Windows 11

Why isn't my external CD/DVD disc drive being acknowledged on my HP Envy? I had this same problem with the HP external drive in the past, however, when I discussed it with one of the techs as he was working on my computer, he advised that it was the actual drive itself and found it to be defective. He was supposed sto send me a return label and a new external CD/DVD drive... which, by the way, I'm still waiting for over a year later! Anyway, I'm thinking that it probably wasn't the external disc drive after all since apparently others seem to be having the same issue. I went to my device managView the full article

Exactly what the titles says. Tried out a new mouse I got for my laptop, and then I decided to restart the thing because it said there was an update on the way. When I came to turn it on again it said it didn't let me sign in. "Something happened and your PIN isn't available. Click to set up your pin again" it said, and despite going through with this it still didn't let me sign in. I didn't want to have to try and hack my way through the frankly unfair lockdown, so I came here to report the problem. This is not fair in the slightest and I don't know what provoked this sort of response from myView the full article

Olá!Atualmente estou enfrentando algumas problemas de compatibilidade com aplicativos e jogos no Windows 11. Por este motivo gostaria de fazer o downgrade para o Windows 10.Sei que existe uma ferramenta chamada "retornar", porém ela já não está mais disponível para mim.Adoraria voltar para o Windows 10 sem perder todos meus arquivos.Grato desde já.View the full article

I was trying to install an update to Windows 11 on 1/31/25. It took a long time but it did reboot once and then it got to 64% and it hung for 4 hours. I finally turned off but I need help on how to turn back on and continue? I want to be sure I don't hurt anything. Please give me the steps to follow. I have Dell Lattitude 7400?View the full article

Hi,,Until yesterday, my computer had been running windows 10 since I got it 5 to 6 years ago. The last few months I've been getting blue screens, with different stop codes, like: - kernel security check failure- memory management- system pte misuse- page fault in nonpaged area- critical structure corruption- system thread exception not handled- critical process diedYesterday, I inserted a brand new m.2 ssd in my pc and installed a fresh copy of windows 11 pro on it. Today, I got my first blue screen in this newly installed OS.Link to minidump: 013125-7671-01.dmpI understand it is an issue withView the full article

After working fine for a couple of years, now whatsapp desktop is a problem - but not for me, for the person on the other end, who hears a full echo of everything they say. I don't hear any echo. And, when I try the same call on my mobile instead of desktop, no problem.This is recent, only the past 10 days or so.View the full article

Hello everyone, as the title says, I have two types of problems with my setup right now. The first, and more common one is this:during in-game activities (Monster Hunter Rise, Baldur's Gate 3), or after exiting my game (Astroneer) my screen gets frozen and I cannot interact with anything or anyone, I would be often in voice calls with others and I cannot talk to them either. This problem will persist indefinitely until I force-restart my computer.To fix the problem, I tried to reinstall problematic apps, such as Razer Synapse, which is known to cause problems with setups, and tried to update tView the full article

My computer has been experiencing Blue Screens of Death for about two months now. It only happens after restart or turning on (which sometimes results a cycle) but it ALWAYS crashes when playing Rainbow Six Siege (Max-high-med settings - all crash). This is my original thread: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/windows-11-blue-screens-after-restartreboot-and/09bc6acf-330a-47bd-b9ec-e256a7ddce6d My issue now here is when it does Blue Screen of Death, My computer doesn't even create a minidump file! It just sits at 0% waiting for me to restart. I have turned off automaticView the full article

i have 16gb ram and windows 11, when i turn on my pc, the ram usage is 50% even tho i have nothing opened. and yes i did jack backround tasks and theres nothing that takes so much ramView the full article

Hi,I would appreciate all the help, since i'm not very good at reading dumpfiles. I have tried to solve the problem by doing all the scans and repairs i can think of, and tried to reinstall all the drivers and softwares. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vYY-QhaXVjPxPN_77FBCXKS4p-K5tVmy?usp=drive_link Here's my dumpfiles.-JxhoView the full article

