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Hi to all I finally got a new pc with Windows 10. I am having a problem when I turn it on, I have to type in a password which I never use on any pc I own. This pc has a password that the store gave me to use temporarily. It also has the store as local account administrator, how can I do away with that and the password to turn on the pc? Thanks in advance.
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Hi their everyone, first of all Happy New Year to you all. I started some 6 months ago to replace my aged computer of nearly 10 years old so well overdue. My experience is fair as i have always built computers, networked and installed software. However this build was of a much higher spec and maybe my last one :-( The computer was completed, booted up and installed windows 10 Pro. I updated the motherboard bios and drivers, installed AMD processor updates but that's were it all ends. When i try to install the graphic card Adrenalin software, it gets to the point where it needs to reboot but fails to come back on, i have to reboot 3 times in order to get back into s…
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I just bought gaming monitor but find it has no USB ports to connect keyboard and mouse. It has HDMI 1 HDMI 2 and DP1, DP2 FREE SYNC does this mean I need a new moue and keyboard?
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When I finish what I am doing with my laptop, I always close the lid. When I need it again, I simply open the lid and it works. Today that changed for some reason. Now when I open the lid, no connections are available. I have to restart the laptop in order for my router to be found. It is an Acer Aspire E15. AMD A9-9410 dual core. 8GB ddr4 ram. 128gb ssd. 1tb hdd
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My headset mic suddenly stopped working but I can still hear audio with them. I factory reset my PC reinstalled Realtek still the same. I've used the mic itself on my phone so it's most likely something wrong on the PC Hope somebody can help, Thanks.
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Hi, I'm looking for an affordable, but powerful desktop, one that can handle the following software without lag or delay, with quick render times- https://daz-studio.en.softonic.com/ https://www.reaper.fm/ I also plug into 2 Dell monitors, watch a lot of YouTube and often combine YouTube viewing with Daz Studio and Reaper. Could anyone please recommend which desktop may best be suited to my requirements? Ideally it should be under £400 if possible, I'm not bothered about how it looks, but I'd like it to be quiet if possible and I'd like to be able to throw any of the aforementioned software at it, without generating much lag or slowing. Perhaps a relevant an…
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Hi all. Can anyone explain why I'm suddenly getting this page (screenshot below) whenever I visit Google? No matter how many images I select for the "I'm not a robot" they just keep coming, more & more squares to tick. Recently I got an email saying my Google account was verified & my password was ........................... I don't recall asking for an account? Although I do have a password very similar to the one Google sent me that I use elsewhere, but with one symbol different? Weird, but I just want to get rid of this robot wotsit thingy. And I've just noticed above my user name, a flag of France. Cheek! I'm Lancashire through & through. Thanks in anti…
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Hello all. For the past couple of weeks I seem to have upset Mr Google. I'm with Sky internet & at times have lost the internet connection, last week it lasted most of a morning. I get the message, page not responding, or, no internet, or similar wording, but then this came up, "Google has unexpectedly disconnected" What on earth is going on? Any suggestions gratefully accepted. BeeJay
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my build ryzen 5 3600xt gtx 1660 super 16GB corsair vengeance Pro RGB corsair cx550m bronze power supply windows 10 pro Hi, folks, I need some help I built my first pc yesterday once completed it booted fine installed all the graphics drivers, and so on. I then installed the dragon center to do the updates for the motherboard. it did the drivers then said there was a bios update so went ahead it reached 100% shutdown then failed to restart. just a blank screen cant even access the bios. then I noticed a red error light on the motherboard that says CPU not recognized of fail. I have tried to flash the bios on multiple flash drives with the latest bios but won't wo…
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I have a Lenovo ThinkCentre M720q, the tiny one. Lenovo sell a USB optical drive specifically for this model but I bought a Verbatim one because it was cheaper. I connected it up and it worked fine. But when I started the computer the next day the drive isn't recognized, not listed as an optical drive. Just as as a USB device that isn't recognised. Is there way to make Windows recognise the drive every time I boot or am I going to have to plug it in when I need it? My external hard drive works every time OK.
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Hi All, I would like to put an internal SSD hard drive into my PC, but am not sure about the different interface standards. I would be grateful if someone could recommend a good 500 GB SSD which would function at the maximum speed my machine will support. Details follow: Model: Dell Inspiron 3847 CPU: 4th Generation Intel Core i5-4460 Processor (6M Cache , up to 3.40 GHz) HDD: 1TB 7200 rpm RAM: 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 1600MHz (4GBx2) DVD-RW Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 705 2GB DDR3 Wireless 802.11bgn + Bluetooth 4.0, 2.4 GHz 8-in-1 Memory Card Slot (SD, SDXC, SDHC, MS, MS PRO, MMC, MMC+, XD) O/S: Windows 10 Pro dual boot with Linux Mint 19 The owners manual i…
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Hi everyone I need someone help to fix this pc problem I'm having. Whenever in game I have Low fps my mouse sensitivity goes very strange and lags/ glitches meaning I cannot aim properly, please If you know how to fix tell me
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DVD/pc tray will only open after repeated attempts but no activity on screen and tray light goes out after 60 secs. I cannot transfer the pics on my phone to my w10 pc. Both are recent issues for say 4 weeks.
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Looking advice/suggestions on switching between two screens and 2 keyboards on one pc. We have one pc in the fab with a display screen/keyboard and then outside the fab we have a screen and keyboard. We did have a rotary switch kvm thing but its just stopped working. Simple plan would be to replace this but its older than me. Any other ideas or suggestions to switch between the 2 screens without a switching box, don't mind if both screens show the same thing and can be controlled from both sides
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Hello, Need help. Windows 10 v2004 on two machines 'A' and 'B'. Following Wednesday's updates to A that machine no longer appears on my local network. B can see itself in File Explorer and in my 2-pane file manager but cannot see A. A cannot see itself, but can see B using these GUI file tools. However, using the command prompt, B can read directories, copy files etc from A (and in the other direction). I have checked all the networking settings on A - file & printer sharing, discovery, passwording off etc. They are all as they ought to be. Any ideas ?? Regards Cheemag
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