windows 10

Hello, As per title, since today's update I've been experiencing problems: Many applications, both windows (eg. task manager) and 3rd party 'randomly flash''. Mouse movement feels choppy. Mouse icon is misformed (as if it's a different aspect ratio). Changing res doesn't help. What does help...

Okay so after a month of stress and replacing every component in the pc i got a random bsod which in bsod viewer comes up with the following 120917-5312-01.dmp 09/12/2017 15:50:47 PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA 0x00000050 ffffb107`84a5ac40 00000000`00000000 fffff800`edee2a10...

This information may be of use to to any Samsung EVO SSD owners out there running windows 10. I just spent all weekend with my PC in bits stress testing components trying to work out which one was causing windows to lock out every startup after 10-20 minutes. After a lot of head banging turns...

Hi guys, I'm following the rastertek tutorial on building a D3D engine. I just got to tutorial 6 - http://www.rastertek.com/dx11tut06.html where it's still deprecated and using older D3D types like D3DXVector3 instead of XMFLOAT3 for example. Anyway, I replaced all the deprecated types, and...

Hey Folks so as the Tile suggests ive build my new System Everything is working great Windows installed Flawlessly as well as the GPU,Monitor,Chipset drivers etc although i have a big problem when i Go into the Display settings the max Resolution i can Select is 1920x1080 my 34 inch Ultra-wide...

W10 installed on laptop but having problem with any logged on profile. Example of this problem when opening a JPG file it shows the thumbnail for the image in explorer but wont open, it doesnt even ask what app to open with to offer the defaults such as MS Paint, Paint 3D etc. The only message...

Hey Folks so Basically using a P5Q-E Board atm with 2 1TB Drives first one is a 8 Year old Samsung Spinpoint F1 which has 2 Partitions on it one with OS/Programs other is Storage then have a WD Blue 1tb Which i purchased a few months ago will be keeping this it just has a System image/Back-up on...

I'm running Windows 10 Pro x64 on my HTPC based on this board. I have the HDMI output connected to my TV. I want to pass a 2nd video feed to another (analog) display using the VGA port. None of the options in the Windows "Project" settings seem to work as I want however. If I select "Duplicate"...

Hi I am doing a bit of basic upgrading of my DAW with a much larger new drive - it is SATA where the other drives are IDE. Not wanting to go through the process of reloading all my software I decided to clone my relatively small hard drive (c) to th much larger new SATA hard drive (not SSD)...

Hi, I'm looking for a Windows tablet which will be used for browsing the internet, watching movies, connecting to servers with remote desktop, and other basic things. I won't be using it for gaming because I already have a decent laptop for that. It's just going to be for doing work while on...

I've got a set of bluetooth headphones connected via a USB bluetooth dongle (EkoBuy Bluetooth 4.0 - top seller on the jungle) on my desktop. They worked perfectly up until windows 10 did an update this week. Now when using the headphones, the sound drops constantly to give a stuttering effect...

Hey guys, haven't been around for a fair old while now but I'm finally taking my YouTube channel seriously and I thought this might help some of the less advanced of you, as that is who my channel is aimed at. If you have multiple monitors and want you background image to spread across both...

Hi all, So last week I did a fresh install on my computer, took me a couple of days to get all my software setup and to get windows 10 fully updated along with all my user settings ect. I then used Macrium Reflect to make a backup of this new install. After that I have installed some new...

Hi, so I built this PC recently out of some components I had already and some new components. The specs are: Intel Xeon X3440 not oveclocked with a stock intel heatsink MSI R9 270 ASUS P7Q57-M DO Motherboard 500GB Seagate Pipeline (refurbished) Aerocool 500W Integrator 80+ Bronze (brand new) 8GB...

I've switched from using an admin-level account to a user-level account on this Windows 10 Pro box. And I've hit an interesting problem with Windows scaling. The right-click menus for the start bar and for Explorer keep disappearing. Tthe fix is to turn off scaling, log out, log back in, and...

Short and sweet really. I know back in the old days that migrating from one CPU manufacture to another generally meant a full reinstall, but im just wondering how Windows 10 handles it? I know its lazy and for best results its probably best to reinstall, but i literally want to swap boards/CPU...

I am just about to format an old HDD for backup purposes and noticed that as well as NTFS and exFAT there is a third option which I've never seen before, ReFS. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReFS According to that article it's supposed to be a successor to NTFS. Is there any reason to use it or...

I plugged in a Sata2 drive when pc was on (intentionally), pc did not respond for a few seconds ( i can still right click, but no program opened and left click menus did not appear), then I could use my pc and use the connected hdd, then I notice I have over 70 svchost processes. No svchost...

Alright OCers, I'm after a sofa surfer. Must have a nice screen, be fast, decent battery life, good keyboard and touchpad if present. Gaming ability nice to have but not essential. So I've just moved out from a flat into a large house with the Mrs. I have a nice desktop gaming rig in my own...

Hi, Pretty much as title. My Dad bought a new laptop (HP Pavilion 15) just over a week ago and a few days ago it now shows when the power is plugged in "Battery plugged in, not charging" I've googled and tried to apply the fix found a few times but to no avail. That fix being uninstalling...