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Upgraded my computer with new parts... added a 4Tb NVMe drive to move my files from an older platter drive. Probably not the best way, but in explorer I just selected all files (CNTL-A/C) on the old drive and copied to the new drive. On hindsight now, a better method may have been a DOS Copy/V...

Windows license renewed successfully. There was an option that asked if this is a hardware upgrade. New system is nice.

My pc is 6 yrs old, so I'm gonna update it with a new case, mobo, proc, ram... keep the C: nvme, 2 SATA drives, 750W PSU, monitors. I did this for my last system but it was different cause it was a W10 system that I upgraded to W11 after doing the TPM, etc stuff. Been reading but want to...

I should make a list of the apps that open, but things like Powershell, new instances of Chrome, and others... one time, I had to close about a dozen windows. This is the next day after closing the laptop up and leaving it overnight without touching it. You try to search on the web for...

Well, after looking at MANY recommendations, I realized my issue is not limited to a very few. The idea of reloading the OS is scary to me, even tho I make regular image backups of my boot drive. I found one solution that has really helped, so far... as a matter of fact I have not had these...

In the past few months, I've had some issues . Progs show in the taskbar after closing, same progs won't respond (maximize?) with taskbar click or rt click, Win time being off, right clicking logo doesn't show anything... I could open the app using ALT-TAB. It maybe related to File Explorer...

nope, just the fact that it's 4 years old which is ancient in computer terms, lol. I've kept up with my own builds every 3-4 years since the 80's, and the small amount of upgrade money is no issue. Maybe I should sit on my current system for a couple more years?

i noticed the lga 1200 and 1700 mobos, most use DDR4 which is nice so I can use my current 32Gb of RAM. Some 1700 boards can use both DDR4 or 5 and some only DDR5. Next issue to resolve is the proc... i9 series 12k uses performance and efficiency cores, but some have had issues with wIN 11? I...

sorry, dementia moment, Z590/Z690 LGA 1200 and up (500-600 series), but I may get a more powerful proc, so I guess I would need to upgrade to a higher series board

not meaning to hijack, but I have the same upgrade idea this fall, so did you upgrade the mobo and need to change any UEFI settings? When I upgraded to Win 11 over a year ago, I had to mess with the TPM and Secure Boot settings, so I was curious if I'll have to go thru the multi-boots to get...

y, it's a Gigabyte Z390... I always update the drivers from them.

I think I did a clean install with Win 7, but upgraded to Win 8, 10, 11. Prob why I have some weird Win 11 issues.

I have 15 drivers that are identified as incompatible... should I remove them or are some possibly being used? I don't want to pooch my system, lol. cxCVBS.sys fei62x64.sys RtDMIVX.sys (shows twice) RtHDMIVX.sys Saffire.sys SaffireMidi.sys wdcsam64_prewin8.sys (shows twice) wdcsam64.sys (shows...

so I upgraded from Win 10 Pro to Win 11 Pro several months ago. 21H2 22000.856. I am having issues that I can't explain. 1. If a Windows update is available for installation, many programs won't start and other issues that make the computer unusable. This started in Win 10. 2. A few apps won't...

I booted it just to see what happens and now it boots to a screen giving me the option for Win 11 (default) or Win 10. Updated my Macrium image... now I do one every 3 mos. Takes an hour.