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My Windows 11 PC acting weird for the past week
before this week i got consistent 140-180 fps in all my games, but suddenly rocket league can´t get above 100 fps and my 1% lows are in singe digit territory. I tried DDU because maybe it was the drivers since it happened around the time i installed new drivers. It did nothing, I looked at windows computer logs and it shows a lot of errors but most of it was me closing programms via taskmanager. I did scans for corrupted windows files and it found some but it didn´t fix anything. and i looked into my pc and HWInfo to see if it is thermal throtteling but it was clean. does anybody know the cause?I have to mindlessly unplug them and plug them back in until it works.
A while ago I got this 3.5mm extension cable so I could use the rear jacks, cause the top one was utterly worn down, and it just refuses to work properly. I know the green jack is for your headphones, but on my realtek audio console, it's "front speaker out", so when I plugged it into the blue one, which WAS headphones, it was super quiet, while the green one just didn't have any audio at all. I tried switching the green one to headphones via the software, which I think worked somehow? Even though it still said front speaker out, and I had to use Speakers(Realtek(R)Audio) That only worked once though, now neither of them work after I had to do a windows update. I have a prebuilt computer that runs windows 11, and realtek was installed by the manufacturer, so maybe it's an outdated version? I can't find anything about my specific problem online, or rather, I have no clue what to search for it. Please help !!!
Keyboard not working until I unplug&replug it after booting
So after booting, my keyboard lights don't turn on and no input is detected. The problem goes away after I unplug&replug the keyboard. This started happening a couple of days ago, and I have done nothing with the computer that would obviously cause such behaviour. No major installs, no huge updates, no changed settings. Ihad the same problem with Windows like two times before moving over a couple months ago, but now it happens after every startup. Any help is appreciated!The Windows 11 Photos app cannot display the full image when viewing landscape-oriented photos
I just started using Windows 11, and I noticed that when I run a slideshow in the new Photos app, landscape-oriented images aren’t displayed in full (part of the image is automatically cropped), while portrait-oriented images display normally. Is this a settings issue? How can I fix it?
Alienware R15 AMD Desktop
Alienware R15 AMD desktop shuts down intermittently. Did a clean W11 install a couple of weeks ago to try and fix this issue but it’s still happening. “Startup repair” is always unsuccessful with “Error: OS_BOOT_FAILURE”. I’ll then launch “System repair” and that works. The “Scan Hardware” diagnostic always comes back with “Everything looks good” I’ve run a memory test which passed and also scanned the HDD and SDD with and both drives come back “Good”. What should I look at next? ???? System details: BIOS Version 1.23.0 AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core Processor NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 CPU Speed 4700 MHz HDD ST2000DM008-2UB102-(SO) 2000GB SDD PC801 NVMe SK Hynix 1TB-(SO) Memory 32768 (DDRS)
MATCH function over seperate tabs
I know a bit about functions but not enough to figure out why my formula stops working when I move the table data to a new tab. I have a several tabs with data, which I have created the data validation drop down lists, individual small tables for several areas of the spreadsheet that all gets collected on the "Daily Working Tab". I want the next table removed from the "Daily Working" Tab and put on it's own tabs of "Payee's" Right now, I have a formula that checks the value in column “AK” for each row in the table and returns “Y” if there’s a match or “-” if not, so I can see if I’ve added it to the relevant month for each of six months: =IFERROR(IF(MATCH($AK8,$E$8:$E$80,0),"Y"),"-") This works fine on the same tab, but as soon as I move the data to another tab, the updated formula =IFERROR(IF(MATCH($AK8,'Daily Working'!E8:E80,0),"Y"),"-") no longer works, even after fixing the “#REF!” error by pointing it to the correct tab and table to "'Daily Working'!$E$8:$E$80'". I’ve read about using several INDEX, VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, nested IF, and MATCH combined functions, but I still can’t get it to work and baffled where or what I am doing wrong or need to do to get this to work. I have even split the information on different spreadsheets and it works but this defeats the purpose of having this all on one spreadsheet and different tabs. Probably simple to fix. Any help would be greatly appreciated. TIA WPH.The best heic to jpg converter I can use on Windows 11 PC?
Honestly, I'm completely new to this and need some help. I have a bunch of HEIC photos (I think they're from an iPhone) that I need to convert to JPG so I can use them on my Windows 11 PC. Right now, when I try to open them, nothing works properly. Can someone recommend the best heic to jpg converter for Windows 11? I'm looking for something that's: Safe and fast Easy to use (I'm not very technical, so simple is better) Can convert multiple photos at once (batch conversion), because I have a lot of them A few questions I have: Do I even need to download anything, or does Windows 11 have a built-in way to do this? If I do need a program, which one would you recommend for a beginner like me? Does converting affect the photo quality at all? Thanks for the help!How do I open or unzip a 7z file in Windows 11?
