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My pc has been crashing during gaming.

I've had this laptop for a while now, my laptop is also approx 4 years old, idk if this may be the cause of my problems. Most games I play crash and it's related to my GPU. I've pretty much tried everything except for reading my "Event Viewer"…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures
asked 2024-06-03T16:57:14+00:00
Anonymous
51 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

WMI Provider Host taking up all of CPU

Hey! I have got a new build - Ryzen 7950x w 128GB RAM and a NVIDIA 4060 GPU. Motherboard: ROG STRIX X670-E-E GAMING. Main problem I have been facing is the WMI Activity levels for the CPU were getting up to 80-90% clogging the functionality of my PC. My…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Devices and drivers
asked 2024-08-20T22:53:25+00:00
Anonymous
51 answers

Install Driver to show hardware

I've built a PC and tried installing Windows 11 on it by creating a bootable USB drive with the Microsoft Media Creation Tool. My PC booted up but is showing a screen that says "Install Driver to show hardware". I've downloaded all the drivers…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Install and upgrade
asked 2024-10-04T01:32:38+00:00
Anonymous
51 answers

"Show taskbar buttons on: All Taskbars" setting keeps resetting on sleep

I have 2 monitors, and I want to keep my full taskbar persistently-visible on both of them. This was working fine until about a week ago. Now, it behaves as though "Main taskbar and taskbar where window is open" is selected even though…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Settings
asked 2024-09-10T17:18:21+00:00
Anonymous
51 answers

Windows Update says "Get the newer version of Windows to stay up to date. Your version of Windows has reached the end of service". How to update this, if this statement is true?

System Information says Edition: Windows 11 Pro; Version: 22H2 What do i need to do if this is true to update it? Doesn't look like the update button is even working. All suggestions appreciated....

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Windows update
asked 2024-12-15T00:17:52+00:00
Anonymous
51 answers

Windows update (24H2) causing wifi issues

Hi, I installed the new windows 11 24H2 update about a week and for whatever reason my wifi drivers have stopped working (specifically the Killer (R) Wi-Fi 6E AX1675i). The wifi option itself no longer appears. I have tried a number of the solutions…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Windows update
asked 2025-01-06T03:50:23+00:00
Anonymous
51 answers

My mic keeps on picking up desktop audio

hi guys, built a new pc last november, everything was fine and all and i decided to pick up a mic splitter like a month ago so i can use my earphones' mic to talk to my friends while i game, so like i noticed an issue when using the mic where it picks up…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Devices and drivers
asked 2025-03-12T21:59:33+00:00
Anonymous
51 answers

Need help upgrading to Windows 11 pro 24H2 form 23H2 0xc1900101 error

I have been trying to upgrade my PC Windows 11 Pro from 23H2 (build 22631.5262) to 24H2 for several months. The upgrade downloads but always fails with the 0xc1900101 error. My pc meets all of the hardware requirements as per the Microsoft PC Health…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Windows update
asked 2025-04-28T03:06:50+00:00
Anonymous
51 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows 11 No internet access but my internet is working fine

Hi, i updated my system running on windows 10 to windows 11, at first the internet worked fine for some days and then i got no internet message. Using chrome or Firefox i can connect to the internet without any a problem. it seems that only windows…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Internet and connectivity
asked 2022-02-18T20:50:01+00:00
Anonymous
51 answers

Explorer.exe high CPU usage after latest update, Win11

I am running Windows 11 Pro 64 bit version 21H2, build 22000.527. After the latest update explorer.exe started to grab occasionally about 20% to 50% CPU power. Upon this high CPU time taskbar does not work, applications already on the desktop work…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures
asked 2022-02-17T10:11:19+00:00
Anonymous
51 answers

Windows 10 extremely slow after upgrade to version 21H1

I have just upgraded to Windows 10 Version H21H1 but the system has become extremely slow. When I click on a program icon on my desktop, it takes quite a while for the program to open. And even web pages take a while to open and at times do not…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures
asked 2021-05-30T11:22:36+00:00
Anonymous
51 answers

Can't update Watchtower Library.

Windows 10 Home, version 1903 for X64 system (KB4497165), Product ID: 00325-80000-0060-AAoem Intel (R) Core (TM) i3-7100u, CPU @ 2.40 GHz, 64 bit operating system, X64-based processer 789 GB free This problem started when I tried to update the Watchtower…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Install and upgrade
asked 2020-06-22T19:34:48+00:00
Anonymous
51 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

High performance Power plan missing.

Hi, i have a surface laptop and i cant change my performance in power options in control panel, it would just show balanced for me, and when i press create a new power plan i cant see high performance, it only shows balance, i need a way to get high…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Sleep and Power on, off
asked 2020-06-07T09:16:10+00:00
Anonymous
51 answers

Media Feature Pack - version 2004 ( June 2020 )

Hello there . Thank you for new update , My Windows is 10 pro N version 2004 - 6/11/2020 and OS build 19041.329 ,  also Windows system about show it as Experience pack  120,2202.1300 . My Media player needs a new installation so I refer to Address as : …

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Install and upgrade
asked 2020-06-15T07:24:55+00:00
Anonymous
51 answers

System Repair Disc Not Bootable in Win10

I am running Win 10 Pro 64bit version 1909. I used Control Panel, System and Security, Backup and Restore (Windows 7) to create a system repair disc. That worked fine, no error messages, until I went to use it. I tried to boot my pc from the CD drive…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Windows update
asked 2020-07-11T09:42:19+00:00
Anonymous
51 answers

Mapped Drive will not connect after reboot

After a recent windows update I have had multiple issues with my network drives on my home network.  Some of these were caused by my router which I have replaced.  Now I have all but one drive working correctly.  I cannot figure out the one remaining…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Internet and connectivity
asked 2020-07-24T15:46:02+00:00
Anonymous
51 answers

File explorer not responding in Windows 11. It opens up but becomes unresponsive when you click anywhere.

I tried every solution available on the internet to make file explorer responsive. However, it is not working. I open up file explorer, it opens. Now, when I click any folder or any icon or try to do search, it becomes unresponsive. I have spent days…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage
asked 2024-01-20T21:46:04+00:00
Anonymous
51 answers

Custom built problem

my pc crashed while just watching twitch tv, all the graphics went really low quality then whole pc crashed, had to restart. i installed geforce experience and as it was doing the update driver, pc crashed and after playing rust, my task bar all went…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures
asked 2020-05-27T18:14:43+00:00
Anonymous
51 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

KB4014984 doesn't install on Vista (standalone either)

Hello there, once again I have installed my beloved Vista Business (x86), everything goes fine except one of the last updates. The system finds and suggests me to install the one which is exactly called "April, 2017 Security and Quality Rollup for…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Windows update
asked 2020-04-03T13:51:17+00:00
Anonymous
51 answers

Windows Hello PIN Something went wrong. Try again later

I've had my PIN set up for quite some time and all the sudden I received a message that said my organization requires me to update my pin.  This is a personal computer, it does not belong to any organization.  Under the sign in options, Windows Hello…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Windows Hello, lock screen and sign-in
asked 2020-04-09T17:52:18+00:00
Anonymous