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Settings app frozen/not loading
Hi everyone! I am using a Legion PC from 2021 with Windows 11 installed, connected to 2 Dell monitors. Brief specs below: Windows 11 Home installed on 2/23/2025. Version 24H2, OS build 26100.6584 Ryzen 5 3600 6 core CPU, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Super GPU, 24GB RAM, 214GB of 477GB available storage Monitors: SE2719HR connected via HDMI/DisplayPort, and SE271H-HX connected via HDMI/HDMI In the Settings app, if I try to click on "Display" from the Home page or from System -> Display, the page will not load (see picture below). The same thing happens if I try to right click the desktop and select "Display settings", or search for Display settings from the Start menu. Additionally, when I open the Settings app, I am able to click on any of the sidebar options, but once I do so, the app completely freezes about 50% of the time. I am also able to click on any of the options on the Home page of Settings and use most of those normally. Closing and reopening the app a few times generally works to fix this; it is less of a big deal than the Display settings completely refusing to work. What I have tried so far: Restarting my computer Updating Windows Repairing and then resetting the Settings app Updating my GPU driver (Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Super) Updating my monitor drivers Malware scan using Windows Security Microsoft Defender Antivirus (offline scan) Using Command Prompt to run these, as an Administrator: Dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /Restorehealth sfc /scannow chkdsk /F net stop spooler Get-AppxPackage *windows.immersivecontrolpanel* | Reset-AppxPackage Changing Sensor Service in Services Manager to Automatic startup, from Manual Thank you in advance!
Virtualized Intel VT-x/EPT is not supported on this platform.
I purchase the new laptop Samsung Galaxy Book4 with win11 home edition single language version. I tried to install the VMware workstation with eve-ng. When I tried to run the application It gave me an error" Virtualized Intel VT-x/EPT is not supported on this platform. Continue without virtualized Intel VT-x/EPT? I tried everything every solution on youtube. like disable hyper V and window virtual systems, core isoloation etc. but unable to find the solution. It would be great if you can help me to resolve this issue. I am preparing for an exam and this is very urgent. Thank youMicrosoft forcing unwanted service onto users
Dear Microsoft, I have been a Windows user for many many years now and I loved windows for many years, but now I'm seriously leaving windows now. Since windows 10 you have been removing user rights in the windows and forcing your way of using the system onto us users, which I simply cannot accept anymore. If I buy a licens to Windows, then I should be the only one in charge of my windows install. Yet if I disable a function/service then you just turn it back on next time I update windows. Thats NOT RIGHT. And now you are removing the option to turn off these function/service, why? Leave my windows install alone. The latest issue you have done is removing the option to remove Copilot. When Copilot first was introduced, I could just uninstall copilot, and it was gone from my pc. Then you change it, so that if I disabled copilot it would disappear - I was fine with that. But now I can't even disable copilot in windows, the option is gone from the setting menu. And it everywhere in windows now and always in your face. I don't want to use it. If I want to use AI, I use ChatGPT (I know you own OpenAI) in the web browser, I just do not want copilot anywhere one my system, because I don't use it and is not going to use it. In your apps, like outlook, word, etc., you still allow users to disable copilot. However, before some update when a user disabled copilot it would disappear from the toolbar - Nice! But you changed that. Now the copilot button is still there, even if I actively disable it - WHY? Again, I do not want to use copilot which is why I'm actively disable it. So please, respect users' decision and stop forcing unwanted service onto users, especially when they have made an active decision to disable the set function/service. I'm leaving Windows for Linux. Outlook for Proton, Xbox for SteamOS, Office for Libre Office, Onedrive for Dropbox. I'm leaving Microsoft and all their products since they are not worth it anymore.
unable to clean install as system dosn't meet req but Im running win 11
As the header says. my win 11 sdd is showing signs of old age (like the owner) I have multiple disk drives and when I run the install I'm getting the message PC is not compatible. I've run the helper and all is good, any help appreciated. Cheers for reading
Windows 11 Reinstall
Hi, total tech novice here. I need to reinstall Windows 11 onto my laptop as it will not boot/recover. I’m guessing I need to download the programme from Microsoft using another device and then load via BIOS? Any pointers would be appreciated. How do I find my product key once it installs? Thanks.
