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Surface Book 2 Task View Lag (and other high-resolution laptops included)

Ever since I got my Surface Book 2 (15 inch), Windows UI performance was quite sluggish. Windows framerate drops noticeably when opening Task View even with only one or two windows open, and switching desktop also experiences stutter.  I tried to…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures
asked 2018-04-08T15:54:29+00:00
Anonymous
57 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Full Windows Defender Offline Scan - Valuable or a Waste of Time ?

Hello again, The Microsoft agent on my case did a quick scan, which was negative. Then he launched the subject scan, saying "it'll take about 3 to 4 hours." B u n k ! There are approximately 15 million files stored on my PC. So far, the Full…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Security and privacy
asked 2018-04-18T17:29:49+00:00
Anonymous
57 answers

Windows 10 restarting at random times

I can be working on computer during the day and then, for no reason, the thing just shuts off and then restarts. Windows 10 * Moved from Internet Explorer * Original title: Restarting [Moved from: Windows / Windows 10 / Sleep and Power on/off]

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures
asked 2017-12-29T13:58:18+00:00
Anonymous
57 answers

Can't preview jpg files in the preview pane -- Windows 10 Fall Update (1709)

Split from this thread. I have this issue and it started with the Windows 10 Fall update (1709).  jpg files are not displayed in the preview pane but other files are displayed (pdf, docx, xlxs, etc.).  I've tried setting the default jpg program to…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Files, folders, and storage
asked 2017-12-18T19:00:12+00:00
Anonymous
57 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

We’re having trouble processing your payment and we’d like to get it sorted out?

Trying to buy a game off Microsoft Store but it keeps giving me that message.  Moved from: Windows / Apps on Windows 10 / Other Windows apps / Entertainment

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Microsoft Store
asked 2017-10-18T20:35:55+00:00
Anonymous
57 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows Live Photo Gallery replacement

Does anyone have a replacement suggestion for Windows Live Photo Gallery? Been using it for a long time. Over 60,000 pictures all with tags. Had to do a clean install of Windows 10. When I went to reinstall Windows Live Photo Gallery it states that as …

Windows for home | Other | Music, photos, and video
asked 2017-02-04T21:21:12+00:00
Anonymous
57 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Service registration is missing or corrupt, HELPMSG 2182 Windows 10

Service registration is missing or corrupt, Type NET HELPMSG 2182. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Hello, I have been following this problem on this site for a couple months now unsuccessfully trying the…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Windows update
asked 2016-03-14T14:52:27+00:00
Anonymous
57 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Universal mobile keyboard won't work

The keyboard works fine while plugged in charging but as soon as it is unplugged to actually be mobile, like its name would suggest, it won't turn on. Even manually using the power/pair button on the side doesn't work. Am I missing something or does it …

Windows for home | Other | Devices and drivers
asked 2015-12-25T13:48:16+00:00
Anonymous
57 answers

BSOD caused by SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION ntroskrnl.exe

Hello I'm having a pickle of a problem and I'm at a loss how to fix it. Firstly, please see the following: https://www.dropbox.com/s/hmtf7irjcwig4hr/042915-23275-01.zip?dl=0 This is the dump file attributed to my latest BSOD. For the benefit of building…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures
asked 2015-04-29T20:26:51+00:00
Anonymous
57 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Cannot install updates, error code 800706F7

I have 19 critical updates that cannot be processed and I get the error code 800706F7. I have tried the troubleshooter and Fix-it and neither resolved the problem. In addition, I also get from the Windows Activation Tech message that I may not be…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Windows update
asked 2014-11-30T22:10:31+00:00
Anonymous
57 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How do I fix missing MSVCP110.dll file???

All of a sudden I can't go from Lightroom to Photoshop because this message pops up: The program can't start because MSVCP100.dll is missing from your computer."  It will eventually open the program but I seem to be missing my hookup to Nik software…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Apps
asked 2013-10-31T14:14:05+00:00
Anonymous
57 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows Wireless LAN 802.11 Extensibility Framework using too much CPU power

Recently, my computer's been running significantly slower. A quick look at my task manager showed me that the "Windows Wireless LAN 802.11 Extensibility Framework" was using up 40+% of my processing power, and I have no idea why or how to…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Performance and system failures
asked 2014-03-25T22:05:49+00:00
Anonymous
57 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Partitioning Surface Pro 3

I have a new Surface Pro 3 with Win 8.1 and a 128 GB SSD - love it.  But it's all C:, and I really want to partition it as C, D, E and F drives. However, Paragon's Partition Manager 14, which installed without difficulty, won't let that happen. No…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Performance and system failures
asked 2014-07-29T02:50:38+00:00
Anonymous
57 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Default gateway not available windows 8.1

I've just upgraded from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 two days ago, and it is great. But I have a problem, my wireless network that I usually connect to is now Limited. I ran the network diagnostics and it says the "Default gateway is unavailable"…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Internet and connectivity
asked 2013-10-20T01:52:09+00:00
Anonymous
57 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

The ordinal 12404 could not be located in the dynamic link library mfc90u.dll.

I am getting this error when trying to open Samsung Kies 3 after new installation:   The ordinal 12404 could not be located in the dynamic link library mfc90u.dll. This error is almost identical to the one posted **here**, but that error was for ordinal…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Apps
asked 2014-09-05T11:58:37+00:00
Anonymous
57 answers

KB2871997 update failure

Has anyone else been unable to install this update? I have tried 5 times without success. I have even tried by downloading directly from the Microsoft web site to no avail. Seems to be no mention of this failure on the M/s site. David.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Windows update
asked 2014-05-15T17:41:51+00:00
Anonymous
57 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Consumer Cellular APN MMS settings not working after WP 8.1 Update

My folks' two Lumia 520s on Consumer Cellular (an AT&T MNVO) took the 8.1 upgrade without issue a couple weeks back, however they now can't receive MMS messages (a photo attached to a text message for example) anymore, the settings we used…

Windows for home | Other | Devices and drivers
asked 2014-08-21T21:32:18+00:00
Anonymous
57 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows 8.1: Constant 'Low Memory' warnings with 5GB of free memory

I'm getting these 'Low Memory' warnings constantly it's getting really annoying (like everything else in this OS).  I'm running Win8.1 64bit with 8GB of RAM, as soon as it passes 3GB of RAM used these warnings appear telling me to close various programs.…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Performance and system failures
asked 2013-12-11T19:24:33+00:00
Anonymous
57 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

"Windows can't open Add Printer. There are no more endpoints available from the endpoint mapper

I am experiencing a similar problem. I have an HP desktop and a Xerox Phaser 6300. After the upgrade to Windows 8.1, my apps cannot find any installed printers. The Xerox shows up in the device list, but I cannot use it, even to print a test page. I…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Devices and drivers
asked 2013-10-30T15:59:52+00:00
Anonymous
57 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows 8.1 Preview Pane only shows Icons for pictures - no previews

I can view previews of documents (pdfs and docs) but previews of jpegs (and all other image file formats) will only show icons no matter what I configure as the Default Program, i.e. Photo, MS Paint, or Photoshop.

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Music, photos, and video
asked 2013-11-18T15:19:36+00:00
Anonymous