Windows 10 Troubleshooting Thread
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I think I found the solution.
Control Panel > Power Options > Change Plan Settings > Change Advance Power Settings > Sleep > Disable "Allow Wake Timers"
Seems to have fixed it for me!
criesofthepast
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Okay I just had another blue screen of death and uninstalled chrome. Hoping that resolves the issue. Edge is great so far minus extension support. I only use the lastpass extension so I will have to do without for a while.
Anyone know how to delete an entry on the app list of an app that has already been uninstalled but still sticking around on the list? I have uninstalled planetside 2 but it is still there. Just an OCD thing, nothing more.
I'd look a bit further into the blue screen if you can with error logs and the like if you use your PC for anything important. I've not heard of a widespread Chrome blue screen issue and I've not had a single one yet with hours using it since before the launch day, so it could be an indicator of a wider issue that could get worse in the future.
Likely to be a driver issue and may have to wait on new ones. Have a look at properties in device manager though and see what settings are there. Disabling something like low power mode might help.
criesofthepast
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It is a brand new Acer Aspire v15 from last week. Though I am also interested in finding out more about these error logs. Mind pointing me in the direction of them? I did recently do a disc cleanup and deleted a bunch of error logs in the process I think (oops?), but if the blue screen happens again I will be sure not to and check them out.
I hope it is not a problem with my computer :/
PlayALLtheGames
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Have had W10 on my laptop since launch and so far so good, but put Pro on a separate drive connected to my desktop because I wanted to make sure no weird issues with my setup. Installed Nvidia drivers, installed 3DMark and ran Firestrike. FPS has taken a massive dump. The first demo FPS dropped by like half during the fighting scene. I ran it several times making various changes including turning OC off and same result. I didn't even bother running it all the way to look at the score. Not sure what the hell is going on there.
However, Batman Arkham Knight seemed normal, performance wise. I didn't try any other games.
Think I'm going to give it a little more time before making the switch.
However, Batman Arkham Knight seemed normal, performance wise. I didn't try any other games.
Think I'm going to give it a little more time before making the switch.
Jeff Stephen
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Hopefully someone here can help me out. I recently put together a PC and my 1TB drive reads as 250GB. Bios, intel rapid drivers are all up to date but whenever I try to allocate the drive it'll only allow a maximum of 250GB?
Been stuck on this for hours now. Any ideas?
Been stuck on this for hours now. Any ideas?
I had a problem like this before. I don't remember any details at all, but I had to format the drive and use GPT as opposed to MBR.
EDIT: Just read this page:
http://www.howtogeek.com/193669/whats-the-difference-between-gpt-and-mbr-when-partitioning-a-drive/
Turns out the GPT and MBR thing only matters when the drive is larger than 2TB :/
I didn't see much after a quick search...
poppabk
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What does it look like in disk management?
Next time, open event viewer (type "event viewer" in search bar). From the left pane, select Windows Logs -> System. Go down the log list in the main pane and you should be able to see when you put the computer to sleep. The next event (or something close to the next event) will be whatever woke up the computer. Once you have determined what is waking up your computer, we can go from there.
I've also made sure to disable mouse/keyboard wake in case of accidental mouse and keyboard touches after I sleep my computer.
EDIT: Time synchronization is what was causing my computer to wake. In case it's the same for you, take a look at this thread: http://www.eightforums.com/general-support/32450-computer-wakes-3-14-am-sync-hardware-clock.html
I just followed everybody's advice so I actually don't know which is the correct fix.
RadioactiveLobster
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Why do the motherfucking Calculator, Maps, Store and Xbox app always open themselves in the background
No matter how many times I close them they keep coming back.
I have everything in the "Background apps" section turned off.
No matter how many times I close them they keep coming back.
I have everything in the "Background apps" section turned off.
Jeff Stephen
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Same 250GB HDD. The Bios reads it as 1TB, something has gone wrong in 10.
WD10EZEX drive btw.
DonMigs85
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There's no unallocated partition or something in disk management showing up is there?
Jeff Stephen
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Unallocated it reads as 250GB. I figured after formatting the drive I'd get the full use of the drive but nothing. It's clearly a Windows error since the bios reads it correctly.
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Deleted member 325805
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How do I set Windows 10 to restart at a certain time for all updates? I can only seem to do it on a per update basis. For example I always eat around 5 - 6pm, so I want to set it to install and reboot around that time.
Since you were gonna reset it anyway, just do a normal clean install. you need to make yourself a USB boot stick first though if you haven't already.
When it ask you for a key you can just skip it, as long as it was activated when you upgraded you will be fine.
Off topic. What's the typical ram usage of Windows 10 w/ Steam, Skype, and Chrome open?
I'm sitting at 2GB of Ram usage right now but that seems like too much?
Yeah I got it. Man that was a hassle
I'm sitting at 2GB of Ram usage right now but that seems like too much?
