That happened to me once. Luckily, it fixed itself after a reboot.
Windows 10 Troubleshooting Thread
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Heh, turning off automatic driver updates was pretty easy, thought you'd have to do some magic, but no, it's just an option under System Properties. Noticed some weird performance issues in a couple of games due to the latest Windows Update AMD driver download, so fuck that shit.
Also getting less frequent (or they stopped altogether) hardlocks during power saving mode, so that's good too. It's getting better for sure.
Also getting less frequent (or they stopped altogether) hardlocks during power saving mode, so that's good too. It's getting better for sure.
JRW
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I've had Win 10 installed for a couple weeks, so far no glaring issues vs. Win 7 *except* the sleep behavior.. Every time I manually tell Win 10 to sleep it shuts down for about 1 minute and then wakes right back up.. Anyone else have this issuer? It was never a problem for me in Win 7 on the same hardware (upgraded from 7 to 10).
ShalashaskaEx
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Troubleshooting issues like this can be awful if it's not one of the easy solutions.
I ran into a similar thing a few weeks ago. My computer would come out of sleep after ~10 minutes every time.
In the end, I found that TeamViewer was setting some kind of wake timer. The strange thing is that I had configured Windows to disable all wake timers but it contined responding anyway. The problem went away when I fully disabled TeamViewer.
TeamViewer has since been updated and this bug is no longer present. But you might want to look into displaying the wake timers on your system and see if the computer is coming back on with one of the timers.
I've restarted several times, and it's still not working.
Makoto-Yuki
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Why does Defender keep notifying me to do a scan? I used Task Scheduler to perform a quick scan every day first thing and a full scan once a month. Scan was done at 9:31AM today but for the last hour or so I've had a notification to scan again because apparently I've not scanned in a while. This has been happening since upgrading to 10.
I can't seem to figure out how to disable notifications for Defender.
I can't seem to figure out how to disable notifications for Defender.
Delicious Waffles
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So I'm trying to install Windows 10 on my Mom's laptop from Windows 7 for the last day or so and keep getting stuck. Once everything has downloaded, it's done preparing for installation, and you accept the user agreement, within a few seconds, an error pops up saying "Modern Setup Host has stopped working." Anyway I can get past this? I Googled it and tried a different method but that didn't work either. Curious if anyone here has an option that worked for them.
Clean Boot (as in "running Windows with only essential processes and services") and installing from there isn't working?
Again the light on my headset was on when I went to switch my pc on just now, so I decided to try something - I unplugged the usb cable and then switched on the pc, just to see if the usb ports are causing an issue. But, no - the machine still refused to boot until I first switched it off at the psu.
Since the only thing that's changed in my setup is the upgrade to Windows 10, I have to wonder what it is doing during shutdown that my pc refuses to anything at all without first switching off the psu.
Since the only thing that's changed in my setup is the upgrade to Windows 10, I have to wonder what it is doing during shutdown that my pc refuses to anything at all without first switching off the psu.
Delicious Waffles
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Sorry but how would I go about doing that? I'm kinda lost when it comes to Windows.
Well, this is interesting. I updated my bios (Asus Z97-P from bios 2704 to 2803) and now Windows won't boot. I'm getting a blue screen telling me that there's a problem and Windows will restart. It starts automatic repair but isn't able to actually repair anything. I'm now trying the "reset this pc" option.
The motherboard is about four months old, the ssd not even two weeks old.
The motherboard is about four months old, the ssd not even two weeks old.
If you have any other hard drives, disconnect them. I have a gut feeling that these problems might come from incorrect BIOS settings somewhere.
Liferebooted
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I went to play games on Windows 10 this morning and suddenly all games crash as soon as they open and the battle.net launcher crashes too. My pc didn't install any updates overnight and everything was fine yesterday. I tried restarting and checking for updates and still go. Ran malaware and cclean and that didn't help. With Final Fantasy XIV I just was messing around in config and changed it from DX9 to DX11 and it's suddenly fixed but everything else is still not working. When I change FFXIV back to DX9 it crashes again too. How do I go about reparing DX9 since I'm guessing thats my problem? Thanks
Had a stupid user error problem that I blamed on Windows 10 the last week. My server PC wouldn't go to the lock screen automatically as a screensaver and I was sure it was a bug.. (found supporting evidence on forums) but then I realized that I had 'turn screen off' as a shorter timeout than the lockscreen screensaver. Duhhhhh
Sorry, I didn't see your post before now.
It's back up and running, having pretty much re-installed Windows (it kept everything but the programs themselves, thank fuck). I've run into a few more problems, smaller but still irritating. Windows Update did it's thing and then undid it straight away - it rebooted, told me it couldn't apply the updates, so it was uninstalling them. It rebooted, said the same thing again, and rebooted again. I've also had the AMD driver crash at one point, when all I had open was the Mount & Blade Warband config window, so I'm trying the new 15.8 beta right now.
