May 2026 KB5089549 make my system unbootable
Today, I have updated my HP Elite X2 G4 with May 2026 Tuesday update KB5089549 and several other updates. The update fail, when restarted, an error dialog read Thing does not go as expected, and it roll back my system. After restart, I attempt to update again and it fail with the same reason. So I proceed to manual update by downloading update from Mic4osoft Update Catalog. The update went fine until I restart my system. There is an error dialog stated that my system has a problem, windows 11 attempt to repair my system and fail. This make my system unbootable. Microsoft, Windows 11 is getting worst and worst. Updating is a real nightmare. It take forever and 5his time, may be it’s time for me to switch to Mac
How come all of a sudden all of my Earbuds and Headphones skip audio?
Hi, I like to use Earbuds when on my PC, (Windows 11 Pro) I never had this issue until about 2 weeks ago. I cannot use any Earbuds or Headphones because the audio skips so badly that I miss out on the majority of what is being said, I do not know what to do. I live chatted with a Microsoft rep who then connected to my PC and didn't know what to do. So, he restored an old backup - and that worked for 1 day. Then the next day I turned my PC on and boom it was back. Does anyone know what is happening or what I can do to resolve this? I play 1 game, and when I do it's just massive skips and it is incredibly annoying. I would greatly appreciate anyone's help on resolving this please. It has become unbearable. Please help! Thank you, - Jon
DESIGNER only mkes 1 design not 4
I use ms ai image designer to make images and i makew ai videos ,, but for a week now it only makes 1 image not 4,, and it doesnt follow the propsat as per usual,. and it makes images in 3:2 not 16:9. I updateed my subscription for this tool and depend onm it.. SO please help me fix this
Fix for CapabilityAccessManager.db-wal Growing Huge in Windows 11
I had a problem where this file kept growing extremely fast and reached around 80 GB: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\CapabilityAccessManager\CapabilityAccessManager.db-wal At first, stopping the Capability Access Manager Service would stop the file from growing, but it also caused Wi-Fi/network problems, so that was not the right fix. We used Microsoft Process Monitor and confirmed the file was being written by: svchost.exe → camsvc camsvc is the Capability Access Manager Service, which handles Windows app permissions like location, camera, microphone, screen capture, etc. The real trigger was not the service itself. Something was repeatedly requesting Location access, which caused camsvc to keep writing to the database WAL file. What fixed it Go to: Settings → Privacy & security → Location Turn off: Location services Also turn off: Let desktop apps access your location After doing that, the CapabilityAccessManager.db-wal file stopped growing rapidly. Small changes still happen when doing things like taking screenshots because Windows logs screen-capture permission activity. That appears normal. The problem was the runaway growth. What not to do Do not permanently disable: Capability Access Manager Service / camsvc Disabling that service can cause other Windows permission and network-related issues. Other note I also left Dell SmartByte services disabled, but the final fix was turning off Windows Location services.
Start Menu Mobile Bar not showing, toggles not working
Hi, finally got the new start menu Dell xps 13 7390 2in1 but the Start Menu Mobile Bar is not showing, and none of the personalisation > start toggles work. Show recent apps Show recommended files Show mobile device at start The start menu always looks the same. I have the search box (I've seen on some screenshots that there is a small mobile icon to the right of the search box, that's not there) I then have 8 columns of apps, then a dropdown list for category, grid, and list; they all work. Any suggestions? thanks
All shortcuts icons turn blank (white) in Windows 11
I turned my PC a while ago and all shortcut icons have been turned blank. I cleared the shortcut cache by deleting the IconCache.db file. Nothing Run sfc /scannow with no errors. Nothing When I change it again nothing happens, it remains blank. The last update that may cause the problem was installed the last time I turned off my computer (2026-04 Security Update (KB5083769) (26200.8246). I uninstalled it but the problem remained. Creating a new local account didn't solve the problem either. Please advise. Thank youPC Shuts Down Suddenly While Gaming .
PC running Windows 11 (64-bit) suddenly shuts down without displaying an error code,never blue screen. In Event Viewer, there is listed—only a note that the PC was shut down abruptly. Under Reliability History, it shows that the PC shut down abruptly, along with vgme.exe (red X). Since Riot’s Valorant accesses deep into the system, it causes vgme.exe to crash (this is a known issue). The game in question is Valorant, Raimbow Siege 6 and it only happens with this game. Other games work fine; the PC never shuts down abruptly. HARDWARE: Asus ROG Strix B650E-F Gaming Wi-Fi, Samsung 1TB 980 Pro, AMD Ryzen 7 7800 X3D, Corsair RM750 Power Supply, Vengeance 32GB (2x16) 30-30-36-76 1.40V V.5.43 6000MHz, Gigabyte RTX 3070 (GB). The hardware is about 8 months old, except for the graphics card (about 3 years old) and the power supply the same . CPU thermal paste reapplied 2 months ago; temperature is always OK. PLEASE HELP.Displays Going to Sleep
Set up a new PC at work (I'm the network admin). We have a power plan we apply to all PCs (same one that was on my last PC). On this computer, however, whenever I lock my PC (using Win+L), within 30 seconds the displays just go on standby/sleep/hibernate. This is annoying and I cannot figure out why. Power plan is set up accordingly. NO it is not due to monitor settings, for sure Windows. Send help. Thanks.Gaming Laptop continues to crash and crash... can't find the root of the problem.
Hello everyone. I'm having a bit of an issue with my gaming laptop and no matter what I do, it doesn't seem to fully fix it. I'll try my best to describe it as much as possible and hopefully someone can point me in the right direction. So my laptop is the Gigabyte Aorus 15P KD. I've had it for I believe 5 years now. It's worked great for all my gaming and school needs. Mostly I've played VRChat on it and it's never gave me any real issues up until a couple of months ago. First I started noticing some of my games were lagging the more I played it and sometimes when it would crash if I played VRChat in VR. Not long ago I applied more thermal paste to it since the old thermal paste wasn't doing much. I reapplied the thermal paste and the temps went back to normal and the crashes kinda stopped for a while until recently. Realistically, most of the time if it does crash then it would be when I was on VRChat and the timing on the crash depends. It'll either last for hours then crash, or maybe 5 minutes. Rarely has it ever crashed on any other game playing a non-VR game, but it has happened. I can't seem to find the root of the problem. So far I've reapplied thermal paste and reinstalled windows but neither has helped much. When it crashes, the following happens. The laptop goes into the BSOD and is stuck at 0% or the laptop freezes for a while, goes into the BSOD and either fully reboots fine or gets stuck at 100% When I have gotten into the BSOD, these are some of the codes I get: DCP_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION (0X133) CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT (0X101) To be honest, my laptop could honestly have more than one issue. The biggest red flag I've seen from my laptop so far that is highest on my list is my SSD. I've used a program to check my SSD and according to the app, 25% health is "good." My biggest fear is buying a SSD to replace to old one just for the issue not to be solved. Can anyone please help me figure this out? Or point me in the right direction? I'll drop my specs below. 11th Gen Intel Core i7-11800 @ 2.30GHz NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU 16GB of Ram About 500 GB of SSD
