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High CPU and loud fan on HP laptop while idle
Why idle and connected to power my Win 11 HP Elitebook fan runs loudly. I've captured perfmon data and there are numerous svchost processes pegging the CPU. They're just numbered svchost13, svchost 27, etc. How do I see what they're actually doing to identify the offenders?
Th best windows backup software or utility for Windows 11/10 OS?
Hi everyone, I’m kind of a newbie here and I really need some advice. I want to make a full backup of my Windows 11 laptop because it has very important personal and work data on it. I’m a bit nervous about messing something up, so I'm looking for the simplest and safest method to let me easily backup Windows 11 to an external hard drive or SSD. I don't have much experience with windows backup software, so I prefer something easy to understand and not too technical. Ideally, I just want a way to back up the whole system so I can restore everything if my laptop crashes or the drive fails. What is the easiest utility you recommend for beginners on Windows 11? Built-in tools, external hard drives, or any beginner-friendly software suggestions would be really appreciated.
Best method to move windows 11 to another drive SSD?
I have an older PC running Windows 11, but the internal SSD (128 GB) is running out of space. I want to move the entire OS, along with all my files and applications, to a new, larger drive. I'm not sure what the safest and most efficient process is for this. My goal is to make the larger SSD drive as the new bootable device without losing any data or settings. I would be grateful for step-by-step advice on recommended software to move Windows 11 to another drive any crucial pitfalls to avoid. My PC is a standard Windows 11 installation with no complex RAID setups. Thank you in advance for your guidance and expertise.
Can I restore a Macrium bacup to a PC with different CPU?
In a few weeks I'm going to replace my current mini PC with a new one. Both systems will have the same basic hardware configuration, except for the CPU chip. The current one has an N95 CPU, and the new one will have an i5. Will I be able to use a Macrium full image backup of my current system (Win11 Pro) to restore to the new system and have it work OK?A few queries about Windows home drive encryption and imaging with Macrium
01. Can I successfully image my encrypted system drive with a Macrium boot disk? 02. Will the image created be encrypted or not? 03. If i unlock the system drive and image it will the image be encrypted or not? 04. if i restore an encrypted image onto a encrypted partition will i require the unlock key 05. If i restore an unencrypted image onto a encrypted partition will the result be an encrypted or unencrypted partition and will i require the unlock key to do this restore? 06. what exactly does BitLocker support do, if added to my Macrium bootable image?computer occasionally unable to discover home wifi network
Sometimes when I wake up my computer, it is suddenly unable to detect my house's wifi, but it can still find other nearby networks. Every other device in my house is fine and can connect to my internet, but it's just my computer which can't find it at all. Every time it does this I just have to restart the router, but it's really annoying, and I was wondering if anyone has a fix?
Windows 11 search function slow to display results on initial boot.
The problem: When trying to search for an app for the first time since boot-up, the results are blank and takes around 20 seconds to be displayed. But the function has actually found the app I am searching for and its only the displaying part that is lagging because I can see the app's name being auto-completed and the app actually launches if I press enter at this stage. I remember this issue starting only recently, as in around 3-4 months ago if I am remembering it correct. I figured its the usual bug which will be fixed in the upcoming or the update after that but this has persisted for long enough for me to make a post in this forum. A video of what I am talking about can be found https://imgur.com/a/Zc6Q85X I am on build 26100.7462 for reference.
WINDOWS 11 TASKBAR SYSTEM TRAY ICONS KEEP MOVING OUT OF HIDDEN MENU
Hi all I have been setting up a new laptop with Windows 11 25H2 Build 26200.6584 and when I move system tray icons to the hiden menu, about 40 or 50 seconds later windows unhides them and there appear back on the task bar. It is driving me mad as the task bar looks to cluttered. If it is a known bug, is there a fix for this? According to google searches, this is a known bug and none of the suggested fixes work.. I have tried: Re-arrange Icons via Drag-and-Drop. Restart Windows Explorer. Disable Fast Startup. Rebuild the Icon Cache using CMD window as admin I tried to delete the icon cache so windows had to rebuild it but taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F del /A:H "%localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\iconcache*" start explorer.exe but it gave the error below. Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.26200.6584] (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Windows\System32>taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F SUCCESS: The process "explorer.exe" with PID 10720 has been terminated. C:\Windows\System32>del /A:H "%localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\iconcache*" Could Not Find C:\Users\Kenny\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\iconcache* C:\Windows\System32>start explorer.exe C:\Windows\System32>After KB5072033, my app starts, then is gone
I developed an app using Borland Delphi that has run successfully with no changes made since 2002. The app does NOT make any use of the internet, only local files accessed using the Borland Database Engine. The app has worked under a variety of Windows versions, until the December 12, 2025 Security Update (26200.7462). Since that update was installed, launching my app results in: Tab for the app appears on the TaskBar App splash screen displays, with initial progress message Splash screen disappears, but instead of the main app window appearing, no window appears, and the tab for the app disappears from the TaskBar Task Manager no longer shows the app as running. No error message or warning appears. File Manager shows that 7 database files out of 54 were opened and closed (their "modified" date is updated). I have tried - running under a variety of compatibility modes (Windows 7 was preferred), as well as not using any compatibility mode. Same result. - un-installing the security update, but the un-install "fails". Any assistance you can provide is appreciated.ضخامة الاستهلاك بدون أسباب واضحة
مرحبًا، مجتمع Microsoft. لقد لاحظت أن جهازي وبشكل أو بآخر, يتم استهلاك موارده جزئيًّا بشكل كبير حتى من دون فتح أي برنامج. يتم استهلاك الذاكرة بمجرد تشغيل الجهاز بحوالي 40% من ذاكرة الجهاز المؤقتة، وذلك دون أية أسباب واضحة. ومع أن الجهاز قوي (ASUS Zenbook 14 32GB RAM 2025 Edition)، إلا أنه لا يستطيع تشغيل البرامج الثقيلة بسبب "تنافس" النظام والبرنامج الثقيل (أيًّا كان هو) على موارد الجهاز وخصوصًا وحدة معالجة الرسوميات والذاكرة المؤقتة. حتى وحدة المعالجة المركزية، تحتر بسرعة وتجبر المروحة على العمل بسرعات عالية نسبيًّا. توضح بعض الوسائط أدناه أدلة على كلامي عن الاستهلاك المفرط لموارد الجهاز. أرجو من المجتمع تقديم ملاحظة تساعدني على حل هذه المشكلة.
