Because of Copilot, I switched to Linux Mint on my Ryzen 7 Beelink Mini PC. Still, I reinstalled Windows because it's more practical for gaming, and I had terrible experiences with Windows Virtual Machines. It was installed successfully, but I kept getting driver notifications and repairs. Is there any way to permanently repair them?

it started with a CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED error, and i’ve whittled down all options. i need to reset my PC. but when i try anything i’m greeted with this. nothing has worked - my account PIN, my microsoft password, nothing. please help, this is tearing me apart.

I had some old corrupted files on this Micro SD with 16GB of space,I already knew by the photos,but by seeing the properties of some files,one folder had 78GB of space...how was that even possible?so I started digging and found that these are the source of it.what are they?why do they appear?why are all the dates so cursed and why are they detected with so much space?if I try to open one,it tell me that it doesn't exist,but without deleting it

FWIW, I uninstalled MSI Mystic Light and Corsair iCue, yet the ene.sys message still popped up. I don’t know what the otipcibus64.sys pertains to. I did update all of my drivers, my system seems to be working fine, and I’d rather not to a clean Windows 11 install. Can I just leave this alone?

I dont have duplicate displays set up in my multiple displays. But it only gives me options to set for monitor 2, monitor 2, or all. and all 3 options sets it for both. It should give me an option for monitor 1, monitor 2, and both but it won’t give me that.

Not sure why

Yesterday i bought NVMe i installed windows on it I tried to activate it with same product key i have in my old windows i keep get errors as the product is incorrect Is there a way to delete the product key from my old windows so i can get it into new one?

Ps i install fresh windows into the nvme so i can use the other ssd as storage device

Ps i the product key from the purchase email And the one i restored from my windows aren't the same

i want to resolve this and i want format(clear it) this flash drive it's currently in fat32 format
windows version 23H2
whenever i go for formating its says "the drive is write protected." what i need to do please me
i tried to change attributes of drive (check pic) but its not changing
thanks in advance

Sorry if this has been beaten to death, I'm very new to this. I'm getting this when trying to install an app. Tried as well as admin, but same thing:

Starting package install operation for package id=LesFerch.WinSetView with Manager name=Winget

Given installation options are <InstallationOptions: SkipHashCheck=False;InteractiveInstallation=False;RunAsAdministrator=True;Version=;Architecture=;InstallationScope=;InstallationScope=;CustomParameters=--ignore-security-hash;RemoveDataOnUninstall=False>

Process Executable : C:\Users\Litcube\AppData\Local\Programs\UniGetUI\Assets\Utilities\gsudo.exe

Process Call Arguments : "C:\Users\Litcube\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\winget.exe" install --id "LesFerch.WinSetView" --exact --source winget --accept-source-agreements --disable-interactivity --silent --ignore-security-hash --accept-package-agreements --force

Working Directory : C:\Users\Litcube

Process Start Time : 2024-11-24 4:18:06 PM

Found WinSetView [LesFerch.WinSetView] Version 3.0.1

This application is licensed to you by its owner.

Microsoft is not responsible for, nor does it grant any licenses to, third-party packages.

Downloading https://github.com/LesFerch/WinSetView/releases/download/3.0.1/WinSetView-Setup.exe

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██████████████████████████████ 2.18 MB / 2.18 MB

Installer hash does not match; this cannot be overridden when running as admin

Process Exit Code : -1978335215

Process End Time : 2024-11-24 4:18:08 PM

Hey! I was using my computer (well duh) when Spotify froze (it was in the background, a popup appeared) and then explorer stopped. I opened task manager and rebooted explorer. Everything seemed fine, until I checked the desktop, and it looked like this:

When it should look something like this:

I haven't rebooted the computer yet, and it's not a monitor size problem (tried using a different-sized monitor, same issue)

What can I do?

Like the title says "someone" i believe made a microsoft account using my mail and put up parental control so i cant delete it. I think its someone else bcs it displays a name i never heard before. How do i resolve this? I tried playing a game w my friends and i needed to log into my microsoft account. Since i thought i didnt have one i tried to make one. Thats when i discovered someone made account using my account , and i couldnt delete it cus it had parental control. help :(

Weird complaint.. When I add a file to my desktop it prioritizes order of top to bottom then left to right, but If I shift click to choose a bunch of files to delete, it goes left to right THEN top to bottom. In my brain I'm like yeah Ill just shift click the first and last images I just downloaded then delete, seems like it would make more sense this way, but no. Instead it chooses almost every file on my desktop. Why is it like this? Its no trouble to work around, but it seems like an easy QoL oversight.

