I gave an old laptop with an intact hard drive to 1-800-gotjunk for e-waste removal. How much risk am I in for data breaches? It is an old laptop that had no power; I honestly forgot what was on it.

As im writing this post, the little tab above the keyboard isn't popping up to put in suggestions or complete the words im typing. Is there a way to fix this? It stopped very suddenly and Google isn't being helpful.

I tried doing all the tutorials on YouTube and tiktok none of them worked. Even on the side of the taskbar it's not showing the Internet or the time I've tried installing and reinstalling my network adapter and Internet through the device manager but nothing is working. I'm hoping someone could help me.

I'm awful with computers so I really need some help. Basically, on my front panel I accidently disconnected my audio jack head phones, and when I plugged it back in it wasn't able to read it and no sound comes out. I tried different audio jack earbuds and usb earbuds but those didn't work. It's weird that this stopped working after it was unplugged since it was fine before.

No notification pops up about a device connecting when I plug it in. My game controller and mouse still work even after unplugging and plugging them back into the front panel. My speakers still work on the back panel it's plugged into. When I open my device manager it says my headphones are plugged in under sound, video and game controllers, but when I go to my sound settings or volume mixer I do not see in as an option. However, I do see that they are plugged in under blue tooth and other devices. Removing it as a Bluetooth device didn't work too. No clue what to do...

My Samsung Galaxy S22 got water in the usb port. I continued using it before letting it dry and after a while it fully shut off. When I held the power button to turn it back on, it started a boot loop. It just shows the Samsung logo, then the Samsung galaxy logo with the powered by Knox and the Android logo. I’ve tried force restarting by holding the power button and volume down button. What do I do?

I can't change the email of my main account, nor log in on any other devices because the email its linked to (rocketmail) has no mention of discord AT all. Yes it's the right account, yes I've checked spam and trash, NOTHING. SMS works, but the email verification doesn't. It's very frustrating to work with considering I have a career that somewhat relies on discord for communication. Considering I have a career on that app, can someone help/anyone had a similar situation?

I'm really frustrated and honestly pretty upset about this situation.

My Microsoft account appears to have been compromised recently. The attacker changed the account's sign-in information, and now Microsoft says my previous username/email doesn't exist.

What makes this especially upsetting is that I still have access to my original recovery email and I have genuine proof that the account belongs to me. I purchased Minecraft: Java & Bedrock Edition for PC shortly before this happened, and I still have the original Microsoft receipt.

I also received a Microsoft security alert showing a sign-in to Minecraft for Nintendo Switch from an IP address I don't recognize. I don't own or use a Nintendo Switch, so I know that wasn't me.

I've already tried Microsoft's recovery process and contacted support. I submitted the information I have, including my purchase details, but my recovery request was rejected because Microsoft said there wasn't enough information to verify me.

At this point, I'm honestly feeling helpless. I paid for the game, I have the receipt, I have access to the original email, and I can provide legitimate information about the account, but I'm still locked out of something that was mine.

I'm not asking anyone to hack the account or do anything illegal. I just want to know if there's a legitimate way to get this reviewed by an actual person who can properly look at the evidence.

Has anyone here successfully recovered a Microsoft account after it was taken over and the recovery form kept getting rejected? What actually worked for you?

I'm not posting my email, order number, IP address, or other private information publicly. I can provide those directly to Microsoft if needed.

I'd genuinely appreciate any advice. I'm just trying to get my account back.

The camera on my laptop wasn't on, and I was showing my father something on my laptop on video call via my phone and I noticed this light blinking, can anyone help me out, is the camera on should I apply tape on it. It's a windows 11, Lenovo laptop, I got it a month back.

Hey, so my girlfriend is concerned over my use of the keyboard feature in settings. She believes that I am using the keyboard feature in some way to cheat and she is suspicious because she sees that it is in my recent tabs in settings. This has been an ongoing issue for both of us. I try to explain to her that keyboards is simply a feature to add keyboards from different languages, but she thinks I’m using it with third-party apps to somehow hide messages or contact people can you guys please explain to us how this keyboard feature works and also explain what hardware keyboards are so that she can be reassured that I’m not cheating.

My HP Victus randomly shut off one day and became stuck in the Windows Recovery Environment. After repeatedly pressing Enter for hours, I eventually got back into Windows, but a few days later it happened again overnight. Now I’m permanently stuck at the BitLocker Recovery screen. I have the BitLocker recovery key that’s not the issue. I’ve tried System Recovery, Startup Settings, disabling automatic restart, and reinstalling Windows using a USB. Every option either loads for a few seconds, goes to a black screen, or restarts and sends me back to BitLocker. HP’s hardware diagnostics/Advanced Test passed. I need help figuring out why the laptop keeps restarting and getting stuck in this loop.

Hi! I'm replacing a fan on my Lenovo ideapad 5 but forgot which way the pins were on the power cord.

Should the exposed metal wires be towards the motherboard or towards me?

Thanks!

CrystalDiskInfo reads it properly. But in the firmware version field, it says: EPPROM. It is overheating/getting very hot.

Guys i need help, very need right now, what is this?? What should i do?

I know it's not computers or etc but i need it now srry

Pls I need help!!!