Windows-related issues
| Name: | Questions: | Last update: |
|---|---|---|
| Performance Issues | 145 | 23.06.2026 |
| Files and Folders Issues | 132 | 19.06.2026 |
| Windows Installation and Update | 65 | 17.06.2026 |
| Video Issues | 3 | 27.05.2026 |
| Microsoft Edge Issues | 17 | 22.03.2026 |
| Other Issues | 41 | 10.03.2026 |
| Windows Settings Issues | 65 | 27.02.2026 |
| Windows Activation | 13 | 26.02.2026 |
BoostSpeed Empty folder scan
Can I safely run an Empty Folder SCAN without deleteing important files like the Document File????????
Xp era USB Dongle security keys on Windows 11
When windows released their XP version on windows there were a lot of Software Companies selling expensive softwares for Engineering tasks... To secure these advance softwares from thievies,,, they use USB HASP keys,,, that kept operational startups to a specific PC that had a USB ports to allow placement of one of these keys plug in dongles... Then Windows 7 came along and it was the start of half of my HASP starting to fail to work, while some donglescontinue to work... I believe it was the Pro version on Win 7 that had a Xp version attached to it that did help bridge my work a little... Then windows 8 was total failure... Windows 9 never say the day of light... Windows 10 showed up and was so buggy at first, mostly in their third party drivers areas, it was not worth the bother for years... Then Window 11 appeared and once again a solid Windows plateform became realized... But Win 11 has its limits! Now... All versions after Windows 7 failed to support totally all my expensive security keys on all these later versions... I also fully really this long ago and prepare what I would do, and this also included window 7 too... Because of this trouble, I maintain my primary computer running Windows 7 Pro and I also maintain a FAST Dual Xeon Xp computer too... Doing this all my expensive engineering software are still operational, even today... I also know the Hp also does this little trick too... I also complained long ago to Micrsoft many times on this subject, but they ignored me... And,,, I know a insider at Hp who confirmed this for me what I said Hp was doing secretly is true...
Q!uestion: Is there any Third Party solution softwares that can allow Xp era USB Dongle security keys to work on Window 11?
Opinion: I think the answer is NO... I look every once in a while to see on the Internet... But since you said I had a question open, I elected to ask you folks...
Comment: If I were to upgrade some of my Dongle licenses, (And,,, keep in mind that some companies went out of business long ago...) the cost would approach over a Half Million Dollars... They want me to purchase their newer version while my older versions work just fine on my Xp computer,,, when I need to run one of those programs... This is what I plan to do going forward, but if there was a way to run on Windows 11, I like to know how and where...
Comment: It is also been a good thing that many current computer software companies that maintain older versions of window fully understand why this is a good idea to contineue to do... I hope Auslogics does this too... I also put in a comment about your latest Driver software that when I tried it last fail to run on Windows 7 Pro... Not good! I am just pointing this out, because it needs to be pointed out...
Diagnostic Policy Service Cannot Start
Diagnostic Policy Service Cannot Start. Access is Denied – Error 5 Fix
Laptop slow on startup
Hi there,
I have a new laptop with a high spec. However, for the first hour each day, it runs as slowly as an old 486 machine, then suddenly it catches up with itself and runs superbly all day.
I've checked everything:
Programs in the Start menu
ESET and OneDrive behaviour
Updates behaviour
BIOS settings
Everything I can think of and a hundred things I've learned about...
I've uninstalled some of the programs, but now I'm thinking I should uninstall everything and reinstall Windows 10.
Any ideas before I try the Windows 10 reinstall?
NOTES (1) I did try the upgrade to Windows 11 when I first got the machine, however, I didn't like it and went back to Windows 10; it was slow in the short time that I ran Windows 11 too, so I don't konw if that means something, like maybe it's a hardware issue? (2) It was a demo machine in the store where I bought it.
"Safe to Remove" notification does not appear
safe to remove notification does not come on screen when usb devices are removed?
How to review computer's logs and system reports?
Request a report on what happened to my computer last year during the 12 months when it was attacked by powerful viruses and completely disabled - restore all settings, folders and data, solve device problems on (C, B)
How to save recent files lists?
How can I keep my document lists?
These disappear from my Start/Documents list and the list in each program (Word, Excel).
I have searched and searched and can't find this referenced.
Thank you.
