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Hey everyone, You just set up a brand new Windows PC or did a clean install… now comes the fun part: installing your go-to apps! 👉 What’s the very first app you install — and why? It could be: Your favorite browser (Chrome, Firefox, Brave?) A trusted antivirus or security …

I recently fell victim to the latest Windows 11 update - KB5023706. The symptom was intermittent BSODs (blue screen of death). It wasn't until after I had done a thorough slate of hardware and system diagnostics that I came across an online tech article explaining the problem's likely origin. After …

After installing malwarebytes my laptop's performance slowed down seriously. What's up?

I have recently come into possession of 2 second hand Fujitsu RX series servers, and this issue is driving me nuts! When I got them neither had disks, so I popped some disks in and installed a Win Server 2019 hyper-v service. So both servers have entirely clean and activated …

Hello, I have encountered an unpleasant event. My external hard drive has stopped working. The disc is no longer readable . When I connect the disc to my computer, the system asks me to format it. There are very important files on the disc. Does anyone know how to help …

My shortcut bar has broken and I can't fix it. I'm using Win XP Home, and MS office 2000. The shortcut bar has been fine ever since I got this machine but now it's gone wrong. There are a lot of shortcuts on my desktop, each of which has an …

I've only ever noticed this happening while playing a video in vlc media player. I'll have the video playing in full screen with the video's folder in the background. Without touching the mouse, keyboard, or touchpad, the background Explorer window will pop to the front, obscuring the video. I can …

My computer data has been accidently deleted, how can I recover it?

My laptop is not working at all. How to recover the important data from it.

Hi Guys, Before selling my laptop, I want to securely wipe all data so it can’t be recovered. Deleting files or formatting the drive isn’t enough for security. I’ve read that SysTools Data Wipe Software can erase data permanently, but I’m open to other recommendations. What’s the best way to …

Hi everyone, I have two relatively new Windows 10 PCs, both running NM, but they are on different networks. One of the PC has a VPN connection to the same network as the other. I can connect via the VPN and use traditional Remote Desktop without issues, but when I …

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How to Get Back Files on SD Cards?

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According to Dell's website the Windows licence is specifoc to each particular machine and its details are burned into the BIOS. Is it possible that the original OS was Home edition (in which case the licence is not valid for Pro)? Have you tried installing a Home edition?

I am having a problem printing on a home network. The printer (Epson Stylus Color D68 inkjet) is connected by USB to a desktop and is also installed as a shared printer on a laptop. The network is set up and running properly - the laptop can connect to the …

I'm looking for tips on how to optimize my Windows 10 system for better performance. It's been running a bit slow lately, and I want to ensure it's operating at its best. Any suggestions on settings tweaks, software recommendations, or general advice would be greatly appreciated!

Hi friends, I recently updated Windows to get the Microsoft Copilot. But the Copilot does not show up. First I thought after updating Windows, the copilot feature would show up. But cant. Could anyone please help to get the Copilot feature on my PC? Any help would be highly appreciated. …

I created a bootable USB from windows 7 dvd using software WinToFlash. But now i have lost the dvd :( so i need to make iso from bootable USB to safely store windows setup on hdd. Please suggest any way to do so. Thankx

Hello, I recently had to change my Comcast router/modem. My laptop which runs Windows 8.1 does not list new network. My old network is still listed along with all my neighbor's networks. My new Comcast signal is split, 5g and 2.4ghz. All other devices have connected to new network except …

My laptop seldom leaves my house. When I am not using it I close the lid to put it into sleep mode. I also close the lid when carrying it to another room (or perhaps into the backyard hammock). This causes a minor inconvenience as every time I open the …

My second HDD is 200 Gigabytes (GB). and this HDD has 3 drives but one of the three drives is showing a local disk and can not be useable. why it happened and how can I get rid of it? other drives are working properly. I am using windows 10, …

After complaining for months to MS to stop Edge from adding websites to my Quick Links bar, it seems to have stopped. Nothing was more frustrating than reading some news pages then having to delete a ton of links from Quick Links. Is this your experience?

I've got a Windows 11 laptop but I need to set it up as a dual boot for Windows 10. The only dual boot I've ever done was Linux/Windows, I've never done a dual boot windows/windows. Should I expect any issues? After installing the additional windows 10 will I still …

Hello, Below is an example of what is happening to SOME, not all of my letters. I have letters that are all drawing from the same spreadsheet yet sometimes there will be a new line started and sometimes not. There doesn't seem to be a pattern. Has anyone else experienced …

After the latest MS update (22) My bluetooth quit functioning. The icon is there and it is available in settings. The problem is it will not pair with any external bluetooth devices. It will search but never connects with anything ie; keyboards, mice, earphones. Microsoft support could not fix it. …

I'm trying to install Unreal Tournament 3 in Windows 11, but I get the message "Deze app is voor uw veiligheid geblokkeerd" which means "This app is blocked for your safety". What can I do?

