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  1. ElBryan554

    Question Bluescreen on my laptop with error CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT

    Hi everyone Before I start, I speak Spanish so communication may fail me, I will tell you my problem, since yesterday my laptop has started to have constant blue screens with the error CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT. The most relevant thing I have done these days on the laptop is to multiboot between...
  2. euphoria4949

    Question I followed the Tom's HW guide to remove internet results from the W11 taskbar search, but it's still searching the web

    I followed this guide on how to remove internet results from the W11 search. I have restarted and used CMD to kill explorer and then run it again, but I'm still getting search internet search results. https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/disable-windows-web-search So I'm wondering if the guide...
  3. kenco99

    Question No sound from 3.5mm jack after formatting to Windows 11 — only USB headset works

    Hey everyone, I could really use some help here. I recently did a clean install of Windows 11 on my PC. Everything went fine, but now I have no audio when I plug earphones or speakers into the 3.5mm jack, whether it's on the front panel or directly into the motherboard. The only audio that...
  4. J

    Question Problem trying to use old SSD on a new PC ?

    I got a newer PC from a friend for my mom to use for work. The “new” PC came with a 128GB NVMe SSD which I put Windows 11 on and was going to keep that as the boot drive. Given my mom has a lot of work and personal stuff on her current PC I thought it would be easiest to just bring that 500GB SD...
  5. ankido

    Question Lost Data on BitLocker-Encrypted HDD after NVMe Windows install - - is recovery possible ?

    I'm facing a serious issue after attempting to upgrade my computer's storage. I decided to install a Samsung 990 NVMe SSD, replacing my 860 EVO. I backed up all my data to a traditional HDD, which remained connected in my computer during the installation process. That was my mistake, I neglected...
  6. Shyla V

    Question Experienced a blue screen then it restarted. What could possibly be wrong?

    This happened while I was editing in Lightroom CC. Need help! This popped up... "See the end of this message for details on invoking just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box. ************** Exception Text ************** System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: InvalidArgument=Value of...
  7. djxgam1ng

    Question Discussion about playing in a different resolution (1440) on a 4K LG TV

    How can I play a PC game at 1440 on my LG C4 (42 inch)….I don’t want to run at 1080 but the spec sheet requires I have a better GPU (have 3090) to push 4K (4070 or 4080). Any suggestions?
  8. mrmaruniversal

    Question Cant Install Windows 11 - Asus ROG M16

    Maybe im missing something here. I decided to fully reset my laptop and start clean due to the battery life and bloat of the Asus Rog ZM16 (I7 11800H & 3050 TI) at best I got 4 hours with the laptop set to 1 ghz and intel graphics. Laptop is fairly new and only used for college homework and...
  9. S

    Question Mouse periodically stops working. Nothing I've done helped.

    I'm at my wit's end. Nothing I do relieves me of the torment that is my mice. My mouse just stops working randomly as I use my PC. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme nor reason why it does this. the only way I get it to work again is by unplugging it and plugging it back in again. It's not my...
  10. AliAbbas786

    Question Windows 11 settings are not working properly ?

    Hi, I need some help which I have been trying to find answers myself but no luck. So I have a pc connected to my LG 4K TV using HDMI. The issue is when I open windows 11 settings or the Microsoft store and then turn the TV off and back on again while the settings window or store is open, I...
  11. Anon3245

    Question Dual-GPU setup for lossless scaling issue.

    Hello, so I have an RTX 4060 as my main GPU and an RX 570 as my secondary GPU. I have the HDMI connected to the AMD GPU so I can run LSFG through it, and I render the game through the Nvidia GPU. It works as expected but some games refuse to run on the Nvidia GPU even after specifying GPU...
  12. sojoya

    Question Frequent “USB Power Surge” notifications and occasional BSOD ?

    Hi everyone, could really use some help troubleshooting an issue I’ve been experiencing recently. Full Specs: Gigabyte AB350M Gaming 3 Ryzen 5 5600 Radeon RX 6700 XT DDR4 2x16GB 3200mhz Adata Gammix d35 Corsair TX750M Gold PSU 256GB 2.5" SATA SSD (Installed windows here) 1TB M.2 SATA SSD...
  13. J

    Question Windows system

    I just rebuilt my PC and I’m having trouble getting any windows related programs to work. Media player won’t open. The start menu won’t open after a bit (I have to reset explorer in task manager when that happens) but when it will, I can’t click and open anything in the menu. I pressed windows +...
  14. rubinakos

    Question Windows 11 typing languages

    Hello guys, i recently built my new pc with windows 11 and since then i have this issue. I have as my display language English and typing languages english and greek , but when i change typing language with ALT + TAB or WIN + SPACEBAR it shows 3 options, english greek and africans. In africans...
  15. Rostropovich

    Question All video players stutter or display lower framerate through HDMI cable on TV ?

