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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Renaming folders within %APPDATA% returns "Doesn't exist" in Explorer, works fine in CMD. I've eliminated every possible cause I can think of
So, I installed Vivaldi browser on a clean install of win 11 25h2 (Microsoft ISO DL), and have tried to rename a subfolder (%LocalAppData%\Vivaldi\Application) to reinstate a backed up browser profile....
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Why am I getting a consistent HMAC-SHA256 calculation error across multiple environments on my laptop also on colab and pycharm?
https://gist.github.com/mounirmamia/b2bfd28e3ce44171a232ef5d10e6b145
Unexplained HMAC-SHA256 Calculation Anomaly
This repository/Gist details a highly unusual and persistent problem encountered with ...
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Why am I having issues and my new AMD AM5 Build – No Display, Code 99, VGA LED On (X870E AORUS ELITE WIFI7 + Ryzen 9 9900X3D) setup?
I’ve just finished building a new PC and I’m running into a frustrating issue: I get no display output at all, the motherboard debug display gets stuck on code 99, and the VGA LED stays lit.
My build (...
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Why is my TP-Link UB500 v2.8 USB Bluetooth dongle not working on Debian 13 Trixie (Linux 6.12.12)?
I bought a new TP-Link UB500 v2.8 Bluetooth USB dongle and connected it to my Debian 13 Trixie PC (kernel 6.12.12).
The default KDE Bluetooth manager (bluedevil), is able to search and show the device....
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Connecting a printer to a PC on a LAN
we have 2 different LANs, a printer and some PCs are connected to LAN 1 via an ethernet cable, and some PCs are connected to LAN 2, also via an ethernet cable.
the devices connected to LAN 1 have an ...
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iwctl doesn't work and ip link shows wlan as down
I'm trying to install Arch Linux on my laptop. However, I can't seem to turn my wlan0 to an "up" state and I can't get iwctl to connect to my wifi.
So far, I've tried doing ip link set wlan0 ...
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Why does my WD My Passport not read, write, or half the time, it doesn't even sense the drive?
WD My Passport won't read, write, or half the time, it doesn't even sense the drive.
It does makes noises like when a drive is about to go out (only had it since 2020, only used once), but where my ...
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LG 49WL95C flickering white lines
I was connecting my MacBook Pro via the USB-C cable directly from the monitor port to my laptop. I unplugged the cable from my laptop then plugged it back in (probably within 2 mins), these horizontal ...
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Web browsers and browser-based apps keep crashing on my pc, regardless the OS
I had to buy a second hand PC with urgency. This desktop pc is presenting an odd behavior: Firefox hangs very often, sometimes the whole app and sometimes individual tabs. Also, I've observed several (...
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Blue-screen error
I use Windows 11 Enterprise, and these days, I get the blue screen error two or three times a day regardless of what I'm doing. It doesn't matter if I'm playing a game or just surfing the web; it ...
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Windows 11: DISM Error 0x800f081f - Source Files Could Not Be Found During Offline Repair
I'm facing an issue on a Windows 11 machine that cannot connect to the internet due to cybersecurity restrictions. Here's what I've tried so far:
SFC Command:
I ran the sfc /scannow command, and the ...
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Cannot adjust brightness on windows 11 laptop
I cannot adjust the brightness of the screen manually both by moving the cursor from the brightness bar or by using shortcut keys. It remained on 100% brightness. I have tried rebooting the laptop, ...
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Windows Explorer and Files app both fail after Windows update - "Explorer.EXE Application not found"
I'm encountering a critical issue with my file explorer on Windows. Here are the details:
The problem:
When I try to run File Explorer, I get the error: "Explorer.EXE Application not found"
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Can bad thermal paste cause a PC to not power on at all?
So the other day one of our client's desktops failed to turn on. I would push the power button and the light on the front of the case was on as long as I held the button, but as soon as I let go it ...
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PC Randomly Freezing once in 2-3 days
My PC randomly freezing once in few days, hard shutdown only saves the day. Afterwards it works perfectly fine.
Fresh windows 11 installation, once the issue occured i thought that might be the BIOS, ...
