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Upgrading your operating system isn’t just about keeping up with the Joneses in tech—it’s about securing your digital future. With Windows 10 rapidly approaching its end of life on 14 October 2025, the incentive to move to Windows 11 has never been clearer. Here’s why upgrading isn’t just a good...

So, you’ve taken the plunge into Windows 11 24H2 expecting a shiny futuristic OS, and instead, you’re greeted by sluggish load times or irritating app crashes. Perhaps a critical app isn’t playing nice, or the new features just aren't meaningful to your workflow. Whatever the reason, you want to...

In an announcement that has many Snapdragon laptop users buzzing with anticipation, Microsoft revealed that ISOs for Windows 11 designed specifically for machines running Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chipsets will be available within the coming weeks. This exciting news paves the way for anyone eager...

Upgrading to Windows 11 isn't just about flashy new interfaces and features; it often involves contending with rigorous hardware requirements that can be a hurdle for many users. Officially, Windows 11's compatibility hinges on having a Trusted Platform Module (TPM), specifically TPM 2.0, a...

If you're among the many Windows 11 users experiencing SSD freezing issues coupled with 100% disk usage, you're not alone. This problem can severely hinder productivity, causing frequent system stalls and frustrating operational slowdowns. Fortunately, there are several actionable steps to...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25115 to the Dev Channel. IMPORTANT: With this build getting released to the Dev Channel, the window closes for you to be able to switch from the Dev Channel to the Beta Channel since your device will be on a higher...

Hello folks, The machine in question - a Windows 10 Home PC desktop, (Version 20H2 (OS Build 19042.870)), virus scanned running on a Core i7 8086K with 32GB RAM and a GTX 1080ti - cannot seem to get remotely close to the download speeds of any of the others PC and devices on my home WiFi...

Hi! This is a newly built computer, it worked fine with a GT710, replaced it with an RX480 now it keeps throwing memory_management and other various BSOD upon bootup or during a clean windows installation. I can confirm the RX480 works on an Intel based system that passed MSI Kombustor 15min...

I have just clean installed a new system. Everything is fine but the new system can't boot up my 2nd drive. It shows on device manager but does not mount. Any tips? Thanks

I have an image made with Macrium on an external drive after a clean installation. I have a second external drive; can I drag & drop or copy and paste so that a bootable image will exist in both drives.

I have just installed the fall creator update and all seems fine. I also made a flash drive for a clean installation if needed. My question is, How long should I not remove the disc cleanup system files because I want to create an image that does not contain all those files.

Hi All, I'm new in this forum and would like to ask for your assistance. Previously, I have a client who have been experiencing multiple/several times a week (in some instances a day) encountering BSOD: Bugcheck 0x00000027 RDR_FILE_SYSTEM csc.sys. In addition to this, the computer is having a...

Hello My lap and desk top are almost alike yet the lap accepted the upgrade from 7 to 10 well; the desktop hangs randomly and has mouse issues. I even did a clean installation. I changed mice and all the remedial steps. I have done all the diagnostics I can even running the Dell dx program...

Microsoft released the above statement around a month ago. The 'Tool' is available to download now and will allow the user to download the iso for the latest version of Win 10. See reference for link. Once you download and install the tool, the interface is really simple to use. It allows you...

Hello Windows Insiders! Holy NinjaCats, you guys are rocking this bug bash. We promised an exciting few weeks and we weren’t kidding. You all ready for the second batch of builds for the week to keep the Bug Bash fresh? Today we’re releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14367 for PC and...

Hello, Since I have updated my Sony Vaio SVE1512P1EB laptop to Windows 10, several BSOD problems have occured. Most of the time it says 'Faulty hardware page corrupted' but sometimes a 'System thread exception not handled' error is given. A couple of days ago it also said 'Memory management'...

I did the upgrade from Windows 7 Ultimate to Windows 10 Pro. Privacy concerns aside, I like Windows 10. I haven't had any problems with software and hardware compatibility. I use 27 different email accounts within WLM 2012, for a variety of reasons. Many of these email accounts have additional...

I have recently replaced the hdd on my laptop with a 1TB disk I did a clean installation of Windows 10 and then installed Norton Security Software for protection purposes . After that I tried to shrink the single partition (which is shown to contain around 30 GB) to 200 GB so that I could set...

Hi guys. I have a problem. My parents have a pc. These are the stats: Windows XP - 32 bit Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz 3.00 GHz 1,00 GB RAM 48,8 GB HD [22,1 GB free] (if you need more, drop me a line) Their Skype hasn't been working for ages, and I tried to install Windows XP's service...

I have problem in windows 7 OS installation.Here are the details of the problems which i came across first of all for clean installation i deleted the existing OS and there is no existing OS in my laptop.I have 48GB of unallocated space but unable to use it to make a primary partition and I...