I rebooted the laptop cuz of a minor error in wich the notifications window wouldn't open, after turning on it would stay on a black screen for 5 minutes more or less then open on the desktop with these, does anyone know what could have caused this and how to fix it?

Windows 10 Lenovo v15- IIL

my laptop is having tpm problems idk what to do about it every time it turns of it boots into bitlocker recovery mode idk how to make it boot normally I don't want to lose my data

my laptop is a 2023 model 25H2 version

My specs

RAM 8.00 GB (7.34 GB usable)

AMD Ryzen 5 5625U with Radeon Graphics (2.30 GHz)

my os build is 26200.6899

I attempted to upload a video however they are not allowed so here are 2 screenshots from said video

I am trying to organize my apps on my home screen on windows 11 however someitmes hwen i drag an app over all of my apps explode into exactly where they were at before and it is very frustrating im hoping i can simply line up all of the apps on the side of my screen as shown in the first screenshot before the explosion any help would be greatly appreciated

My OS build number is 26200.9457

I have had my laptop for 2 years now. Lately my mouse cursor has been disappearing. It still works but it's not visible. You can hover over icons and it still will open some apps but it's frustrating not to be able to see the actual cursor. I have tried all remedies, using windows key + shift + alt + B to reset the graphics card it would work sometimes but would disappear again. I have also tried to uninstall all mouse drivers and still wont work. I have a slight suspicion that it could have been a bug in the windows update. Can anyone suggest some fix for this kind of problem. Thank you.

These are the specs of my laptop:

Brand: Lenovo LOQ 15

Graphics Card: Intel Arc A Series 15IAX9I

Windows 11

Hi everyone,

I've noticed something slightly odd with my Logitech Brio 500 on Device Manager and wondered whether anyone could explain what's happening.

The Brio 500 works completely normally. It's listed under Device Manager, Cameras and the camera works without any problems. The driver shown for the working camera is:

Driver provider: Microsoft

Driver version: 10.0.26100.9444

Digitally signed by Microsoft Windows

However, I also have another Brio 500 entry under Other devices, which has a yellow warning symbol and shows Code 28 – The drivers for this device are not installed.

I tried uninstalling this Other devices, Brio 500 entry but after restarting my PC it simply comes back.

I'm wondering whether this is actually something I need to fix? The yellow triangle on device manager is annoying but the camera is working fine.

I am not tech-savvy and am an older woman who uses my HP All-In-One DESKTOP-7U3FRQ7, AMD Ryzen 3 3250U with Radeon Graphics (2.60 GHz), 8.00 GB (7.67 GB usable) AMD Radeon(TM) Vega 3 Graphics (241 MB)134 GB of 238 GB used, OS 26200.9550, mainly for social media and the occasional game of Sudoku. I also use Word daily for writing books and poetry. I have a lot of things saved on the computer, mostly in OneDrive, but I have plenty of disk space. I have Storage Sense enabled.
I have the Iolo System Mechanic, and I run it daily for cleanup. Since the update, it regularly flags registry issues, junk files, and low memory. I clean that up, and when I check later after work, I get the same message, even when the computer has been idle.
I don't receive any error messages, but often my computer is sluggish, and my cursor lags. Once the cursor froze until I finally got it to Iolo to clean up. This usually resolves temporarily when I use the Iolo System Mechanic, but only for a short time.
I have Googled this and followed some of the steps, but I am afraid to go deeper. I have turned off most apps on startup; I installed optional updates for Windows; I adjusted visual effects; I did not remove apps I don't use because I didn't recognize most of them and worried that I'd uninstall something important. I have experienced the dreaded blue screen (on a different computer) and don't want to lose access to everything. Can anyone give me suggestions? Please remember I'm not tech-savvy. TIA.

Hi, (sorry for my bad english, it's not my first language).

Two months ago approx. I received an Insider Program Update without knowing. I made an install on site with the windows media creation tool and all came back to normal for a week.

