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Windows 10 Randomly Hangs/Freezing

Hello Everyone I seem to be having an issue with random hangs/freezing... as the title suggests. I for the life of me cant figure out what this problem is, if its a hardware issue / software issue / driver issue or anything else. The problem is that the…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures
asked 2018-01-14T06:33:05+00:00
Anonymous
163 answers

Windows Defender - Virus and spyware definitions couldn't be updated

can't update spyware and virus definitions Original title/subject: windows defender

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Security and privacy
asked 2017-09-17T20:43:38+00:00
Anonymous
163 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows 8, group policy client service failed sign in

Hello, I'm running Windows 8 Professional, and in the last couple of days have experienced random errors trying to login. Firstly, when I log in as a standard user, I get the message "Group policy client service failed sign in", and cannot…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Performance and system failures
asked 2012-12-25T13:27:15+00:00
Anonymous
163 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows 7 desktop icons keep rearranging themselves

Every few days, all the icons on my Win7 desktop rearrange themselves. Usually they move to the left edge of the screen. I laboriously move all the icons back to where I like them, and 3-10 days later, they all shift left again. I've found no pattern or …

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Accessibility
asked 2009-10-07T02:55:22+00:00
Anonymous
162 answers

Can’t open or save files after upgrading to Windows 10

We are aware of this problem and will release a fix in an upcoming update. Here are 2 workarounds that have been successful for other Community members. In Win 10, Right-click on the Start button and choose Run type %userprofile% into the Run box and…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For home | Windows
asked 2015-08-26T18:32:55+00:00
Anonymous
162 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

received a confirmation for a single use code i did not request what do i do now? dated 10.12.24 5:53pm

We received your request for a single-use code to use with your Microsoft account. Your single-use code is: 908607 If you didn't request this code, you can safely ignore this email. Someone else might have typed your email address by mistake. …

Outlook | Windows | Classic Outlook for Windows | For business
asked 2024-10-14T19:52:40+00:00
Anonymous
162 answers

birthday dates move forward one day when entered in outlook.com but synced to mobile (British summer time)

I have worked out that if I correct the birthday dates and anniversary dates either on Outlook.com, Outlook 2010(with outlook connector) or Live mail the following happens. When synced to my HTC Titan the anniversary dates remain correct, but all of the…

Outlook | Web | Outlook.com | Contacts
asked 2012-09-05T13:06:37+00:00
Anonymous
162 answers

Icons Keep Disappearing From Taskbar - Windows 11

I upgraded from Windows 10 to Windows 11 a few months ago, and ever since I've been having a problem where the icons disappear from the taskbar. It happens while I'm using the laptop as well as when it comes out of hibernation. I know this can be fixed…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures
asked 2022-09-07T13:59:50+00:00
Anonymous
162 answers

Host Process For Windows Taskhostw.exe Stopped Working: Event ID 1000

I noticed upon checking my Event Log Applications and my Reliability Monitor I have been getting this critical error about every 2 to 3 days now on my HP Omen i7 -16 GB Mem - Nvidia GEForce GTX 1070 on Win10 Home 64 bit and this did not start happening…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures
asked 2019-06-18T23:33:45+00:00
Anonymous
162 answers

'Battery Alert' appears before the 'press 'ESC' key for Start-up menu.', however, ' Cooling Fan Alert' appears after 'press 'ESC' key for Start-up menu.'

Hi, First of all: I know that I have been having a problem with my HP Laptop Battery, and with its cooling Fan. However, I am now wondering what detected this error below as long as it was shown even before  the notification saying 'the press 'ESC'…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Devices and drivers
asked 2014-12-15T00:18:41+00:00
Anonymous
162 answers

Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant to be disabled

I got following error message while I log in to my windows account and only my account. I tried to set Windows Live ID sign-In Assistant to manual start in Windows Services. it only works one time, once I start using Windows Live mail and log out and…

Windows for home | Other | Email and communications
asked 2014-06-12T13:35:13+00:00
Anonymous
161 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

MSBILL.INFO on credit card statement

Good morning all, For the last two months i've had a $25.19 charge on my CC and I cannot find anything that this relates too and cannot recall placing anything onto this card from MS. Does anyone have similar issues and how can I find out what this…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Subscription, account, billing | For home | Windows
asked 2018-07-31T00:04:17+00:00
Anonymous
161 answers

Outlook on android - receiving notifications, but emails don't show in inbox.

I use outlook for android (Motorola Moto G running Android 5.1) and it worked great until a couple of days ago. Now I get notifications of new emails, but the messages don't show up in my inbox. If I click a notification to try and read the email, it…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Subscription, account, billing | For home | Windows
asked 2016-12-15T21:51:08+00:00
Anonymous
161 answers

How to disable efficiency mode in task manager? Windows efficiency mode is making apps like Google Chrome unusable.

![](https://filestore.community.support.microsoft.com/api/images/e8c660f6-34c2-4550-a3a6-0c856ae2def3?upload=true)Since yesterday (28 March) Google chrome is unusable. Task manager on my windows desktop  says that efficiency mode is active for several…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures
asked 2023-03-29T15:51:03+00:00
Anonymous
161 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows 10 version 1803 April 2018 update broke bluetooth volume control.

My pc automatically updated to the April 2018 update, version 1803. After restarting my PC I notice my volume control via Bluetooth will not adjust the volume anymore. Speakers are Creative T30 However if I am in WMP or iTunes the slider changes the…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Devices and drivers
asked 2018-05-02T03:45:36+00:00
Anonymous
161 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

lighting bolt and gear icon

My Nokia Lumia 920 shows the lightning bolt and gear icon. does not start and is frozen on that icon.

Windows for home | Other | Devices and drivers
asked 2013-03-31T15:13:28+00:00
Anonymous
161 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Can't create anymore New Folders in Windows 7

Well this problem only began today after installing and uninstalling some free Antivirus software that I was trying out for the first time. Before that, I was about to install a new burning program and I decided to create a manual restore point first, …

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Files, folders, and storage
asked 2010-06-17T22:15:48+00:00
Anonymous
161 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows 7: Search does not find files that it should, directory is indexed, and *.php included on the extension list

Windows 7: Search does not find files that it should. I have the directory indexed, and *.php included on the extension list but search does not find files for searches for words that that I know there are files with those words in them.

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Files, folders, and storage
asked 2009-11-27T05:51:54+00:00
Anonymous
161 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How do I stop Edge from opening PDF files?

How do I stop Microsoft edge from opening? everytime I do the system performance check from dell it sets up Microsoft edge to open PDF files and I have my own program I use, however I cant set it as my default program....  * Original title: Microsoft…

Microsoft Edge | Read PDFs | Windows 10
asked 2020-04-16T12:40:17+00:00
Anonymous
161 answers

Surface Book 3 Nvidia Graphics card disappears after updates.

I bought the Surface book 3 a few weeks ago. It just installed some updates and now my Nvidia card has disappeared from the device manger.  It was working properly before the updates go installed so now I am suspecting it's something to do with the…

Surface | Surface Book | Display and screen
asked 2020-06-20T23:18:58+00:00
Anonymous