I know it's early days yet for Windows 10, but I think I might go running back to 7 if the problems persist.
Delicious Waffles
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Thanks. I'll give it a try.
I've been waiting to be notified about my W10 upgrade for about two weeks now. This morning I actually went to Windows Update and saw about a string of "failed" W10 upgrades dating back to 8/14, even though I've never been notified of any attempted OS upgrades.
Does anyone know what's up with that?
Does anyone know what's up with that?
It's alright. I figured I posted after you had gone ahead anyway. I guess it's the early adopter's curse. Maybe it's because I'm following this thread but it feels like Windows 10 has a pretty rocky roll-out although I've had no problems myself.
Yeah, it's fairly typical for Windows to have teething problems in it's early days, but to give Windows 10 credit where it is due, it seems very stable in every day operation... the problems I've been having are pretty strange.
Liferebooted
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Any help would be great, so far I've sat here all day removing drivers, reinstalling drivers. Trying to reinstall Directx and still nothing that using DX9 will open =\ The only thng that works is FFXIV in DX11 mode. \=
Hmm.. not sure what's going on there. Are you trying to install DirectX 9.0c package? I looked that up from the start and apparently you just go to download the latest DirectX package for Windows 10, and that sorts it.
Liferebooted
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I tried installing 9.0 itself, then 11 and the webdistb or whatever its called. Some of them installed but didn't make a difference, the other one said my system is already up to date =\ No idea what could have happened my pc was fine when I went to bed and I leave it on 24\7 and no windows updates installed suddenly the only that works is ffxiv in dx11 mode. Battle net's launcher won't open at all
I can open steam, but borderlands 2 never even opens the launcher, the launcher.exe shows up in the task manager for a split second and closes. Bastion which always worked fine freezes at a black screen, I can alt-tab out and it says no video card found that supports shaders and what not =\ dxdiag says I'm upto date, all files are whql and no problems found =\
Wowfunhappy
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All that bootcamp utility does is create a Windows install USB, and then add in drivers to make it work well with your Mac's hardware.
If you want to try installing windows without Apple's drivers/software, uncheck "Download the latest Windows Support Software from Apple". This will create a completely normal install USB—I've used it on normal PC's!
Apple's drivers are pretty good though. I'm a bit of a freak about keeping the amount of software on my computer down the barest minimum possible—I flipped out when I realized there's no way to uninstall Microsoft Edge in Windows 10—and even I use Apple's support software.
Deaf Spacker
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I changed my Windows 10 lock screen to a custom image a few days ago, I've just booted my PC up and it's reverted back to the default one. Whenever I try to change it back to the custom one it says that it can't be set as a lock screen photo and to try a different image, does anybody know what is going on?
This thread lists a bunch of possible causes:
http://www.tenforums.com/customization/9889-unable-set-lock-screen-background-image-win10.html
Post 3 and 7 have a solution that worked for a few people.
Poodlestrike
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Okay, so, I've been having trouble getting my copy of Windows 10 authenticated properly (long story), and apparently my only remaining move is to reinstall Windows 8, authenticate that, and do the upgrade again. What I want to know is, can I download 8.1 Embedded Industry Pro from my Dreamspark account, upgrade that to regular 8.1 Pro via these upgrade licenses I've got lying around, and make the move from there? Or am i gonna have to turn my apartment upside down looking for my restore disks?
So I just upgraded to Windows 10 and everything went fine however one issue I'm having is that I cannot figure out how to change the text color on the taskbar items at the bottom. I have no idea why they though black was a good default color for the text it doesn't work with the majority of the taskbar themes. I've been looking around online but no one seems to know the answer and right now it's pretty much unreadable for me.
I'm gonna assume since it's not in the setting that something will need to be changed in the registry but I'm honestly not sure but I need to change this to actually use windows 10.
I'm gonna assume since it's not in the setting that something will need to be changed in the registry but I'm honestly not sure but I need to change this to actually use windows 10.
Adam_Roman
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Has anyone had DisplayPort issues since upgrading? I have an ASUS VG248QE that turns on and mirrors the main display when my computer is booting up, but refuses to be recognized after Windows starts. The HDMI can be connected to the computer and work, but I don't have anything else with a DisplayPort to test if it's the computer, the cable, or the monitor port.
Liferebooted
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Ugh, I still can't get anything that uses DX9 to open at all. Heres my Windows Event Viewer log of FFXIV crashing in DX9 mode. It works fine in DX11 but I need to fix this so I can play other games =\
Faulting application name: ffxiv.exe, version: 1.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x55d61e38
Faulting module name: d3d9.dll, version: 10.0.10240.16412, time stamp: 0x55b99496
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0006a598
Faulting process id: 0xa08
Faulting application start time: 0x01d0e5b603872960
Faulting application path: G:\games\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn\game\ffxiv.exe
Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\d3d9.dll
Report Id: b3ac30ce-f352-4056-b2c0-82c8041c9d08
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
Faulting application name: ffxiv.exe, version: 1.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x55d61e38
Faulting module name: d3d9.dll, version: 10.0.10240.16412, time stamp: 0x55b99496
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0006a598
Faulting process id: 0xa08
Faulting application start time: 0x01d0e5b603872960
Faulting application path: G:\games\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn\game\ffxiv.exe
Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\d3d9.dll
Report Id: b3ac30ce-f352-4056-b2c0-82c8041c9d08
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
Embedded OS installations are generally used for headless setups or automated banks/self-serve checkouts. Basically, they can be setup in a way that when the machine experiences issues, a restart restores the installation back from a previously saved frozen state. From a casual user perspective, think of it like Faronics Deep Freeze that allows OS updates.
