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Computer blackscreening into restart

As the title states my computer will randomly black screen then restart. From what I've noticed it only happens when I'm playing a game. When I check event viewer nothing pops up as the culprit aside from a volmgr error, but when I checked a previous…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures
asked 2025-05-08T23:37:07+00:00
Anonymous
3 answers

temp account issue lock

Hello so randomly not quite sure if it was due to an update or something but my pc has locked me out of my main account and force me on a temp account I have already tried messing with the registry editor that didn’t do anything I also tried booting up…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Windows update
asked 2025-05-14T06:12:21+00:00
Anonymous
10 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

'Run as Administrator'

I have got this annoying issue where my windows 11 computer randomly crashes and I read I need to scan but having issues getting there with sfc /scannow it says I need to be administrator, tried to type command recommendation but now I am trying…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures
asked 2025-04-12T09:05:15+00:00
Anonymous
12 answers

Windows 10 lagging badly after boot – apps not opening, taskbar loading slow, even Safe Mode acting weird

Hey everyone, I’m facing some serious performance issues on my Windows 10 PC and wanted to check if anyone else has experienced this or has any solutions. Here’s what’s going on: My PC boots up at a normal speed till the login screen. But after entering…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures
asked 2025-04-12T07:20:47+00:00
Anonymous
3 answers

Mouse Without Borders

Hi, Recently, I have been facing an issue with Mouse Without Borders. When using a Wi-Fi connection, I am unable to establish a connection between my SAW and Corp Laptop. However, there is no issue when connected via LAN. I have also added the IP address…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Microsoft Store
asked 2025-04-17T10:36:02+00:00
Anonymous
2 answers

PC Crashing when playing Escape From Tarkov

When I play Escape From Tarkov my PC randomly crashes while I'm in Raid, there is no decline in performance issues before the crash, it just instantly crashes my computer to black screen, and the computer restarts on its own. Sometimes I can play for 4-5…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Gaming
asked 2025-04-18T02:35:48+00:00
Anonymous
2 answers

When I create a new shortcut of a game in Steam, it's a blank icon

Using the 'right click game in library > manage > add desktop shortcut' button in steam, creates a shortcut for the game on the desktop but the icon is blank (a blank piece of paper) instead of the appropriate game icon, how can this be fixed? (I…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Gaming
asked 2025-04-22T15:25:25+00:00
Anonymous
1 answer

Too many PIN login attempts, two hour wait to login when Account Lockout Policy already set to 10 mins SOLUTION

You may need to wait two hours, but if you can get to the Login screen, select Forgot Pin and go through reset options. You will need to be able to access to internet and oddly, MS Win 11 Pro let's you turn Wifi on/off while waiting. Still doesn't…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Security and privacy
asked 2025-05-06T04:43:39+00:00
Anonymous
1 answer

Where is the appeal link for MSN community bans?

Where is the appeal link for MSN community bans?

Windows for home | Other | Apps
asked 2025-05-29T00:51:20+00:00
Anonymous
2 answers

How to get special characters on laptop without numeric keypad

How to get special characters without numeric keypad

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Accessibility
asked 2025-05-29T06:47:31+00:00
Anonymous
6 answers

This product cannot be validated at this time

I tried to buy robux and this message appeared for me -This product cannot be validated at this time-

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Microsoft Store
asked 2025-06-01T20:50:24+00:00
Anonymous
19 answers

Latest driver for Realtek USB Audio Driver Front and Rear!?

Hi hi! I am using right now this "audio" driver for my pc windows 11 pro... Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 2024-05-02 6.3.9600.2386 Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher The problem i have right now is... (note: my speakers…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Devices and drivers
asked 2025-05-09T14:40:06+00:00
Anonymous
3 answers

Server 2025 and ReFS Drives Issue

Hi Microsoft Community, I had an issue going from an in-place Server 2022 to Server 2025 OS upgrade with ReFS drives. After the upgrade, my D:\ came back with "D:\is not accessible, The volume repair was not successful". My question is, are…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Install and upgrade
asked 2025-04-08T16:39:38+00:00
Anonymous
2 answers

Got a used PC — storage is full, how do I clean it safely?

I just got a second-hand laptop with Windows 11. It looks nice and works fine, but the storage is almost full. I want to wipe it and make it truly mine, but I’m not sure what’s the safest way to do that. I saw the “Reset this PC” option, but since it’s…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Install and upgrade
asked 2025-05-07T07:18:03+00:00
Anonymous
3 answers

My husbands computer has been restating for over an hour. How does he turn it off. Tried the Ctrl+Alt+Del, no off button, How does he turn it off

My husbands computer has been restating for over an hour. How does he turn it off. Tried the Ctrl+Alt+Del, no off button, How does he turn it off. It started after he removed the McAfee app from the computer

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Sleep and Power on, off
asked 2025-05-28T19:38:54+00:00
Anonymous
8 answers

Error 0x80048823 when trying to verify identity for microsoft account

So my old Microsoft account was compromised, and the email was changed to be an alias of something like 23***qq.com, and any attempt to recover my account was met with the message that it wasn't recognised - effectively it no longer existed and there…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Accounts, profiles, and login
asked 2025-05-29T05:55:13+00:00
Anonymous
1 answer

Why is my laptop screen dark with my cursor???

For some context, I booted up the computer (a dell laptop from about 2 years ago) and I loaded Microsoft edge to play pokerouge. It doesn't work on opera. Anyways, I loaded the game up, and I gave it my account. Then it turned black. None of the commands…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures
asked 2025-05-16T01:54:14+00:00
Anonymous
1 answer

Windows 11's explorer to windows 10's explorer

how do you get Windows 11's explorer to windows 10's explorer in system32? and what could the results be to my computer?? would to blue screen or would it freeze and lock up???

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Files, folders, and storage
asked 2025-05-17T20:19:11+00:00
Anonymous
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

System thread expection not handled

I enabled VT-X and VT-D from my Acer laptop's uefi, then i enabled Hyper-V from "Open or Close Windows Features" (i don't know if i translated it right), after enabling Hyper-V, it asked me to reboot, so i did reboot. After that reboot my…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures
asked 2025-05-28T20:00:50+00:00
Anonymous
3 answers

Windows 11 copy progress window has disappeared. How do I get it back ?

Windows 11 copy progress window has disappeared. How do I get it back ?

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Windows update
asked 2025-06-01T13:12:25+00:00
Anonymous