Hi, Recently i install windows 10 in my HP Laptop ProBook4540s.In my HP Laptop wi-fi is not working after installing windows 11 or in wi-fi option airplane mode is showing. Thanks. 1668445884190.png

I've just upgraded to Windows 11 and there doesn't seem to be a way to when I right-click a file in my dropbox anymore. Has anyone figured out a solution to that? I use this feature all the time in my work, it would be terrible if that's not an …

I've contacted Microsoft support, Asus support and sony headphone support. I have sony wh-1000xm4 Bluetooth headphones when paired with zenbook up6502z the left and right audio channels are reversed, when paired to any other device the audio is correct, only on the zenbook, tried reset, drivers, headphone firmware, and everything, …

Everything is setup by following Veeam documentation regarding permissions to grant (https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbo365/guide/permissions_veeam_backup_account.html?ver=60). I use Modern Authentication with legacy authentication protocols allowed. All connection and organization parameters are green except the connection to EWS: "Connect to EWS: The request failed with HTTP status 401: ." Did someone already face and solve …

So I got this laptop from a friend Awhile back have never been able to bypass the admin and recently found out she got it from her old collage but I have no way to contact them to get the collage name or password. Is the a way around this?

I’m trying to find a way, either with Excel or another program, to find out what combination of numbers will equal a predetermined sum. I’ve tried Excel Help and the internet, and it appears possible, but all the examples are far more complicated than what I’m trying to do and …

I have a Microsoft Wireless Mouse and Keyboard set, it's a Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse 2.0. Both the mouse and keyboard had worked fine until last night when the mouse suddenly just stopped working, and I restarted the PC and the mouse just sits in the middle of the screen …

How can I add an audio to a Access database. I have a Access "greeck dicionary" and word "Relaxed with the phrase in Greek and its audio

I can't install Windows 10 on my Lenovo G50 PC <translated from Italian to English by moderator>

Hi I know there are a lot of antivirus software suites out there but I would like to hear from the readers regarding their views of reliable "free" antivirus software. I don't think the big box stores would recommend anything so I am reaching out to this community for an …

I worked this issue for over 10 hours yesterday and got nowhere. Maybe the braintrust here has some ideas. I have an Asus essentio desktop, with Win 7 Ultimate SP1 installed. Yesterday AM I discovered that it was completely hung,so I turned it off and turned it on. First, I …

like when press window + shift + s together and capture a screenshot. Then a window is suppose to show up on the right. But it's no longer there? How do you fix it?

Excel time difference error I am using a time difference =A1-B1 =A2-B2 =A3-B3 and it's value =23:50-23:40 =00:50-00:40 =02:40-02:30 But in the middle returns 0:00 And first and third return correct answer please suggest to correct the result

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Adding a file/folder comment capability to Windows This is something I wrote a few years ago in vb.Net and just recently ported to python/wxpython. As I keep discovering, just about everything is easier in python. Windows does not have a commenting facility so I decided to write something simple. NTFS …

After reading a few reviews I decided to try [Vivaldi](https://vivaldi.com/download/) out. After importing my bookmarks and customizing my bookmark bar (just a little drag and drop) I was ready to go. Without trying any formal timing tests, my purely subjective impression is that things load faster. I don't have the …

Which antivirus do you use the most?

I've just installed Win XP pro, clean install - the problem is the computer will not shut down. When I click Shut Down, the lights on the tower will flicker a bit, might get a hourglass which then returns to a pointer, but I do not leave the desktop. Everything …

Hi everyone, I defined * a ActiveX ComboBox named "cmbPeymankar", * a Text Box (ActiveX control) called "txtNewPeymankar". * a Command Button (ActiveX control) called "Add". I have a table named "Table1" in sheet "DATA" so that the first column of Table1 contains the names that should be displayed in …

This is yet another thing that everyone just accepts, but nobody can tell me why this decision was made. Everyone is familiar with the Windows screen coordinate system where x and y values increase to the right, for x, and down, for y. What is not noticible until you start …

How do I get my Hyper-V set up back? I set up a couple of vitrual machines using Hyper-V. There seemed to be some memory and resource issues. So I closed down the virtual machines and Hyper-V and then I ran malwarebytes, ccleaner, and avg to clean up my system. …