Questions tagged [troubleshooting]
DO NOT USE. Burnination [status-planned] (go to tag info / Meta for details) Troubleshooting is a form of problem solving that uses logical, systematic steps to solve the problem.
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I get lots of blue screens, graphics card drivers crashes and bootloops
I recently built a new PC but I keep getting blue screens, graphics card driver crashes, and boot loops. I have reinstalled different windows versions (Home, Pro, Pro N) several times but it didn't ...
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How to install i3 on Manjaro KDE?
I'm trying to install i3wm on my Manjaro KDE machine.
What I've done
sudo pacman -S i3-wm i3lock i3status
echo "exec i3" >> ~/.xinitrc
In my /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc, I commented out the twm ...
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Random screen blinking/switching inputs
My monitor has been been randomly trying to switch inputs automatically, causing a black screen for several seconds.
I think it is switching inputs because it displays the associated [DVI] OSD block.
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PSU Clicks once then turns off
I'm building a new pc & I got most of my parts today, figured I'd check for faulty components. Everything built and done, but when I jump my mobo my PSU clicks once and shuts down. I'm pretty sure ...
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I got "Reboot and Select Proper Boot Device" accidentally
I didn't change anything. Shut down at night, and it stopped to work in the morning. Windows is installed on Intel SSD SC2BW180A4
How can I try to fix it?
I bought Win-8 and then upgraded it to Win-...
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VirtualBox Shared Folder Windows 10 Host, Ubuntu Guest
I am using Virtual Box 6.0.14, Windows 10 version 1903, and Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
I am trying to set a shared folder in Ubuntu as my guest OS, but for some reason, I can't
I have installed Virtual Box'...
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How do I uninstall or remove TailsOS from my flash drive? [closed]
I'm using Windows 10 and have tried formatting it and removing all partitions. When I open the flash drive (FD) I get an error message that says "Please insert a disk into USB Drive (D:)."
I just ...
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CPU spiking to 100% doing minimal tasks
This issue just started happening one day after the day before when the computer was running perfectly. CPU is spiking to 100% doing very minor things like reloading a webpage or opening a folder in ...
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How to determine if my laptop has heat damage? [closed]
Yesterday I was running a video on my laptop, closed the lid and shoved it into its case and into my backpack. Seems like the video may have kept the laptop from sleeping properly, and it was ...
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Computer (Sometimes) Turns white and freezes for 5 second when I right click
Whenever I right click on the home screen of my computer, my cursor displays that dreaded blue circle and eventually turns kind of white. After about 5 or so seconds, the shortcuts I have on my home ...
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WIFI turns off frequently on Windows 10 1903 10.0.18362.418 version
I have had an issue with WIFI since 1903 version Windows 10 update (not sure exactly). After that WIFI started turning off in random moments.
I'm working on Lenovo 320s 13-IKB with Intel Dual Band ...
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How do I reset another user’s password on Windows 10?
I’m troubleshooting a standard user’s account. She has forgot her password and I’m trying to change the password but there’s no options
My method was
Home > Control Panel > User Accounts > User ...
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No video signal from PC after car ride
So I've just moved across country and now my PC is no longer working. I've set up everything as usual and noticed that I'm getting no video signal. What I've tried so far (in order):
Veryfing that ...
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Isolate between NT user account or local user profile issue
I have confusion/query related with error isolation.
My question is how do I determine/isolate or distinguish whether issue is related to NT user account or local user profile on the same machine? ...
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Trouble connecting to my neighbors NAS
I'm having trouble connecting to my neighbors NAS. We both live in the same student housing complex, and on the same hallway but for some reason i'm not able to connect using my rooms internet ...
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Xamarin iOS Simulator Black Screen After Xcode 11 Update
I am using a Windows PC and Xamarin, Visual Studio 15.9.16, and have recently updated Xcode to version 11 on my Mac.
After the Xcode update, my Xamarin.Forms app never loads and the iOS Simulator ...
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Shorted the psu and computer won't post with new one
I accidentally shorted my PSU on a damaged SATA power connector. I picked up a replacement Thermaltake 700 PSU and dropped it in.
Now the PC won't POST. I unplugged everything except the VGA/HDMI (...
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My printer won't print black
I have an all-in-one HP OfficeJet 6500 printer/scanner/copier/fax. It uses 4 cartridges (C, Y, M, K). I have only used original HP cartridges. The black (K) cartridge has about 20g of ink left and the ...
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Laptop won't boot, emits double beep at turning on
TL;DR version: what do these two long beeps, 7s long track, emitted at boot mean? Laptop does not work past this point. Any solution?
The whole story:
When I try to boot, my Lenovo Thinkpad laptop ...
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Xampp's icon on taskbar is not triggering pop up on click
I recently installed the Wampp 64 bit software for my PC and after installation when I launch it, it runs properly and the logo of wampp dashboard appears on the taskbar.
It says “all services ...
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Two Related Windows 7 Issues
I have a Windows 7 laptop with two seemingly related issues. First, when I turn the machine on, it reboots into Startup Repair before I can log into Windows. After it runs, Windows loads normally. ...
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Not able to Upgrade or Install any update or some packages aswell
Hey I encountered this error while upgrading. I don't know where did I messed it up.
Whenever I try to upgrade or install or even try to configure dpkg I get this error.
I am facing this issue ...
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Mikrotik Serial Port Error "failure: port's channel is already in use"
Problem:
When trying to change the settings on the MikroTik's (RB4011) serial port, the following error was received:
"failure: port's channel is already in use"
This error was received despite no ...
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Daisy chained modems on a range
I received a call today with a question that made me start rethinking things after we hung up. I can only provide the same information I was given so the details may not be enough to get an answer ...