I downloaded a file that ends with .7z, but Windows 11 does not seem to open it when I double-click it. I expected it to work like a normal ZIP file, but I either get an error or Windows asks me to choose an app. What is the easiest way to open or unzip a 7z file in Windows 11? Is there a built-in Microsoft tool that can handle this file type? I'm not very technical, so I'd really appreciate a simple method with clear steps. Also, is there anything I should check before opening the file to make sure it is safe?
What ram do I get for boyfriends computer
My boyfriend has a computer he got when he got in 2017 and ive recently heard him complaining about needing more RAM but it being a super weird and random place to get it and that it was pretty pricey. He's not really the easiest to shop for but I thought for our 1 year I could look into getting him some so his computer can run a little better !! TDWR im looking for RAM for a... HP Omen 880-026na Core i7-7700 16GB 2TB + 256GB SSD GeForce GTX 1080 8GB DVD-RW Windows 10 Home Gaming Desktop thats really on the info I have on his computer Im pretty technically challenged so please let me know how and where to buy and if this is even possible!In-page screenshot default names are often too long for Windows
When i right click and take a screenshot with the "take a screenshot" feature, it defaults to saving the screenshot with a long file name (includes time, date, etc). this has been a huge problem as often they save with such a long file name that i have no way to delete the file due to the long name. sometimes im able to rename the screenshot so that i can delete it, but sometimes editing the name will just revert back to its original long name. windows recycling bin is unable to delete files with as long of a name as what they are often saved as. i have to go into 7zip and rename the file there, and delete it on 7zip as my last resort a lot of the time. before anyone tells me to edit the name of the screenshot before i click save, yes i understand that its an option. but the reality is that i shouldn't have to look over every screenshot file name and edit them, or else risk accidentally saving a file with a name so large i need 3rd party programs to delete them with. im guessing this isn't a problem for some people as its dependent on the websites/pages you screenshot, tab titles, etc. i have even had my computer crash on me once trying to re-name/delete a Firefox screenshot due to the file name length. it would be fantastic to have options in settings for the default file name templates for screenshots. IE. enable/disable date, enable/disable time, etc
KB 4103721 Problems, here is a solution
It actually worked for me. I still have problems with Defender, but that's nothing after the system crash. My notebook supplier (Schenker-Technologie in Leipzig) is also reporting this to Microsoft. I don't know if my feedback hub worked. I assume Microsoft will offer a solution in the next few days. Otherwise, I'll simply reinstall version 1803, this time accepting everything in the data protection settings and only then disabling everything. Immediately afterward, I'll hide the update. Thank you for your feedback; the whole process was actually a bit of fun. Until the next Microsoft debacle.Keep running out of disc space on Windows 10
My Dell PC (Windows 10) keeps running out of disc space. Two months ago I had 13 GB free. Today I have 86.2 MB. Note that I haven't installed any programs since then. I didn't always have this problem, something's definitely changed. I've tried disk cleanup, but the only files that can be deleted account for like a couple dozen KB total. I've already moved all my word docs, videos, and images to the D drive, but still, the C drive keeps running out of space. I'd appreciate any advice that isn't "get a bigger drive"/"get a better computer". What's the point of getting 1T drive if by all indications it'll all just disappear sooner or later? I don't want to kick the can down the road. I want to solve this once and for all. And unfortunately "buy a better PC" isn't an option either.Can I delete apps on iPhone that won't let me uninstall from my pc?
Hi all, I tried to uninstall some apps I don't use anymore from my iPhone, but they won't let me delete the normal way. I also connected my iPhone to my Windows PC, but I don't see any option to uninstall or manage iPhone apps from there. Is there a safe way to delete apps on iPhone that won't let me uninstall? Can this be done from a Windows PC, or do I need to change something on the iPhone first, like Screen Time restrictions, app removal settings, or a device management profile? I don't want to reset the iPhone or lose my personal data. Any clear steps would be appreciated.Daemon Tools setup not working on my PC
Im trying to move my ISOs for old games onto my XP computer by using a USB stick. I want to also put an old version of Daemon Tools as well, but all the ones Ive found online give an error message of "1" when trying to install on my windows xp machine. Not sure why, except that on my other computer where I download the old version of DaemonTools, it states that some properties can't be transferred when putting it on my USB stick. My guess is maybe that breaks the setup exe but I dont know. Ideas for a workaround? Is it simply not advised to try to install programs using a USB?Generic bluetooth adapter issue
I need help with getting the option of bluetooth back on my PC. some days ago my computer (B650 Aorus Elite AX) stopped receiving bluetooth signal, I tried to get it back by the common method (which is unistall and search for hardware) but it keeps getting the same message shortly after, am I missing something? Windows 11 with an AMD Ryzen 7 7800 3XD processor and an AMD Radeon RX 7800 TX graphic card, in case that is needed as knowledge.
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