I've seen people who ran a normal setup in 8.1 embedded, but haven't read anything about 10. Know what kind of software this is for originally. I wouldn't do it.
Poodlestrike
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I mean, I'm not suggesting using it, I just want to know if I can upgrade/change it to regular 8.1 using an upgrade key.
I'm having an issue where after some time (I think its tied to sleep or turning my second monitor off, not sure yet) my audio stops working and videos will not play. The first frame will show up, or any frame when I click somewhere on the timeline, but it doesn't actually move forward.
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
That's it, I have seen one too many issues, I'm going back to Windows 7. I might try 10 again in a year, when it will be more mature.
I have no idea what's going on there, but I wish you the best of luck with it.
I have no idea what's going on there, but I wish you the best of luck with it.
CHUNKYBOWSER
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Please help me. I upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 7 on my Sony Vaio Z laptop. Since then, whenever the computer wakes up from sleep or even hibernation the mouse and keyboard no longer work. After a normal restart, the keyboard works but the mouse doesn't. The only way to get both to work is to cut off the power by holding the power button for 5 seconds, and then just turn it back on. Very strange.
I'm desperate. I've tried reinstalling touchpad drivers to no avail.
I'm desperate. I've tried reinstalling touchpad drivers to no avail.
Why not install a fresh copy of 8.1 using the upgrade key?
Search for Power Options.
On the left hand side, select "Choose what the power buttons do."
On the top of the screen, select "Change settings that are currently unavailable."
Uncheck "Turn on fast startup (recommended)."
The rest might be driver related, and I can't really help you there unless I know more info about your computer (model, specs).
This has happened to me three times now: I minimized a Windows 10 app (in one case the photo gallery, in the other two email), and suddenly the screen went black and I had to restart my computer.
Has anyone else heard of an issue like this? I Googled but couldn't find anything.
Has anyone else heard of an issue like this? I Googled but couldn't find anything.
Graphics card?
Nvidia Geforce GTX 760m
I did a clean install a few days ago and everything is mostly ok.
Only two gripes is that I can't get rid of a "sound card" driver I'm pretty sure I don't need (just disabled it instead since it took a full minute to startup each boot) and that my "Airplane Mode" light is inverted from it's actual purpose. It's lit up even though "Airplane Mode" is off, and when I toggle "Airplane Mode" on the light goes off
Only two gripes is that I can't get rid of a "sound card" driver I'm pretty sure I don't need (just disabled it instead since it took a full minute to startup each boot) and that my "Airplane Mode" light is inverted from it's actual purpose. It's lit up even though "Airplane Mode" is off, and when I toggle "Airplane Mode" on the light goes off
RowdyReverb
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I haven't been able to upgrade my Windows 7 install. The Windows 10 installer always gets stuck at 32% when it says it is doing something with drivers.
The laptop I'm trying to install it on is a 7-8 year old Fujitsu Lifebook with missing driver issues. The DVD drive, USB port, and bluetooth don't work, so that might be related.
Does anybody have any ideas on what I can do? I'd like to just do a clean install, but I don't think I can install from a USB drive or DVD.
The laptop I'm trying to install it on is a 7-8 year old Fujitsu Lifebook with missing driver issues. The DVD drive, USB port, and bluetooth don't work, so that might be related.
Does anybody have any ideas on what I can do? I'd like to just do a clean install, but I don't think I can install from a USB drive or DVD.
Currently there's no way to do it through the traditional settings, If you create a DWORD value of 1 under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System in the registry this will switch the background of the password screen to your accent color. Here's a link that will explain it more detail
There are other guides and programs out there that will help you switch the background to an actual image however they can get pretty complex or the programs are dubious as best.
So just beware and be careful in the registry.
NCR Redslayer
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So I think ever since Windows 10 happened, I've been getting random beeps when just using my pc. Sometimes it happens when opening files, but most of the time, its happens because I move my mouse too fast when playing games, also causing the cursor to lag and stutter.. Does any one how to deal with this?
Argh, Win10 insists to update drivers to my bluetooth dongle which then dont work properly. Rolling back to old ones fixing everything, but after some time it install them again and I need to remove the driver manually to get bluetooth back. So annoying. Anyway to communicate to MS that the god damn driver doesn't work?
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