    Hi, So, I've been having a really strange issue lately. I have an 48Gbps HDMI cable running from my PC to my Samsung "The Frame " 2019 model TV, that I'm using in duplicate display mode in Windows 11. Everything works perfectly, videos that are in the browser, video games and everything else...
  16. GoGoGaren

    Question No Audio From Rear Jack (Black) But Line Out (Green) Works Fine

    I could've sworn I was able to just plug in my two Mackie CR3 desktop speakers (via one split 3.5mm) to the rear speaker output (black). But maybe it was the green line out all along. Does anyone know if I should be using the black jack instead of the green jack? Or that if this cursed Realtek...
  17. rivyulet

    Question New PC having display issues possibly

    Hey everyone, I recently purchased a new PC that has an AMD cpu and a Nvidia 3070 GPU. I plugged in my monitor and started and everything was fine. I launched a game and noticed it was super slow, I checked everything and I accidentally plugged in my monitors HDMI cable into the motherboard slot...
  18. A

    [SOLVED] Reset the OOBE to Windows 11 24H2 ?

    I'm setting up a laptop for AutoPilot. Laptop OS > Windows 11 22H2 If I update to the latest version of Windows, can I reset the OOBE to 24H2 or will it revert back to 22H2 ? Unfortunately I don't have a USB stick handy to load from USB.
  19. N

    Question Using custom sounds on Windows 11 24H2 ?

    Hello. First post here. Can't seem to solve this one. Looking at Windows 11, given Windows 10's demise is on the horizon. For familiarity/recognition, enhanced user experience and a smaller learning curve for people I'm updating PCs for I would like to use the sounds from Windows 7 for several...
  20. M

    Question Windows 11 is slow even in Safe Mode, even after formatting, fresh install and updating ?

    My cousin bought Mi Notebook 14. It has i5-10210U, 8GB 2666MHz DDR4 RAM, SATA3 SSD by Kingston. Recently it got very slow. The task manager kept showing less than 20% CPU utilization. Also, less memory usage. Still the performance is noticeably slow. Each click / UI interaction was laggy...
  21. H

    Question How do I UPDATE (not upgrade) Windows 11 from 21H2 without TPM?

    I installed Windows 11 on a non-TPM computer ages ago, using Rufus. But now I'm told my version 21H2 has reached end of service and when I try to update using the Windows11InstallationAssistant, it tells me TPM is needed. I already change the registry and rebooted as I found on this site...
  22. T

    [SOLVED] Is it REALLY a bad idea to install Windows 11 on an 'unsupported' system?

    I downloaded the little Windows tool, and it told me my PC is not compatible with Windows 11, but it's basically because of the lack of the TPM 2.0 module. Specs: CPU: Intel Core i7 8700k Mobo: Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming Ram: 32gb DDR4 3200 I'm thinking about upgrading my whole system (Ryzen 7...
  23. JayGau

    Question Reinstall Windows or not ?

    Hi All, I wanted to gather some opinions about this. On almost every thread on forums like this one there is someone suggesting to do a Windows fresh install, whatever the problem is. I have been running the same Windows install for years (started with 10 Pro in 2017 and now updated to 11...
  24. S

    Question Display settings glitch when only 1 of 2 monitors is on.

    I have two monitors which i always have set to "duplicate". A TV (monitor 2) and a normal Gaming monitor (monitor 1). Recently, whenever i only turn on "Monitor 1" windows switches to "Extend these displays" and it adds a non existent display to the right side of "display 1". If i go to display...
  25. M

    Question RTX 4060 Ti crashes with loud sound when doing simple tasks on Ubuntu and Windows 11 ?

    I recently got a RTX 4060 Ti but I’m unable to use it properly. Every time I try to play even a relatively simple game like Planet Coaster, the GPU starts making a very loud noise, spinning like crazy and the entire computer freezes. In some cases, the screen also goes black. This issue occurs...
  26. M

    Question how do you change the resolution on AMD Eyefinity?

    Eyefinity question only. (I can't find where to change the resolution out of Eyefinity, either. Not within the Adrenalin software) Noob question, I know. Using my son's 7900XTX temporarily and I have three displays. I'm trying to finish Horizon Forbidden West, which will not play at 11520x2160...
  27. L

    Question CHDSK Unexpteced Errors - SSD broken?

    I wanted to power up my PC yesterday and noticed that the password screen froze. Once I restarted it, the BIOS screen informed me that the G Drive (SSD) needed to be repaired, but about 4-5 minutes later, Windows 11 (latest version) started. I did notice that the file system felt quite a bit...
  28. sammyblue

    Question Windows 11 is corrupting my USB External HDDs ?