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Conversion error when trying to complie .hla-file
I recently started learning assembler with the book "The Art Of Assembler Language" from Randall Hyde. He also developed the language HLA (High Level Assembly) to make it easier for beginners to learn ...
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So can I not use Android Studio on this computer? Missing SSSE3
Tried to run a few emulators in Android Studio to test the basic activity and got this:
11:50 PM Emulator: emulator: WARNING: Host CPU is missing the following feature(s) required for x86 ...
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Taking back control of Windows 8 Machine: Exhausted Options [duplicate]
I have a Dell Windows 8.1 with lost administrative accounts' passwords. I have exhausted the following options:
chntpw: I have tried both booting chntpw and a live CD boot to install and run chntpw. ...
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Specific game makes my PC Restart?
So I play couple of games and one of them, named Dota 2 makes my PC Restart. This happens only while playing Dota 2 in around 15 minutes times. Some times PC restarts as soon as the game launches, ...
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CMD won't open in windows 10
when I try to open my cmd it says'This app cant run in you pc'
Before it was running well and suddenly I forgot my password and I bypassed password by changing name of Utilman and cmd . Then after ...
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Router restarts after big git push or big file upload
My problem is that modem (Modem / router #1 presented below) restarts itself, when I make git push with a lot of files (I'm not sure how big the push must be to break the connection, but smaller ...
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What may cause these horizontal lines on my monitor?
I have two screenshots than can explain my problem much better than words. The lines on my LCD monitor are always at different places, flickering on and off.
They are more pronounced when I watch ...
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Is this RAID-1 disk causing system hangs?
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I've got a Windows 10 desktop with a few different disks/filesytems installed:
1TB SSD, primary/Windows is installed here
500GB SSD, secondary, used for VM's
120GB SSD, secondary, used ...
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Iperf for Windows - where to find newer versions?
I have just noticed that in openSuse I have iperf version 3.5, where as on Windows I cannot find anything newer then 3.1.3, which dates from June 2016!
I still assume that iperf is the most ...
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What is the cause of my hanging freezing computer?
Tech Support Guy System Info Utility version 1.0.0.4
OS Version: Microsoft Windows 10 Home, 64 bit
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2310 CPU @ 2.90GHz, Intel64 Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
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Win 2016 server - Docker experimental does not work
I've installed Windows 2016 server (on Vsphere with VMware tools and Hyper-V enabled) and Docker for running Windows Containers.
I opened powershell with administrator privileges and ran this command:
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GPU suddenly not being recognized in PCIe slot at all
The other day I updated to Windows version 1903. Things ran fine for a couple of days. Now when I turn on my PC my 2 monitors stay dark and nothing happens; I can see that the CPU cooler and GPU fans ...
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About MS Outlook 2013 Repeated Password Prompt
So, the situation goes like this.
Previously my email was configured using POP on Hostgrator email server. But I wanted to switch to G Suite. So, I transferred my personal email to G Suite, added new ...
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How to find which program is accessing the webcam through audiodg.exe?
A webcam's light has been intermittently coming on, and I'm trying to track down what program is accessing it (without just blindly killing programs until the light goes off).
I've gone through the ...
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In Process Monitor, is it possible to see what data is written/read per entry?
In Process Monitor, is it possible see what data is being read/written to a particular item, be it a file or registry? For example, if a program added "platform=x64" to settings.ini somewhere, Process ...
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DHCP ACK requests from unknown IPv6 adres
A couple of days ago ive set up my own router. Im pretty new to network related topics and discoverd something in the logs.
Everything worked Just fine until i suddenly lost my connection to my modem,...
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How do I enable WSL in pycharm interpreter settings?
Currently, I have Ubuntu installed on Windows 10 as a WSL where I installed python and want to use that as an interpreter in Pycharm on Windows 10. I go to the add interpreter settings and expect to ...
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Mysterious translucent rectangle box appears bottom left of win10 after latest update
I had to move the task bar to the side so it wouldnt cover the box in question. you can see the box here http://prntscr.com/o1l01u
That box is visible mainly when in full screen, such as background ...
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Laptop gets impossibly unresponsive in afternoon
In the mornings when the laptop is first switched on, everything works fine. But by the end of the working day the laptop is unbearably unresponsive. For example, when typing into MSWord in the ...
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log" could not be opened: failed to open stream: Permission denied
The stream or file "/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/laravel/storage/logs/laravel-2019-05-18.log" could not be opened: failed to open stream: Permission denied
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How to keep turtle coordinates constant across screen sizes
I have a program in Python that uses an image. The image is a little large, and because of that when it is opened by python, the entire image isn't visible on some computers (it fits vertically, but ...
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What does pressing the power button on a laptop with no power do?
Today, on my laptop (Lenovo G510) running Windows 8.1, my Wi-Fi and ethernet capabilities both decided to go kaput with no warning and no obvious way to fix the problem. With the ethernet cord plugged ...
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Installing .Net Framework Error: 0x800f080c Feature name netfx3 is unknown
When I run the .Net Framework 3.5 Installer I get the following error: Windows couldn't complete the requested changes. When I try to enable .Net framework in the command prompt I get the following ...
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How to reinstall Windows 10 when you messed up?
Since i cannot remember the Windows 10 password, i decided to do a full reinstall on my Asus laptop.
At 26% iI get a message the reinstall is canceled. I thought they failure may be because the ...
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Pinned Taskbar Icons are there, but not showing
As you can see in the screengrab, my icon for Word is not present, although the link still works. I've tried a couple of suggestions from 'the internet' but none work. For example, I've deleted the ...
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How do i undo what the windows 10 Program Compatibility Troubleshooter does?
I am trying to undo what the Program Compatibility Troubleshooter did.
Essentially it makes the program boot in Windows compatibility mode: XP.
With it running in Windows compatibility mode: XP. I ...
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