#windows
i found a second hand CD for an old flight sim and got really excited. Then i tried to install it on Windows 10: I tried compatibility mode for older Windows versions and running as administrator. no luck. I really want to play this again. are old games just…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts my Surface tablet connects to a mesh system without any complaint, but this is what I get: no internet, secured... my phone on teh same network streams video just fine. I restarted teh router and teh laptop, nothing. I…
im literally losing my mind here my secondhand laptop has been trying to install teh .NET cmuulative update for a week. it downloads, asks to restart, gets to 100% and then says its undoing changes. back in Windows, i get this: Error 0x800f0922. Ive rebooted…
ok weird one i want a real debate, not a flame war lol recently, during a livestream, an update on my work laptop failed and left me on the spinning dots. One side says auto updates protect people who would never patch on their own. The other side says a…
Ive always been teh person telling friends to keep updates on. Then ten minutes before a client presentation, my work laptop decided to update, failed, and undid itself after three restarts. I still believe updates matter for security. But teh timing and the…
guys pls help hot take: forced updates have done more for my blood pressure than for my security. case in point, ten minutes before a client presentation, this appeared on my grandmother. It ate my whole morning 😅 i know teh arguments about botnets and…
help!! ive always been the person telling friends to keep updates on. then right before a deadline, teh family computer decided to update, failed, and undid itself after three restarts. i still believe updates matter for security. But the timing and teh lack…
ugh. ive tried Ubuntu three times over the years and gave up every time. Something always pulled me back, usually gaming. ppl keep telling me its different now. What changed for you? Im curious what a realistic first month looks like for someone who knows…
i was launching a game on my HP Pavilion when teh srceen went blue for the third time this week... same message every time: it counts to 100%, reboots, and everything looks fine again until the next time, ive arleady run Windows Update and the system tray…
the marketing lead changed their password on Monday. Since then teh account locks every morning at login: We suspect something is still using the old password, but they have a laptop, a phone, a tablet and who knows what else. How do we narrow it down??…
help!! i found a box I found in teh attic for an old adventure game and got really excited. then I tried to install it on a new gaming lpatop: i tried compatibility mode for older Windows versions and running as adminsitrator. no luck, i really wanna play…
Genuine question, not trying to start a war. For pepole doing photo editnig: are you on Windows, macOS, or Linux, and would u switch? 😅 I'm tempted by Linux Mint because my lapotp feels slow on Windows and I like the idea of controlling updates. But I…
Honestly embarrassed to ask, but I've been at this for an hour. an old school shooter remaster won't start, just this error: Missing MSVCP140.dll. My friend told me to just copy teh file from his PC into the game folder. That sounds wrong to me. Can someone…
honestly embarrassed to ask, but Ive been at this for an hour. an old school shooter remaster wont start, just this error: missing VCRUNTIME140.dll. my friend told me to just copy the file from his PC into the game folder. that sounds wrong to me. can…
im literally losing my mind here two ways to get into teh BIOS from Windows without the boot key race: 1. admin terminal: shutdown /r /fw /t 0. 2. settings System Recovery Advanced startup Restart now, then Troubleshoot Advanced options UEFI Firmware…
im literally losing my mind here a service desk tech changed their password on Monday. since then the account locks every time they open Outlook: we suspect something is still using the old password, but they have a laptop, a phone, a tablet and who knows…
im literally losing my mind here my gaming sessions have turned into slideshows. heres Task Manager while a large online shooter is running: The drive is an old hard drive. It started a couple of weeks ago out of nowhere. Before i buy a new drive, how do i…
ok so i bought an old school shooter remaster on sale, was super excited, double clicked it and got this: It says VCRUNTIME140.dll is missing. This is after moving my library to a new drive, so maybe something didnt get installed? :) A quick search shows a…
okay, Im officially frustrated. my Dell Inspiron has been blue screening with IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL, and it always seems to happen while joining a voice call, heres what it looks like: i have a deadline on Friday and i can't trust this machine to stay up…
okay, i feel like i just found a cheat code in my own OS. on teh desktop, right click New Folder, and name it exactly this: GodMode.{ED7BA470 8E54 465E 825C 99712043E01C} The icon instantly turns into a Control Panel icon and when u open it u get a giant…
Setting up a Windows 11 laptop for a new colleague. It joins teh guest network, teh password is accepted, and then: they start tomorrow morning... i tried the troubleshooter, it fixed nothing... any ideas before i just give them my own laptop? the laptop is…
ok so learned from an old IT guy: Ctrl+Shift+Esc goes straight to Task Manager, he also showed me the Startup tab (Startup apps on Windows 11) where you can disable programs that launch at boot, and teh "Startup impact" column. my laptop boots noticeably…
guys pls help has anyone beaten 0x800f0922?? im close to giving up. the work from home desktop is otherwise healthy, plenty of free space on C:, no weird software. i did resize partitions a while ago to give more space to C:, if that matters. every attempt…
so annoyed rn setting up a work laptop for a new colleague 😅 It joins the hotel Wi Fi, the password is accepted, and then: they start tomorrow morning, i tried the troubleshooter, it fixed nothing... any ideas before i just give them my own laptop?? the…
im literally losing my mind here quick question before I buy a new external hard drive: That's what i see whenever i connect it through teh laptop's USB C port, i rebooted, uninstalled the device in Device Manager, and tried again. Same thing. Is there…