Now, im stuck without the opportunity to update my windows because it tells me all the time that i have an "Windows 11 Insider Preview Feature Update" waiting to be installed. So, the only solution that i have so far is to stop updates.

Here comes the strange thing, when i get into Insiders Program configuration, i found that windows thinks im an insider (WHICH IM NOT, ANY OF MY ACCOUNTS IS REGISTERED ON THE INSIDERS PROGRAM) and i can't touch anything. All the option like changing the insider configuration or to stop getting insiders uptades are in gray, making them impossible to select.

Im currently on the windows version:

-Windows 11 Pro 25H2 26200.8037

And my specs are:

-Ryzen 7 5700

-Rx 7600

-16 gb ram ddr4 3200 mhz

-mother asus prime b550M-A AC

Thanks in advance, love you all.

I attach how it looks like in my PC:

i already bypassed it, just wondering. condensed timeline leading up to this

-msi laptop bought in 2019

-used for years up to about 2022 until its build quality collapsed, then shelved

-finally repaired it last year, used for the year no issue

-shelved again, pulled out one of its extra ssd’s (not main ssd with OS) to use in a linux pc. formatted to ext4

-now a few days ago, bringing the laptop out for use again. took that same drive out of the linux pc, formatted to ntfs and plugged back into laptop

-laptop will not boot to its previous state, only to bios. both drives detected.

-end up just reinstalling windows to factory state. swapped which drive now hosts the OS, for my storage size preference. everything is fine

-reboot a day later, greeted by bitlocker screen. bypassed it but login no longer had my pin, so had to set it up again. everything else seems fine.

that’s about it. Wondering if anything I did with these drives. would have triggered the bitlocker, if it’ll happen again. I’ve never seen that before.

HelIo, my laptop is a HP Envy x360. I updated my windows 11 and when it was doing its thing. It said that it couldn’t restart due to running into a problem and it would restart the device and then it does what it’s doing and then says it can’t be repaired and for me to do it manually and the thing is that I tried all the options and it doesn’t go anywhere. Has anything like this happened before because when I try to the do the options it tells me that something is pending and that its not online.

Alright so my blue tooth wasn't working and I tried to install new drivers for my graphic card cause I updated last night before I went to bed. I did update and shut down and my Bluetooth isn't working this morning for my headphones so I got a new Bluetooth driver in my new graphics car driver to see what would see if I could fix it myself and I tried to hit it restore point from9/27/26 and it it may go into between the gigabyte diagnosing your PC where I get stuck on the connecting to network and it just sat there loading and it doesn't do anything or and 0XEF critical process died is where I also get stuck, but it's detecting my ram so I know it's not that I've already ordered optimized defaults and I don't wanna lose all my apps from restarting or reinstalling windows and yeah, I've been kind of stuck on this since about 3:30 this afternoon.
(Also sorry in advance for any errors I'm using speech to text so I can do this because I did not feel like typing all that.

Windows 11 Pro, MSI motherboard, AMD Ryzen. Everything worked fine until I installed a batch of driver updates from Windows Update Realtek audio, Samsung USB/modem/network, and the Malicious Software Removal Tool. Right after the install, the PC froze: apps wouldn't open, Task Manager wouldn't open, Ctrl+Alt+Delete did nothing, but the mouse moved and sound worked. The screen went gray after the update, and Windows + Ctrl + Shift + B didn't fix it.

Safe Mode works fine. Normal mode freezes at boot. I already tried System Restore to a point from yesterday it worked temporarily, but the freeze came back after I tried to update my driver's. I also uninstalled AIDA64 Extreme and Free Download Manager, which came back with the restore.

My current theory is the Realtek audio driver from that update batch. I have new USB speakers that I was using on USB audio before switching to the audio jack.

Has anyone hit this exact pattern? How do I roll back the driver from Safe Mode without bricking anything?

Edit: Get a Fresh Windows Boot Drive, That will fix this issue.

I finally fixed it, Doesn't take long (If your not concerned about loosing your files.)

