTX 1050ti So my experience went like this: I was playing a game with my friends when...

I'm using Wordperfect x7 and x9 (on different computers). I have a Wordperfect file that lists a lot of song ideas I've jotted down. I recorded each song idea as a wav file when I saw that you can insert a sound clip into a Wordperfect document in wav format. However, it seems VERY strange to...

This is ages old problems, was reading all day thro all the posts on the interwebz, but no real solution for laptops (lots of people fixed it by removing cd drives or extra hard drives, i have none of this on laptop) I took friends Toshiba Sattelite laptop for 'repair', its bit older model with...

My HP Compaq nx6125 is not working properly. I can see the following message on the display Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. File:\Boot\BCD Status: 0xc0000034 Info: An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data...

I have a Lenovo g50-80. when I power it on it shows windows system recovery and in the boot options it is set the default to start windows normally and then the windows boot animation is seen and after the animation ends I can see only my cursor with dimmed out brightness on my screen. I have...

So my windows is not installing on my main laptop, but when i switched the hdd from my laptop to my friends laptop i can install it, on my laptop it usually stays stuck at 0% and with a diffrent version of windows 10 it says windows can't format a partition on disk 0, can i install w10 on my hdd...

Hi everyone,I need your help.my acer aspire touch screen E5-471P wont load the windows 8.1.it jst stays blank after loading past acer screen.

Hi I have a Geediar voice recorder an a recording on it that I need to upload to my windows computer, and edit the length. when i plug it into the computer its seems to be automaitcall y be saved to music groove. i want to play and save and edit it in quick time, any tips, how also should i save...

i am unable to install windows 7 ultimate in my PC

Hello I recently bought an ASUS Vivobook R420S (R420SA-RS01-BL) and I just looked up the specs out of curiosity and found a pic on google of the laptop with the Windows Hello greeting at the top of the screen and I went and looked in my settings and it says Windows Hello is not compatible. Am I...

Hey guys you good ? I have a problem I can't understand , it's been 2 weeks since I faced this , charger's connected to my laptop so when I look in windows I see it plugged and fine but sometimes it unplugs then plugs automatically so I said lemme take a look at the lamp in my laptop which says...

Sometimes, the Windows button doesn't work, and the pop up doesn't show. In addition, the mouse cursor sometimes disappears.

[b]I have the product key for Windows 10. How do I download Windows !0 so I can use my product key? Thank You.

I am have a doubt regarding windows installation. I would like to know whether i can flash windows 10 usb 2.0 drive through 3.0 port

My thinkpad (P51s, windows 10) crashed. Now when I start it up I see the lenovo splash screen that says to interupt normal startup, press enter. Then it will go to the boot menu (blue and gray screen with two tabs, boot menu and app menu, under boot menu my options are windows boot manager and...

So I have an Asus n551jx (windows 8.1 pro) and it gets stuck on the Asus in search of incredible screen every time I start the laptop and after a few minutes it goes to a black screen that says reboot and select proper boot media. So i have the windows disk I have tried using it in this screen...

Hello, I have this problem on my personal PC. Some time ago programs started minimizing and opening again, then in chat it started to type some random letters. After that I saw it type words from my previous conversation. I did some research figured out it was keylogger, I have ran antivirus to...

My question here is, If I use Windows Media Creation to factory reset the Acer Predator, would the features (Acer and Predatorsense) still be there after I factory reset my laptop back to normal. Because I've spent $1,750 on this gaming laptop and I hate for it to break on me again. Hopefully...

I need to uninstall the bitdefender internet security off of my windows to test if it impacts a lot on my Cpu performance. Will uninstalling the program disable my product code? Or will I be able to reinstall it couple of days later? Please answer if only you know. Thanks in advance

Windows based PCs have always been the primary choice of a lot of users due to the vast array of software and applications available for the platform and also the ease of access. However, what the MacBook provides is a whole new level of speed computing and also a variety of features and...

I have a Toshiba laptop with Windows 7

I have built PC and its been working for last 4 years with no issues. I have upgraded windows 10 pro and recent updates 2018-09 , its not completing windows properly and always holding with Initializing and never comes out of it. I tried to stop windows update service and reboot the PC and it...

how could i fix my asus smart gesture if this problem always pop up when im trying to install it? "There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the set up did not finish as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor." this is always poping in...

Windows Boot problems. (windows 10) Hi I've had some problems with my pc that I can't seem to fix myself even though I've tried just about everything I can think of.. So, a week ago my pc bluescreened while I was playing a game, it said I would restart and I let it, after the restart I was...

Hi, a wifi dongle developer suggested me to install a Wifi Scanner and send a screenshot to him to see why I have slow wifi connection. Usually I don't install unknown software on my computer due to possible virus and other security concern. Is it OK to install the following app? I googled it...

My laptop was updating and it got shut up during the update now I'm getting an install windows message on the loading screen the message says "The computer restarted unexpectedly or encountered an unexpected error. Windows installation cannot proceed. To install windows, click "ok" to restart...

Hi guys. So i got this laptop and whenever i try to install any windows it will get to either windows logo or into installation but then it will crash and it will do same thing over and over. Anyone has any ideas? Thanks

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The MacBook Pro is a machine built with the intention of providing the maximum amount of ease of access. This entails a variety of applications and features which are available only in a MacBook and these make it a much better PC than a Windows one. However, there are certain features of a...

Hi, I'm running a Clevo custom laptop that I've had for 3 years now with various upgrades including a new battery. The battery is about 2 and a half years old and I have a feeling it's starting to show it's age. Recently, I've experienced the issue of Windows 10 not recognising when the...

What is the smallest, battery powered Windows-comparable PC that can host 32GB of RAM & USB3 ports? I drive astro cameras (ZWO ASI183s using SharpCap for Windows) at 300+f/s, buffering full frames into RAM for subsequent storage: the more RAM the better. No real need for GPU, especially as such...

Hey guys! I just bought an expensive Gigabyte gaming notebook from somebody. He showed me it working and I was more than happy with it. However, after I tried to do a refresh of Windows to erase all of his personal files it gave me an error message, and it was cancelled. I then did something in...

My power went out while i was installing windows and now my computer turns on, says preparing, and turns off. i do not own a dvd or isb copy of windows since this was a pre built computer. Any help would be appreciated.