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If the old motherboard is still accessible with its TPM (even with some defects like damaged USB port) and you have a full system backup with old BitLocker key, try to restore OS in previous state, at least temporarily. But I suppose it may be not as easy...

Looking at the log in the Event Viewer, I can assume that it's a hardware failure rather software-related bug. It happens unexpectedly without any previous errors like a driver fault or disk read/write error. OS cannot even create a dump of the error or show the BSOD. Aside of overheating (you...

GPU temperature is shown in Task Manager, Performance, GPU. As for CPU, need to use external tool. I use Open Hardware Monitor, even though it's a bit outdated. There are some alternatives, any kind of HWiNFO should work. https://openhardwaremonitor.org/

Whole update process took more than one hour, mostly because of slow download (often below 1Mb/s). Installed in a few mins with 2 restarts, as usual. No DISM errors or other problems are noticed yet.

First of all, disable automatic restart. System properties (System Protection), Advanced tab, Startup and Recovery, press Settings... button, System failure, clear the checkbox "Automatically restart" and keep "Write an event to the system log". Then all you need is to look at the system log...

I suggest to set to minimum (1) Roaming Aggressiveness and also check which Wi-Fi APs are around. Choose the band (2.4 or 5 GHz) where the number of these is minimal. Set this band as preferred in the adapter properties. Also a good idea is to set static MAC address, see Settings, Network &...

Maybe it's not exactly about the subject, but anyway. I don't have a passkey in Microsoft sense like Windows Hello, PIN etc. I have an MS account for Outlook mail and other MS services (on PC, I use the local account) with "sign-in and verification options": Password (previously it often...

At glance, I noticed two problems: 1. Left-click on Wi-Fi icon in notification area opens the Wi-Fi UI (I use the setting Windows 11 style), but the second click on this icon re-opens UI instead of closing. As a result, it blinks. To close, need to click somewhere outside. Besides this, setting...

I would start from rigorous check of external HDD on another machine. Not only by usual chkdsk, but also check the current status of surface, damaged sectors etc, for example, by DiskInfo. It would be also a good idea to check how can it work continuously to exclude possible problem with...

Try to test by keyboard only instead of mouse. Use Tab key to move current selection to notification area on the taskbar (it will be shown as bright rectangle around active icon), then you can use keyboard arrows to select a particular notification icon. Select, for example, battery and press...

It would be a good idea to update Open-Shell to the last pre-release 4.4.198 which was built yesterday. There are some bugfixes. https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/releases

Svchost is an internal component which starts all Windows services, this can be seen if you use Process Explorer. Any service, currently running or started with OS, can be a source of this Internet connection request. But more likely that is not a Microsoft service. You can use System...

New pre-release of Open-Shell Menu 4.4.198 arrived yesterday. Among the notes are "Fix open/save file dialog getting stuck after Windows 11 update". I didn't use this dialog after update to 26200.8457 in the last stable 4.4.196, but apparently some people may have problems...

Not only by this reason, Explorer can unpack 7z files, but not create new ones. So, 7-Zip remains an excellent archiver, as before :-)

Very fast installation, two restarts, zero problems.