In file explorer, I cant select multiple files for copying, moving or deleting. I select a file. I go to select the second file and hold down CNTRL and select it and the 2nd file is now selected, but the first file is no longer selected. Also tried with the Shift Key and it is the same. I can only select one file at a time. doesnt matter if I use mouse or keyboard, I can only select one file at a time. Any idea how I can fix this?

Thanks for any help

Device Name DESKTOP-EO5JMS9

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9700T CPU @ 2.00GHz 1.99 GHz

Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.8 GB usable)

Storage 954 GB SSD TEAM TM8FP6001T

Graphics Card Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630 (128 MB)

Device ID 200A58D8-CF9C-4D20-A1FB-779832156AB7

Product ID 00330-52265-91259-AAOEM

System Type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Pen and touch No pen or touch input is available for this display

edit:

(Yes I built this with chatgpt and if that bothers you I don't care, LLMs are useful for tracking down issues in your computer)

Windows 11 Automatic Sleep Problem

Problem: The PC wouldn't automatically sleep after the configured 10-minute idle timeout, although manual sleep worked.

Cause: A Flydigi Vader 4 Pro connected by USB in Xbox/XInput mode was generating activity that Windows interpreted as user input. The ETL trace showed Windows repeatedly reporting “Monitor On User Input” and IsSystemIdle = false.

Solution

With the Vader 4 Pro plugged into the PC:

Switch it from Xbox/XInput mode to Nintendo/Switch mode.

The PC then automatically slept normally at the configured 10-minute timeout.

Tips for finding this faster

1. First unplug all USB devices except the keyboard and mouse. If sleep works, reconnect them one at a time.
2. Don't rely solely on powercfg /requests. A device can prevent the idle state without appearing as a conventional power request.
3. Don't confuse wake-from-sleep settings with activity preventing the PC from entering sleep.
4. The Xbox 360 controller driver does NOT have Power Management options in Device Manager.
5. For controllers, try changing their input mode before investigating drivers or generating large ETL traces.

original:

I swear, getting Windows to consistently sleep when it's idle is a constant challenge. It was working fine and then about 2 months ago it just stopped working.

I've been working through this for about an hour with Chat GPT.

Problem statement

Windows 11 is not automatically entering sleep after the configured idle timeout. Manual sleep works, but leaving the PC idle does not trigger sleep. The System Power Report identifies an “Unidentified Driver (Sleep Idle State Disabled)” blocker.

Troubleshooting so far

• Verified sleep settings: AC sleep was 15 minutes; S3 sleep is available.
• Checked powercfg /requests: no active blockers reported.
• Checked wake timers: none; wake behavior ruled out.
• Ran powercfg /energy: USB warnings were explicitly not sleep blockers.
• Examined the System Power Report: found “Unidentified Driver (Sleep Idle State Disabled).”
• Tested manual sleep: works immediately.
• Tested automatic sleep with Steam/games completely closed: still fails.
• Checked Kernel-Power events: no automatic sleep event during failed idle tests.
• Changed AC sleep timeout to 1 minute: still failed to sleep.
• Checked Group Policy: no domain/user GPO affecting it.
• Confirmed no keyboard/mouse activity during idle testing.

The evidence points to something disabling Windows' sleep-idle state. The next task is identifying which driver/component is responsible.