Hi! I'm having bluescreen randomly even if I'm not using my windows and even when I'm playing, I'll put the minidump here in the inquiry. Thanks!************* Preparing the environment for Debugger Extensions Gallery repositories ************** ExtensionRepository : Implicit UseExperimentalFeatureForNugetShare : true AllowNugetExeUpdate : true NonInteractiveNuget : true AllowNugetMSCredentialProviderInstall : true AllowParallelInitializationOfLocalRepositories : true EnableRedirectToChakraJsProvider : false -- Configuring repositories ----> RepositorView the full article

I'm hoping someone can help, every few months I get the login error message when I use my PIN:'Something went wrong and your PIN isn't available (code: 0xd000225). Click to set up your PIN again'Windows 11Pro, 24H2I've tried setting a new PIN, but this doesn't work. There seems to be no easy way of fixing this, apparently it's a boot drive issue (?) in some cases I'm having to re-install Windows. I'm almost at the point of moving to a Mac because this is driving me crazy. Can anyone help? Is there a reason why this keeps happening? Many thanksTonyView the full article

My subject question is a little misleading. But it best described what I intend to do.Let me explain.I need to reinstall Windows 11 Pro on my Dell laptop after I wiped my hard disk clean. In other words, it's like when I helped a neighbor years ago replace his hard drive on his Lenovo laptop, I have saved all my settings (where possible), documents, photos, downloads and emails. But could someone provide the steps and the precautions to take so my laptop ends up as close to its original state when purchased? Steps and considerations that may not be mentioned at this link.?Windows 11 Clean InView the full article

This update KB50500094 shows in my Windows Update as available but I get an error message saying install error 0x80070005.I have tried everything I could think off like DISM etc. but when I run the "DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:\\<server>\c$\winsxs /LimitAccess" It cannot find the source even though I do have access to the C: drive on that machine.When I try to run it without the source, so it will use Windows Update, it fails.When try to download and install the KB50500094 manually, it fails.DISM says that it is repairable, but it won't repair as noted above,WHView the full article

I am using Windows 11 and a Samsung S22 Ultra with all software up to date. With one particular contact when I send an SMS (either from the phone or PhoneLink on Windows) it automatically adds three other contacts and makes it a group message. (I had used this group for a conversation once before).I can message any of the other 3 contacts without PhoneLink creating a group.I have disconnected Link to Windows numerous times.I have uninstalled and reinstalled PhoneLink through PowerShell using John Dev's instructions in the Windows Community.View the full article

How to remove an account from the login screen, WIN11 when it does not show in Accounts?View the full article

The laptop fan is running very loudly right after starting the device. There is no dust, the CPU temperature is between 26-28°C, no heavy programs are running, background apps have been stopped, the battery is in power-saving or balanced mode, all drivers are updated by Huawei PC manager and the device is well-ventilated. View the full article

A few days ago when I restarted my pc my Network adapter was completely gone from device manager and also I can’t connect to Ethernet or wifi. I’ve tried every command prompt, tried restarting my Ethernet, and network reset. View the full article

New computer. Both USB drives work with my mouse. Neither work with USB sticks. Have done google searches and tried a bunch of things but none of them have worked. I told power management not to save battery by turning off drive. Removed and reinstalled the USB Root Hubs. Rebooted with each thing I tried. I know the stick is good because I just wrote on it on a different computer. All drivers are up to date. No error message.View the full article

It seems to me that the blue bar does not have a relation to reality, Drives C and D seem reasonable. The rest? Ugh!View the full article

Hi, I have an almost new Ideapad 3 + win 11 in which I always see this issue. Then I installed a lot of missing drivers but nothing changed. Then I installed specific camera drivers from lenovo website, still this issue.The camera led works perfectly turning on when I go to camera settings, I also applied a tool to cover camera (that the pc already has) but I don't think it can make any mess (both are open when I see this issue).How can I fix it?View the full article

Hi all, I just got a fourth bluescreen in a row. This one is event id 10016 from a user NT Authority Local Service from the Local Host with an unavailable sid, didnt mention it before as it is private info, with app id and CLSID mention above. I fixed it from the first two times, bad driver, so mind helping me with this one please someone I just wanna play Cyberpunk 2077View the full article

Where can I download a Windows Defender Boot Disk for use on a USB drive to boot a windows 11 computer with a suspected virus so I can avoid the start up processView the full article

applications were all working fine until i did an update and now i get this error, it was working one moment and not now. View the full article

All it says is you are not connected to any networks and it asks me to connect to Ethernet.View the full article