Yeah I got it. Man that was a hassle
I wouldn't be surprised if Chrome is taking up 1.5 GB of RAM all by itself. I think 2GB sounds reasonable.
cmd/powershell
diskpart
list disk
see if it shows up as a 1TB drive, if it does, try
select disk #
clean
and then format it again.
Jeff Stephen
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Did that as well. Still reads as 250GB? Could it be a bad drive even if the bios reads it properly?
RadioactiveLobster
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Did this drive work before and show 1TB?
Could you have gotten shafted and bought a drive that someone hacked so the BIOS shows 1 TB but it's really a 250GB drive?
Darren_z33
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Has anyone been able to fix the non functioning Start button on Windows 10?
cartoon_soldier
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I download the iHeartRadio app
I can't hear anything from it even though I am playing some station. Any idea?
I can't hear anything from it even though I am playing some station. Any idea?
Jeff Stephen
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Picked it up at Microcenter. Brand new retail drive.
It has always been listed in Windows even during Windows install as a 250GB drive.
I unplugged the SSD to try and see if formatting it through custom install would do the trick and yet it still reads as 250GB.
This message popped up, Windows cannot be installed to this disk. This computer may not support booting to this disk. Ensure that the disk's controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu.
I mean it's a fairly new PC and I haven't altered anything in the Bios since installing. SSD works great, everything is up and running except the HDD.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kqzjxr
AHCI mode is enabled.
lol maybe I should upgrade my RAM. 8GB doesn't seem like enough anymore
I'm still fine on 8 GB at home. Then again, I don't do any hardcore gaming, and my modelling and simulation work is done at work.
What bothers me is that Chrome was originally billed as a lightweight, fast browser. They really dropped that strength somewhere along development.
lol maybe I should upgrade my RAM. 8GB doesn't seem like enough anymore
Unused RAM is wasted RAM. You want Windows to use that RAM, no reason to have 8GB if you never take advantage of it.
More is of course nice to have, just got 16GB myself when one of my old sticks died.
The reason I had to reset my Windows was because I had a memory leak that I couldn't determine the source of. So I'm a bit worried about RAM consumption at the moment :lol
RadioJoNES64
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Is there anyway I could get this to not happen when I snap a window to either side?
RadioJoNES64
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Thanks!
BIGWORM
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I work as a Repair Agent within Geek Squad. I've already run into my share of Win10 upgrades having intermittent problems, whether it's missing drivers, wifi cutting in and out, or a black screen upon boot/slow boot so on and so forth. 99% of the time, an OS refresh/reset resolves the issue. The end user does not lose any personal files/data this way, they'll just have to reinstall programs.
BIGWORM
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No product key needed. Easiest way you can get to the refresh option is by holding shift while you restart.
Thanks! My Windows 10 runs okay after the upgrade but I just might to do it. The fresher the better I guess.
torre_avenue
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The sound output has lost all the bass & treble, and whatever music I'm listening to feels tinny as a result. Has this happened for anyone else? Does anyone know how to fix it?
The headphones I was using aren't at fault, seeing as the bass and treble were there with my iPhone's music.
The headphones I was using aren't at fault, seeing as the bass and treble were there with my iPhone's music.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/windows/desktop/ee416349(v=vs.85).aspx
If you don't understand the output, try posting it here or a Windows dedicated forum. I did some Googling and it could be WiFi drivers causing it not specific to Windows 10.
It's Reyn Time!
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It's a silly little thing but does anyone know if there's an option to automatically delete photos/videos from a device when you copy them from a phone/camera to a W10 PC? There was a simple checkbox to do that in windows 7.
Christoff Yurievich
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I wake up this morning to the computer in Safe Mode and I can't figure out how to get back out of it. I restart, still in Safe Mode. I turn it off, still in Safe Mode. I search for Windows 10 Safe Mode and all I get are articles about how hard it is to start in Safe Mode. Well it's not that damn hard apparently! Ugh.
Shia_Labeouf
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What does msconfig say?
Christoff Yurievich
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It says start in Safe Mode. That doesn't really surprise me as, well, it's starting in Safe Mode. What I'm more interested in is why.
I tried to start Edge and it says that it can't open with the built-in administrator account and that I should try another one instead. Huh?
edit: I just changed msconfig to start normally and it started in Safe Mode anyway. I open msconfig back up and it has all of the settings changed back. wtf. I was planning on doing a fresh install of Win10 anyway today but this is annoying me.
I keep getting a Folder called "F Drive" in my download folder. There's nothing in it and when I try to delete it 7 times out of 10 it will tell me that I can't because it's in use by the system. The folder is empty. I've deleted it three times this weekend.
I tried to start Edge and it says that it can't open with the built-in administrator account and that I should try another one instead. Huh?
edit: I just changed msconfig to start normally and it started in Safe Mode anyway. I open msconfig back up and it has all of the settings changed back. wtf. I was planning on doing a fresh install of Win10 anyway today but this is annoying me.
I keep getting a Folder called "F Drive" in my download folder. There's nothing in it and when I try to delete it 7 times out of 10 it will tell me that I can't because it's in use by the system. The folder is empty. I've deleted it three times this weekend.
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