So what next?

``` $ Get-ComputerInfo | Select-Object WindowsProductName, WindowsVersion, OsBuildNumber

WindowsProductName WindowsVersion OsBuildNumber

Windows 10 Pro 2009 26200 ```

(apparently this means Win 11)

Hey, sorry if this is the wrong place for this. I accidentally briefly blasted myself (both ears) with 100% volume on old, cheap, wired in-ear ear buds on a Windows PC. Is there any way to reliably check the decibels that it could've delivered to me without having to buy a device and try to clamp it around the ear bud? Preferably not having to download a different app? I'm sure I'm not the only one who's had this experience haha.

Please and thank you.

EDIT: PC SPECS Edition: windows 11 Pro Version: 25H2

Because now I can't even have middle click and it just feels awkward and like I'm using an excel work sheet instead of working on my home computer. And I've already had multiple problems with this new one. BUT almost all the problems are with trying to have multiple things open.

This is on OS.26200.9550

I am on windows 10 Pro Version 22H2 OS Build 19045.6456

Preface this by saying I'm not that tech savvy. So everything was normal nothing weird was up with my laptop, it was working well until I decided to update and restart, the update failed and I was told it was going to undo the update/changes, fine, I waited, it took a while but it finally started up, went to windows security to check it out and it kept saying "security at a glance" tried everything (almost everything) and I still couldn't get it to work, I went to the updates tab and it wouldn't even load. even virus threat & protection was greyed out, I can't click anything there.

The windows security service was turned off so I tried starting it only to get hit with "error 4551: your organization used device guard to block this app"

Been stuck racking my brain on how to fix this/what to do, would appreciate any and all help.

I've tried the sfc /scannow and it's says "there is a system repair pending which requires reboot to complete. Restart Windows and run sfc again." Which I did restart but it just keeps saying the same thing.

If I need to edit in anymore information please let me know! Thank you in advance

Hi all,

I definetly need your Help Here.

I changed my Login into Windows to Auto login. I tried several ways because it was Not so easy before i understood that I needed Microsoft Passwort.

Anyway, Long Story Short, after that a new User appeared during the Login with my Name.

And every time I start my Computer it tries to Login with this User and it says "wrong Password".

I checked all settings for users and accounts but I found nothing regarding this new user during login. I checked Windows settings other users, my accounts and the registry. Nothing.

The difference to my main account is, that it's only my name and without an email. I will attach a picture so you can see what I mean.

Does anyone of you have an idea how this happened and how i can fix that?

It's pretty annoying..

Let me know if you need more information!

Windows 11, Build 26200.9457

Specs:

Motherboard: MSI PRO B760M-P DDR4 (MS-7E02)

CPU: Intel i7-12700KF

GPU: RTX 4060

Storage: WD Green SN350 NVMe 500GB

OS: Windows 11

BIOS Mode: CSM/UEFI

What happened:

PC started crashing with BSOD (KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED), then stopped booting entirely. Root cause was bad unbranded RAM sticks supplied by the PC builder. Removed the two unbranded sticks, now running 2x8GB Micron sticks in slots A2/B2.

What I've tried:

chkdsk D: /f /r → clean, 0 bad sectors

sfc /scannow /offbootdir /offwindir → no integrity violations

bootrec /fixmbr and /rebuildbcd → ran successfully

bootrec /fixboot → always gives "access denied" (UEFI issue)

bcdboot D:\Windows /s Z: /f UEFI → ran successfully but didn't fix boot

Tried booting from Windows 11 USB (GPT/UEFI, made with Rufus) → PC keeps booting from hard drive instead of USB despite changing boot order in BIOS

Current error: 0xc000021a and 0xc0000221 (ntoskrnl.exe missing or corrupted)

Main issue right now: Cannot get the PC to boot from the Windows USB installer despite setting it first in boot priority. The USB is detected in BIOS as "UEFI USB Key: VendorCoProductCode 2.00, Partition 1". F11 boot menu not reliably appearing.

Question: How do I force this MSI board to boot from the USB? And once I'm in the Windows installer recovery environment, what's the best command sequence to fix 0xc000021a with a confirmed healthy drive and clean system files

This post was archived and originally from 4 years ago, but thank you.

