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Error 207 AMD Software Installation Completed Successfully but Windows Detected a Potential Issue with Your Graphics Device. Anybody know a solution?

I started my computer and it was laggy, I decided to check my drive for updates, all of them were completed except one, the Graphics was unable to update.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Windows update
asked 2022-11-22T12:27:39+00:00
Anonymous
62 answers

bottom right icons not working

All those icons in the bottom right of the taskbar do not work, no response despite left clicks on those icons. These include the volume, network, clock and notifications icons. The Action Center cannot be called out as well. However, those hidden icons…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures
asked 2022-11-07T23:17:28+00:00
Anonymous
62 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Desktop Window Manager (dwm.exe) high RAM usage

Recently I felt a big performance decrease on my pc. My configuration: i3-8100 GTX1660Ti 8Gb RAM I have 2 screens: 1680x1050 1920x1080 When I start Task Manager I often see 94% RAM usage and the first reason is Desktop Window Manager. It uses nearly…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures
asked 2020-11-27T12:01:04+00:00
Anonymous
62 answers

BSOD Loop - CorsairVBusDriver.sys failure

After running optional system update for Corsair devices, my ASUS RoG G771 laptop is completely unusable.  It's stuck in a BSOD reboot loop and not one recovery method is working.  I wasn't provided a recovery disk with the laptop and apparently it's…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures
asked 2020-10-06T21:04:57+00:00
Anonymous
62 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to stop folders from automatically adding into Quick access please?

There is no "view ribbon". So please don't tell me to go there. Microsoft goes out of it's way to make things more difficult and less private with every new update. There is no view tab nor view ribbon anywhere in file explorer so please miss…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage
asked 2023-03-29T03:42:54+00:00
Anonymous
62 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows 11 task bar won't stay hidden

The taskbar won't stay hidden. And yes I've checked the automatically hide the task bar setting. I've also triad a myriad of other "solutions and fixes", I've found on the web to no avail. This one issue, although it may seem innocuous, is…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Settings
asked 2023-04-15T17:15:56+00:00
Anonymous
62 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

WINDOWS BOOT MANAGER STILL SHOWING HDD AS BOOT DEVICE

Hello there, I am having a very strange issue with my HP laptop, I purchased this laptop couple of years ago and few months back I decided to upgrade my laptop from HDD to SSD, so I purchased a NVMe gen4 SSD and to install new WINDOWS on SSD I…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Devices and drivers
asked 2024-07-23T04:36:02+00:00
Anonymous
62 answers

How do I fix a stretched screen?

Hello, Whenever I start my laptop, the windows boot screen and progressive ring are stretched. I've tried updating and rolling back drivers, I've used CMD, and more. I installed Windows 11 about a month ago on unsupported hardware. NOTE TO ALL OF…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Settings
asked 2024-09-12T14:17:28+00:00
Anonymous
62 answers

Why does it say my version of Windows has reached the end of service?

I just recently did some automatic Windows updates on my computer and am getting a message that my version of Windows has reached the end of service. I currently have Windows 11 Pro 23H2 which should be the most recent one. Anyone else having this…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Windows update
asked 2024-11-13T04:41:37+00:00
Anonymous
62 answers

Troubleshoot audio issues in Windows 11 24H2 No audio Realtek Dell 8940 Reinstalled recent Driver 6.0.9486.1, A55

Sound does not work with any output device. It started recently and seems to have started after installing the latest 24H2 Windows & Preview. I am running OS Build 26100.2454 Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.36.0

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Devices and drivers
asked 2024-11-25T02:56:28+00:00
Anonymous
62 answers

Phone link error 256 with S22 Ultra

I have had Phone link working for years with my Samsung Galaxy S22 ultra. Recently, part of the functionality stopped working, specifically, the "open phone screen" part. I keep getting an error 256. The phone is on Wifi, connected to a…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Connect Phone and PC
asked 2024-11-20T07:36:00+00:00
Anonymous
62 answers

My PC keeps crashing and having BSOD ever since I charged my JBL speaker into the back ports

Hi All, Yesterday, my back USB ports were automatically disabled to save energy. I renabled them to charge my portable speaker. Ever since then I keep getting tabs from google crashing, games crashing and ultimately I would get the BSOD with every time a…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures
asked 2025-03-16T07:07:54+00:00
Anonymous
62 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows 11 Upgrade - Error 0xC1900101 - 0x20017

Hi, I can't upgrade my win 11 from 23H2 to 24H2 Here is panther and rollback logs. I've tried setupdiag, cleanboot, driver update, unplugging all external hardware, sfc, chkdsk, dism. Nothing helped.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Install and upgrade
asked 2025-03-11T12:19:08+00:00
Anonymous
62 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

windows undoes changes after it updates

So my system is a windows 10 home 22h2 and every time it tries to update, it lasts 2 or more hours updating then when it finishes it says "undoing changes made to your computer" in a black screen and then when I go to windows update page to see…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Windows update
asked 2025-05-21T14:38:28+00:00
Anonymous
62 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

After replacing hard drive, I can't get my system back to Windows 10

I am dealing with an older HP Pavillion Elite HPE-112y here, refurbing it. I have a legit copy of Windows 7 premium home addition, and had upgraded to Windows 10, during the offer for free upgrade, several years ago. I replaced the hard drive; and now,…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Licensing and activation
asked 2025-06-04T03:40:44+00:00
Anonymous
62 answers

Windows 11 widgets; how to remove these annoying news feed windows in the Widgets panel?

When hovering over or clicking on the Widgets shortcut the panel appears with ~50 of these stupid little windows all showing news feeds. I don't mind the weather and a very few other widgets that show something useful but all of these news panels are…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Settings
asked 2022-03-21T19:23:48+00:00
Anonymous
62 answers

Lost all audio after May, 2021 Windows 10 update!!!!

At some point, after the May update I lost all PC audio! I've done all the 'no sound' troubleshooting suggestions from Microsoft and everywhere else. I reinstalled all audio drivers, you name it. I even shut down my MSI onboard HD audio in bios and…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Devices and drivers
asked 2021-05-17T06:50:28+00:00
Anonymous
62 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

windows 10 boot logo missing during startup.

When my Dell inspiration 3595 laptop  boots its not showing the windows 10 boot logo. After the dell logo black screen with loading circle appears and start, not showing window 10 LOGO .how to fix it ?

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Sleep and Power on, off
asked 2020-06-08T19:44:52+00:00
Anonymous
62 answers

How to stop being logged out of everything automatically when I turn off my laptop

Can anyone help me please?  I installed a Windows 10 update on 23 June 2020 and, ever since then, whenever I turn my laptop on (after it being shut down) I find that have been logged off from everything.  This didn't happen prior to the update and it is…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Settings
asked 2020-07-02T14:45:34+00:00
Anonymous
62 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows Live Mail cannot display message after Windows 10 update

My laptop recently updated windows 10 (I think #1909) on it's own.  After the update, my Windows Live Mail quit working.  It downloads the message headers/titles, so I know it's connecting to the gmail server, but when I try to open the message, I get …

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Windows update
asked 2020-07-18T21:58:04+00:00
Anonymous