    Since this past weekend, my USB attached hard drives have been corrupted. I believe I noticed the issues crop up on the 24th. I thought it was power issues -- I have tried direct to wall, SP, and battery UPS as power sources and the drives keep getting logically damaged. I bought new drives...
  29. Paris7766

    Question PC unexpected crash during gameplay.

    Hello! Yeaterday i had very strange crash which usually im never getting thats why i decided to share it here and if someone can tell me what could have done it, if hardware problem or software problem. OS: Windows 11 Pro GPU: Palit RTX 3070 GamingPro OC CPU: Ryzen 9 5900X RAM: 2x16 GB 3200 mhz...
  30. Tonio777

    Question Windows 11 - Apps/Windows freezing, and taking long time to wake up....

    I am seeing some very odd freezing of windows. It tends to be associated with a specific monitor usually,(I am currently running monitors), and say if I go to click on the top of a chrome window, over on a monitor i haven't done anything recently on, it freezes and doesn't come up immediatelly...
  31. C

    [SOLVED] Black screen of death on relatively new PC

    Hi all So yesterday I had a weird crash on my PC, that I built late last spring. I was browsing on Firefox and all of a sudden my screen blacked out, then came back on, and this happened repeatedly until I did a hard shutdown and turned the power off completely for a few minutes. When I...
  32. J

    Question Issue syncing iCloud with Windows PC ?

    Hi all, have an issue that no amount of Apple support or rummaging online seems to be able to resolve - hopefully Tom's hive mind can help. I'm unifying all my photos in one place and opted for iCloud. I synced it with my PC, and working through Win11 File Explorer I'm able to upload photos...
  33. soldiermxdeath

    Question Randoms BSOD during normal use or when I shut down the pc

    I have a GTX 1070, EVGA 650W G3 PSU, 2x8 GB Corsair 3200 MHz, ASRock B450M Steel Legend, Ryzen 5 3600. No OC, all default settings, the RAMs either XMP or default settings is the same. All is up to date, Windows, drivers, etc. no errors with memtest86. The system randomly gives me a BSOD just...
  34. E

    Question BSOD everyday ntoskrnl.exe

    Hi, Can someone help me to determine what is causing the BSOD everyday involving ntoskrnl? Though I am patched to the latest Windows update, the issue still persist. Much appreciated for help on this issue. Processor 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13900H 2.60 GHz Installed RAM 96.0...
  35. V

    [SOLVED] Windows install media can't detect drive

    Windows 11, Asus z890 pro art, ultra 9 CPU, windows 11, 4090 GPU. The M.2 I'm trying to fresh install windows to is the T705 crucial with the heatsink. The M.2 shows up in the BIOS but not in the list when i'm in the windows install media menus. I've updated my bios to the latest version which...
  36. D

    Question i9 and low frequency on idle ?

    Is that ok? On image 1101.03 MHz Sometimes even 800 Mhz. I believe it's connected with turbo frequency adjust, but I wonder what do you recommend guys? I have concerns that it needs time to boost and maybe better if it runs always even at idle at min. 3-4Ghz? What do you think?
  37. B

    Question Frequent 'CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED' BSODs after booting, and display issues in browser ?

    This is a new PC. The issues are: BSOD ("CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED") after booting the computer Brand new PC – built 2 weeks ago by me. Already sent to service, where they reinstalled Windows, checked the CPU, GPU, and RAM, and reinstalled drivers. BSOD "CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED" occurs randomly...
  38. vanyagetc

    Question Help needed with BSOD ?

    Hey recently I've got this bsod here: 020825-20109-01.dmp 08.02.2025 16:03:04 0x0000013a 00000000`00000017 ffffb085`ff000380 ffffb086`2fb3b330 00000000`00000000 ntoskrnl.exe ntoskrnl.exe+4b85d0 NT Kernel & System Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft...
  39. 6_ERALDI

    Question Random BSOD and Event 41 Kernel-Power - - - NVMe SSD -> off ?

    Hi all, I've been getting random BSOD (for less than a second) then the automatic reboot sends it to BIOS (UEFI), without ever succeeding at a restart. I noticed the booting SSD (NVMe) wasn't blinking, so it's off. (also it doesn't appear on BIOS screen) After that, the only way to get the PC...
  40. J

    Question Windows 11 WINLOGON Issue

    Good Morning, I am experiencing an issue with our AS400 client and Windows 11. Since the most recent major update, the WINLOGON feature in Windows 11 no longer works to allow the Windows AS400 client to auto-connect. The below article will help explain the issue. I am looking to see if there is...
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