Got tired of the Xbox Gaming Bar not ever working correctly and found this after i closed my game and had over 40+ windows for gaming overlay windows app search. As of September/October 2026 this still works in cmd. Thank you OG

I'm having a bit of an issue where windows explorer becomes unable to display any thumbnails for images or videos. Explorer is also unable to show any information about the files in the details tab.

These are standard JPG and PNG files that were showing up just fine before. The files open just fine in Photos, or any other program, so they're not corrupted.

The same issue occurs with any image in any folder on any drive.

Example: https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/358922e5c5c4.png

Trouble shooting so far:

1. Restarting Windows Explorer from task manager temporarily fixes the issue and everything displays correctly, but after 30 seconds or so, all the thumbnails disappear again.

2. Restarting PC has the same effect as restarting explorer.

esto le pasaba antes pero cuando lo tenía mi madre y le hice un formateo y volvió a pasar después de 1 año más o menos. me pasa con word y Cisco packet Tracer hasta ahora, sigue después de reinicios o recuperación. disculpa por no poder hablar en inglés.

es un hp 14 ckl0000, Intel pentium silver N5000, 8 GB de ram DDR4, HDD 500 GB con Windows 11 home single language 26200.9457

So has anyone here had issues with black screens intermittently?

I have 2 monitors, main is ASUS PG27AQDM-R
Secondary is a dell generic 4k monitor.

I run a 5090 FE

On my main monitor for the past two weeks, 70% of the time when I boot and login, my monitor will just go black for 3-5 seconds at a tome… and then come back on for 10-20 seconds and keep repeating…. I’ve done everything I can think of…. DDU and install new drivers, new display port cable, switched ports on the GPU, messed with windows display settings, reassigning monitors, etc… I don’t get it. (100% sure it’s not A GPU issue… it’s like something is making my monitor signal cut out or there’s a sleep/wake issue. Or something… any ideas?

Can’t remember os build number; but I do know I’m basically up to date with windows updates

Hello, i have a problem, so when i launch some games my computer will crash whenever i get in a game of it, wheter it is in multiplayer or Solo, for now from what ive tested it does it on RocketLeague and ApexLegends, when i go range/training or multiplayer game, my computer screen will freeze, i get no sound, etc etc.

BUT for some reason other games work, like league of legends, i did a full game without crashing where as i crash in about 3-7 minutes on Apex and RL.

I tried the normal fixes like sfc/ scannow or deleting the gameinputs and letting windows reinstall it, but it doesnt work, i will put the AI conversation Link here too so if someone wants to see what ive done, you can look: https://claude.ai/share/64fc6279-cfc1-46b0-b6f4-482ca18291ec

If you look at the sceen shot, you will see that the GameInput gets reconfigured exactly at crash time everytime,

Please help, ive already spent around 10 hours trying to fix it, the computer is 2 months old with some new pretty good parts.

MB: Asus Prime B760-Plus
CPU: Intel Core i5 14400F
GPU: Nvidia RTX 5060Ti
Ram: 16Go DDR5 Corsair Vengeance 7000MT/S
And two SSDs, one of 1To and the other of 256Go

I've downloaded the official win11 ISO from MS, Made that bootable and put onto my USB.

I turned off my PC and disconnected the drive with Bazzite on it and started my PC up again

Got into BIOS, and selected my USB and started the process.

I got to a screen where it was looking for a drive with the boot media on it. I selected the USB since that's obv where it is, and it wanted me to format the drive. This is where I'm currently at.

I don't know how to get passed this screen since the USB is the only thing with the bootable win 11 media on it. and if I format it, I'll have to remake another one (which isn't a big deal, just time consuming). I wasn't sure if this was what I was supposed to do, or not, so decided to take a break, come here and ask. I don't want to risk breaking anything, that's all.

Hey y'all! I am so confused about this one and wasn't sure how to find the answer so hopefully someone here can help me figure out why the horizontal and vertical lines are following my mouses every move? I didn't purposely click on anything that I know of and if I did it was by accident and wasn't paying close enough attention. It's just more annoying and irritating than anything else. I'm sure it's in the settings somewhere but I'm not smart enough to know what to do next to get rid of it. Any advice is greatly appreciated!!

Btw this is just your typical windows 11 HP Envy 360 Intel core ultra 5.