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Driver IRQL Not Less or Equal Windows 10

I recently bought a used Asus Z370-A motherboard and processor and noticed I've been getting reoccuring "BSOD Driver IRQL Not Less or Equal", once with Watchdog Violation, and once with Kmode Exception Not Handled. I believe this is a driver…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures
asked 2018-11-12T10:20:38+00:00
Anonymous
47 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

C Drive Overload

I have been having problems with my C drive on my laptop. It has been overloaded for sometime and I am needing some assistance as to what I can do to get it back to normal. I have tried to optimize, and that doesn't seem to work and I don't want to…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures
asked 2018-07-10T19:08:17+00:00
Anonymous
47 answers

FocalTech touchpad

hey microsoft im in alot of trouble  because i have installed windows 10 pro on Hair Y11C laptop and then i found my touch pad working but the only problem was that my tochpad multi finger guestures not working. I already tried to uninstall driver and…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Devices and drivers
asked 2018-07-05T17:54:13+00:00
Anonymous
47 answers

Windows 10 Pro for Workstations

Windows updated to the latest version yesterday on my PC.  However, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations was supposed to be available as well.  How do you get it?

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Install and upgrade
asked 2017-10-19T01:12:10+00:00
Anonymous
47 answers

Computer freezes when I open task manager.

Can any one help me with this. I got a new computer and every time I open up task manager it causes my computer to run slow then freezes. If I have any thing running and open task manager this is when the issue starts. I have windows 10 pro, i7, 20gb…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures
asked 2017-12-14T13:54:36+00:00
Anonymous
47 answers

Taskhost is stopping ... device install reboot required

I have done a clean install of Windows 10 1709.  System, including on board USB, works fine until I plug into the motherboard connectors with external USB devices - card reader, front side usb ports.  Then when I go to windows, Cortana box and Start…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures
asked 2017-10-30T15:28:09+00:00
Anonymous
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Windows Home to Pro error 0x803fa067

Vorrei inserire il product key di Windows 10 pro ma mi da il seguente errore: "0xc004f050" allora ho provato con la chiave generica di Windows Pro "VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T" ma mi riporta il seguente errore…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Install and upgrade
asked 2017-12-20T15:35:48+00:00
Anonymous
47 answers

Cant connect to Microsoft Services

My computer has just been cleaned off and had a new hard drive replacement. Whenever I try to add a Microsoft account to log on to this cleaned laptop, it just says to check network problems. I have done this multiple times, with the troubleshooter…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Security and privacy
asked 2017-09-23T19:21:00+00:00
Anonymous
47 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Blue Screen bugcode_usb_driver windows 7 0x000000fe

My laptop just recently started to have this problem. I would be doing something random like reading or watching a video or playing a game and my laptop would suddenly go into BSOD. The timing seems to be random too, on some day I have no problem using…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Devices and drivers
asked 2015-05-15T00:14:29+00:00
Anonymous
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Getting Error code 0x80048820 Sorry, we were unable to sign you in to Windows Live ID at this time. Please try again later

Original title: I can't connect to Hotmail via Windows Live Mail I normally access my Hotmail account via Windows Live Mail but suddenly I'm getting this message when I try to login: Unable to send or receive messages for the Hotmail (rggraham1947)…

Windows for home | Other | Email and communications
asked 2014-12-16T22:09:11+00:00
Anonymous
47 answers

Error Code 0x80240438 when trying to download apps

I am receiving the error code 0x80240438 when trying to download apps from the app store.  Any thoughts anyone?

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Microsoft Store
asked 2014-11-15T19:23:07+00:00
Anonymous
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August 2015 Windows Update for Vista Requires One Hour to Run to Completion

Is Microsoft throttling bandwidth for users running Windows Update on Vista machines to give a higher priority to Win 10 users? I've run multiple Windows Updates since Patch Tuesday on 11-Aug-2015 and couldn't get them to run to completion on my 32-bit…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Performance and system failures
asked 2015-08-18T14:12:50+00:00
Anonymous
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Windows Media Center EPG Data issues - UPDATE 7/27

Hi everyone: I'm Jon, a Program Manager with Microsoft who works on servicing Windows Media Center.  I want to share an update with you about the EPG issues some of you are experiencing. Rovi is working with Microsoft directly on all Windows Media Center…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Apps
asked 2015-07-27T23:06:27+00:00
Anonymous
47 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Set PIN as default sign-in option

Hi, I have set my PIN on my Windows 8.1 but it continues to prompt me on password when I sign in. I can only click the sign-in option and change to PIN in order to input PIN number. How can I set PIN as default sign-in option?

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Security and privacy
asked 2014-06-08T01:45:54+00:00
Anonymous
47 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Samsung Ativ Tab 3 power button not working, device battery always at 0%

I am writing to you regarding a Samsung Ativ Tab 3 that I recently bought. The item was purchased on 26-September-13, model no. is XE300TZC-K01AE. On 3-October-13 morning, I noticed that the screen was frozen and not unlocking when pressing the power…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Devices and drivers
asked 2013-10-16T12:00:54+00:00
Anonymous
47 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows 8.1 folder black shadow bug in dialog icons/context menu

There's a bug in the Windows 8.1 dialog box and context menu. Steps to reproduce: Create empty folder Delete folder, the dialog box will show the folder icon with a black line. This is also present in the context menu selection, more…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Files, folders, and storage
asked 2013-10-25T08:52:11+00:00
Anonymous
47 answers

Screensaver not working in Windows 8.1

Since upgrading (?) from Windows 8 to 8.1 the usual screensaver does not come on at all.  I have tried everything I can think of and what suggestions I can get from whatever source to solve this problem, but have failed.  Does anyone know of a conflict …

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Accessibility
asked 2014-01-02T00:47:42+00:00
Anonymous
47 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Remote desktop connection. An internal error has occurred.

Hello, The error occurs on a Windows 7 Home computer. I connect successfully through a Sonic Wall VPN client. I can ping the IP address of the remote computer. I run remote desktop (using IP address of the remote computer) and get error: "Remote…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Internet and connectivity
asked 2014-02-25T17:53:26+00:00
Anonymous
47 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows 8.1 - Legacy Firewire Drivers

Hello, I need to use the legacy firewire drivers for my system. Windows 8 does not have this driver anymore and it does not allow the installation of the driver files from a Windows 7 system due to driver signing. The only way to get the driver to…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Devices and drivers
asked 2013-11-11T17:52:41+00:00
Anonymous
47 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

this file format is unsupported or the file is damaged error message after Windows RT 8.1 upgrade

After I upgraded my Surface RT 64/gb to Windows RT 8.1, the photo app no longer recognizes the file format of jpegs!  You CAN see the photos within the photo app, and browse thru them. The photo app tile, however, will not display any pics whatsoever…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Music, photos, and video
asked 2013-10-18T23:14:42+00:00
Anonymous