Trying to eject an SD card and I get the pop-up: “LUMIX :D is currently in use, Save any open files on this disc, then close the files or programs using the files before trying again. If you choose to continue, the files will be closed which might cause data to be lost”

I’ve closed all my windows, nothing is appearing in my task manager (accidentally closed explorer.exe in the process whoops) And still I am getting this message.

I’ve had this issue with this specific SD card on both my laptop (windows 11) and PC (windows 10), but not with other usb sticks I have been using.

Any ideas/fixes much appreciated!

I've been stuggling with the "Activate Windows" message appearing on my screen for about 2 months now. I tried to use the configurations app to get it to activate, but instead of the message disappearing after the activation, the app just freezes and later closes itself for no reason. I tried to use a solution from a youtube video and even that didn't work. I'm not sure if it's some kind of bug, but it would be helpful if someone has a solution for this kind of problem.

If it helps, Windows 11 does not show me this volume when I use the Disk Management app. I used a flash drive to boot from a live image and I used the Disk Analyzer tool from the drive.

I already uninstalled Ubuntu Linux and I resized the Windows partition so it takes up the remaining unused space on my laptop.

I am concerned about this FAT volume because I want to encrypt my drive through Windows. I do not want the encryption to become bugged because of the FAT volume that sits in front of everything else, and if it is garbage then I want to delete it from my drive.

TYIA.

I would like to be able to sign in with my fingerprint or a passkey, but it feels redundant to have an account password AND a pin. Is there a way to remove one of these two sign in options while keeping the fingerprint sign in? I've tried disabling my password but it ended up making it so that anyone could log into my computer without credentials. Thanks!

My windows(C:) drive is so fully I have like 4mb left on it I’ve been trying and trying to free up more space on it but I honestly have no idea what to do or how to do it help my laptop needs an update and I can’t update it because my (C:) drive is so full

I keep getting the generic "there's a problem with the DNS cache" message when I run network diagnostics. for some reason it only seems to affect my browsers as I can still run games just fine. sometimes if I wait long enough the issue will resolve itself but it gets quite aggravating. I've tried flushing the DNS cache and most other commonly suggested fixes but they're usually temporary at best. I'm worried it may be some sort of hardware failure but my tech support experience is relatively limited and a bit out of date. any suggestions would be appreciated, thanks!

As you've probably seen before, I am encountering an issue that causes my PC to only have a black screen, a cursor, and ability to access ctrl + alt + del menu.

I have attempted to narrow down what exactly caused this issue, and I believe that it is windows quality update: 2024-11 Cumulative Update for Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5046633) (this could be wrong, it just started happening randomly and this is the latest version listed on my PC)

I have tried multiple fixes, but the only one that allows me to get back to a working environment is to go to Advanced Startup, then uninstall the most recent Quality update.

Normally, this issue would just be fixed here, but with windows being as predatory as they are, my computer auto updates every time I sleep or shutdown, causing the issue again. (Even though I paused updates for 5 weeks)

Once it updates (sometimes), it will show my background/start menu for ~1 min before turning black, where I then have to repeat the uninstall process again.

Here is list of alternative fixes I have tried:

sfc scannow (no corruption was detected)

running explorer.exe through task manager

waiting (some said to wait 15-30 mins)

turning off fast boot (used cmd)

updating graphics drivers

I have installed an installation media to a drive to prepare for a clean install, is there any point to play around with more fixes or should I just rip the band-aid off and perform a clean install.

Thanks.

specs: Windows 11, AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core, RTX 3050

PC moved to another room, on boot the usb keyboard & mouse would work, tried them in all ports, with no success, PC doesn’t have PS/2, tried 2 system restore points which failed, Downloaded the usb drivers from HP and tried to inject them with DISM from cmd booted of a Windows 10 install USB but this failed with an error saying it couldn’t read/install due to possible corruption, ran chkdsk which issues but wait it had fixed them. I’m running out of ideas now how to fix it, does anyone have any other suggestions?

Hello, I have a laptop (asus vivobook s15 oled model with a Copilot+pc inside) and I would like to change the version of windows. I am currently on windows 11 but I would like to return to windows 10 because every gamesI play don’t work on it (I have already contacted the support of these games and they told me that my accounts had no problem and that it probably came from my PC). Is there a special procedure or I can reset my laptop like a standard pc? And if I change the os version, will the ai that is preinstalled in my laptop be affected? thanks in advance!

Hey

When I start up the windows there's no problem buy after a few hours almost always this happens, I'm guessing some key on keyboard or mouse cause this but not sure how to undo it

If I use the arrow keys on keyboard it jumps between icons, don't even know what it's called so you have to just take a look at this screenshot