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Tom's Hardware » Windows 11
12h ago
https://i.postimg.cc/wvwqCSb6/IMG-2881.jpgHello, something is wrong with laptop screen. This has been happening for several months, but it was only once every few days so I didn't take it seriously. Now its happening multiple times a day, somedays every 5 minutes. My screen just turns completely black but when I move the cursor(The cursor isn't visible, I just move my mouse down) to the bottom of the screen there are multiple copies of my taskbar, each one with a black space between the other taskbar. I inserted a link to an image of my screen while bugging out ..read more
Tom's Hardware » Windows 11
1d ago
Hi, i just free upgraded from windows 10 to windows 11. my windows 10 was activated and had digital license assigned to my Microsoft account, so i used to just activate my windows 10 after fresh reinstall by using that microsoft account digital license without using any product key ever. So now that i have upgraded to windows 11 can i fresh reinstall windows 11 and activate it same way i used to do with windows 10 by using microsoft account digital license without using any product key ..read more
Tom's Hardware » Windows 11
1d ago
Hi, i just free upgraded from windows 10 to windows 11. my windows 10 was activated and had digital license assigned to my Microsoft account, so i used to just activate my windows 10 after fresh reinstall by using that microsoft account digital license without using any cd key ever. So now that i have upgraded to windows 11 can i fresh reinstall windows 11 and activate it same way i used to do with windows 10 by using microsoft account digital license without using any cd key ..read more
Tom's Hardware » Windows 11
2d ago
ORIGINAL - https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterra...reezes_at_startup_for_a_couple_seconds_issue/
The issue is kinda fixed, just fixed itself. Only thing I did was completely turn off Windows Update Services.
But I get the issue again when my second monitor is plugged in ?
any fixes?
thank you ..read more
Tom's Hardware » Windows 11
2d ago
ORIGINAL - https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterra...reezes_at_startup_for_a_couple_seconds_issue/
issue is kinda fixed, just did it itself. Only thing i did was turn off windows update services fully.
Get the issue again when my second monitor is plugged in though.
any fixes?
thank you ..read more
Tom's Hardware » Windows 11
3d ago
I enabled Windows UEFI mode in the bios for OS type. But the Secure Boot State is greyed out and says setup.
I haven’t done mbr2GPT yet
what do I do?
Thanks ..read more
Tom's Hardware » Windows 11
3d ago
Hello,
PC Specs:
Asus B450-F GAMING Motherboard, BIOS Ver. 5404 (Up to date)
Ryzen 7 5700X
G. Skills 8Gb x 4 (3200 Mhz)
Asus Tuf RTX 3080
Corsair Cx650M
WD 570n 500gb (boot drive)
Seagate barracuda 1TB
Problem:
A few months ago I have been having consistent BSOD (Critical process died, unknown kernal, when playing video games (mainly apex legends) it got to the point where even launching the game crashed my PC, then built up to crashing when I launched file manager or tried to access files on my drive. I thought it was a drive issue. Got a new drive, clean install windows and everything has ..read more
Tom's Hardware » Windows 11
3d ago
I have Windows 10 and want to upgrade to 11.
I need to make my disks from MBR to GPT to enable TPM in the BIOS.
How do I convert my disks to GPT ..read more
Tom's Hardware » Windows 11
3d ago
I have a local account on my Windows 10 PC.
I want to upgrade to Windows 11.
If I go to settings, update and security and upgrading from there to 11, will Microsoft try to have me do a sign in to Microsoft account or can I keep my local account ..read more
Tom's Hardware » Windows 11
3d ago
I am just trying to install a clean version of Windows 11 and I keep getting that error. I know my bootable usb stick works because I have used it on other computers plenty of times. I tried disabling and enabling fast boot, CSM, changing boot order and it still gives the following error. Please help. See pics here
https://imgur.com/a/9LFRBlE
View: https://imgur.com/a/9LFRBlE ..read more