John Zwolanek
Deforest, Wisconsin, USA
A luz noturna parou de funcionar
A luz noturna deixou de funcionar, não posso mudar para a cor mais suave
Quedarse sin RAM
Hola:
Tengo Un HP Elitedesk con 16 GB RAM, disco NVMe de 512 GB, Procesador I7 Octava Gen (Modelo Elitedesk 800 G4), con Windows 10 Pro actualizado todo a la ultima version. Este equipo trabaja muy bien y rapido...pero al utilizarlo con varias aplicaciones que tengo que abrir simultaneamente (TradingView Desktop, Binance Desktop, Metatrader 5 y Brave Browser), el equipo trabaja perfectamente, pero al pasar unas horas y yo cerrar algunas pestañas en las apps, y abrir otras, e incluso reduciendo su numero, la RAM no es recuperada y me quedo sin memoria. Hay alguna manera de automatizar la recuperacion de la RAM asi esto no me suceda mas? Tengo la Virtual Memory de Windows en cero, ya que tengo un disco duro de estado solido y no quiero que sea usado para swap para prologar su vida util.
PC shuts down during sleep mode
everytime at night when i put my computer to sleep mode the pc shuts down during the night and i dont know how to solve that
Fix Error code 0x80073712
WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE 64 Bt. SERVICE PACK 1.
IMPOSIBLE FOR ME REPAIR
PROBLEM DOWLOAD WINDOWS UPDATES.
THANK YOU.
mise a jour de fonctionalité vers windows 10 version 20H2 bloque a 61%
Bonjour,
Je veux desinstalle Conexant Smart Audio HD qui est supposé creer ce probleme.
Le désinstalleur de Boostspeed ne le troive pas.
POurriez vous me donner une suggestion?
Merci
Cordialement.
Settings app does not open
hello,my laptop has had an issue where the settings app does not open because it does not have an app associated with it. How can i fix this issue? It does not open at all.
Fix Error 0xc1900101
Dear Sir/Madame,
I keep getting error 0xc1900101 on Windows Update.
It all started when I switched to new SSD 970 EVO 500GB.
Windows have had updated few times than came version 20H2 which doesn't seem to work.
Updater downloads it, instal it and then during instalation after reboot it colapses around 24%. Then it reboots and I get this error record.
The computer is DELL XPS 13 9360 with i7, 8GB ram.
It runs Windows 10 PRO 1909
Hope You can help
Kamil Adamski
How to clear out/remove COM ports that are in use?
I've observed an issue that shows up on Wlndow 7 and Window 11... Both are of the Professional types...
I use many computer programs and they use a lot of hardware items too... For one example I have a private observatory, and my telescope movements and its Dome movements "plus more" convert a USB slots into a multible differenet COM port uses in that busy operations... Because of this need,,, USB slots are often found jumping around a lot within their ID numbers... My trouble is both of these softwares seem to like to collect COM? into a "InUse" classification which cause port numbers to be used up and remain behind unnecessarily... Some softwares don't like high Port Number too... I am trying to find a way to clear them OUT... It appears CCLEANER or Auslogic routines don't have a way to clearn these items out... I just spent a few hours tring to find a way to clean them... No luck so far! Maybe you can point me to something I missed in my license copy of Auslogics BoostSpeed 14... I have attach a image of the pathway to where this issue shows up to help you see what I see... This should be a garbage cleaning item that would be very automatic for end users... Because of this issue, COM port use get into trouble when they get left behind... I have looked a lot into the device manager within Windows whatever with a desire to find a cleaning button... But no such luck...
So, I am looking for a way to clear them off of several computers... I did not even see a manual method... Hum....
It appears when they are not used, they don't seem to fade away on their own... "Not nice!" I tried to re-boot and other efforts without success... I spent hours today trying to find a way... "I am Stuck!" I now think this is a very nasty issue not figure out by Windows for many generations of their softwares... I have had over the years operational issues in setup of my observatory, and this is the reason why... "I need a fix!" Mayber there is a button somewhere that need pushing? I will be reading my books nest...
Some software requires exact knowledge of how the port is define wtih its number and they don't like changeds, or the software comes up with an error message or merely gets locks up... Sometimes the third party software merely jump to another number and then things sort-of keeps on working... All this does is builds up surplus InUse COM port numbers...
Help! As I used my first question ever on your site... Please put a smile on my face by giving a easy answer that will solve this trouble...
Thanks
Bob Ritter MicTechS@gmail.com My old address is MicTechS@earthlink.net... "I monitor both!"
How to stop cloud storage duplication and manage it efficiently?
I recently sync my iphone to my laptop and i do like certain features but the problem i have is i get get a grasp on how to manage what goes where and the biggest issue is my onedrive and icloud storage is full and my google storage is getting there. i cant figure out how to stop the duplicate copies and 24 hour constant downloading.......
