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Hi All, I have had my tower server for a few years. I bought it without a boot drive. I bought a 256GB SSD and installed Windows 10 on it and added a couple drives to complete the 4 storage disks, then configured the RAID (forget which). I backed up all the information on an external drive...

Hi, its been 15 years since I built my last Pc (i defected to Mac), but after having a new M1 mac mini for a month and finding it an absolute dog egg, I got Crapple to refund me pronto and decided to revert to Windows. I am a casual video editor (4k drone), a keen photoshopper and other...

Hello, I've recently noticed that there are a lot of group policies set on my personal pc that only I use at home. I don't know why this is as I don't remember ever setting anything like that. I've tried many different suggestions on different forums but nothing seemed to work, and now I cannot...

I was running Blender on my new PC build and ran a function which caused Blender to become unresponsive. I was actually quite impressed that I managed to crash it through what I assumed would be running out of RAM (32gb). I eventually closed Blender but the insanely sluggish performance wouldn't...

Hi I have a Windows 10 (64 bit) laptop and for the last few weeks when ever I shut it down I get: “Preparing to Configure Windows Do not turn off your computer” This happens after it says shutting down on the screen and takes well over an hour every time and is very inconvenient as I can’t...

I'll be doing full system rebuild soon, although I will be keeping most of the drives (standard HDDs and SSDs) I currently have windows on a WD M.2 SATA, but I also picked up a Sabrent Rocket PCIe 4.0. Would it be worth having windows on the PCIe 4 nvme or leave it on the SATA nvme and save...

EDIT: Subject changed as the issue seems to be around RAM atm lol. See post no #6 https://www.overclockers.co.uk/forums/posts/34052096 Original post. -------------- Hi All, Had been tearing my hair out tonight, trying to install Win10 of a USB drive with the following setup: Ryzen 5 3600 ROG...

Hopefully this is the right forum for this question. But all of a sudden my PC won't boot. It gets past the BIOS screen and then all I get is a black screen with white dots that spin endlessly. After restarting 3 or 4 times it goes into a menu and I've tried Safe Mode and Safe Mode with...

Yesterday I was getting a lot of USB disconnection then connection sounds. How do I trace their origin? There's nothing in Notifications and I've not spotted anything in Event Viewer. Windows 10 x64 v2004

Received my PC from overclockers today working fine but after multiple attemps windows keeps failing to install updates... Anyone who can advise/help? Update for Windows Defender... Failed to install on ‎18/‎07/‎2020 - 0x80240017 Update for windows 10 version... Failed to install on...

Hi all, Posting here as I am at my wits end and most IT tech companies around me aren't taking new jobs atm due to COVID! I have had an ongoing issue with Windows 10 (64-bit) updates not downloading, and the Security Centre missing completely - ever since a malware infection, which was...

Imagine that you have an application which uses all your RAM and then some. As such it uses the pagefile. Where is the best location for your pagefile? SSD, M.2, or Optane? Does PCIe v4 make a difference? Has anyone done tests?

Hi, I recently built my first PC after wanting to move back to desktop and I am now trying to get it set up with installation of Windows 10, formatting the USB on a Macbook Pro. I have tried the ISO on two different memory sticks, a cheap 32GB no brand memory stick, and my WD Passport 500GB...

So you guys probably know If you have to reinstall windows it does not actually take that long It's all the other software, drivers, settings, themes, updates etc that takes the time This gives you a windows install usb that has all your other stuff on it :) It gets installed along with windows...

I’m in the process of upgrading my 2014 5k iMac to one of the newer models, and the newer one will have a smaller SSD. That’s finally prompted me to set up external storage, and kill two birds with one stone by setting up a simple home network that my family can use too. I’m looking for a NAS...

https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys Finding the FancyZones quite useful on a large 4K screen.

Hi! I’m planning to buy a new keyboard for my windows pc. What do you think about use the magic keyboard with pc? Thank you

My PC has been crashing a lot and I've been getting the Blue Screen of Death every time I use it. So I thought I would re-set it to clear it out for a fresh start. It's now been stuck on <this screen. No matter what option I choose, it brings me straight back to the same screen. It says it...

Hello, Recently, my PC had been working fine till one day it restarted and would consistently go off and on. After a while of trying to figure out the reason why it was doing this, I decided to just do a fresh installation of Windows 10. I had reformatted my SSD and tried to install Windows 10...

I have just upgraded a few internal parts and wondering if I have enough umphh to try out VR. I have tried using the headset with a Galaxy S6 using Samsung headset t get a feel and was impressed, however it goes off after 5 mins due to the phone overheating. So I have, i7 2600k (overclocked to...