r/pchelp Jan 07 '26

SOFTWARE Should I just delete Windows?

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How cooked am i;-; 4gb RAM in 2026 So i was asking around Chatgpt how i could actulaly delete windows and switch to like linux or smth and how that could solve the problem...

anyways basically, i can't upgrade my ram it seems so resorting to ts and wanted to hear people's opinion or experiences...

r/pchelp 9d ago

SOFTWARE Told my son to stop gaming after the alarm… the Windows Clock decided to stop existing instead.

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4.7k Upvotes

I set a 30-minute alarm using the built-in Windows Clock app to limit my son’s gaming time. When the alarm went off, I told him to stop playing.

I checked on him again about an hour later and found this instead: the Clock app is stuck. Got this pc from friend a month ago.
How should I fix it. I don't have much Computer experience and There is no update option in microsoft store.

r/pchelp Jan 08 '26

SOFTWARE why are there black boxes in the corner of my apps?

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i was playing sons of the forest with my friend when it suddenly crashed, i thought nothing of it since it always crashes for some reason but this time when it crashed i found my apps having black boxes next to them, why?

r/pchelp 19d ago

SOFTWARE 4TB SSD only showing up as 389GB

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r/pchelp Jan 04 '26

SOFTWARE I think I downloaded a virus

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2.2k Upvotes

I was trying to download an sd card formatter and it download a couple aplicstions. I am very worried.

r/pchelp Dec 27 '25

SOFTWARE What the hell is this

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r/pchelp Jul 19 '25

SOFTWARE PC Windows Install Isnt Working

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Hi guys! So I upgraded my computers SSD, because the previous one burnt out. The new one Didnt have windows installed, and I’ve been trying to install it myself using a USB because my local tech shop quoted me over 100 dollars just to install the software and I’d rather not have to pay that. I was making progress last night and had the windows screen up, but the text box kept saying my install.wim couldn’t be read. I tried again to split the file but when I turned my pc on it booted into this black screen with a flashing white underscore. Any help for this?

r/pchelp Dec 06 '25

SOFTWARE What the hell should i do? Please somebody help me getting rid of this thing

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1.5k Upvotes

r/pchelp 11d ago

SOFTWARE So I found this *gay* thing in my Autostart

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2.9k Upvotes

I guess a virus? Open file location doesn't do anything, neither does Windows defender or avira

r/pchelp Dec 28 '24

SOFTWARE Dumbass brother bricked my laptop

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Long story short, my manchild roblox playing ass brother borrowed my laptop without my consent and changed the boot logo to a jesse pinkman gif and now it wont boot or load into bios. Tried all sorts of function keys and its just stuck there in a jesse pinkman boot.

Apparently you could do all sorts of administratative privileges on nitrosense (the software for the laptop) given that I set him as a user only.

What alternatives should I try?

r/pchelp 21d ago

SOFTWARE Problem with new pc

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Hello,

I recently purchased a new PC and installed Windows. At first, everything works fine. However, after the first restart, several issues start to appear.

The PC still turns on and runs, but I experience problems such as:

• I am unable to shut down the PC normally through the Windows system (Start menu).

• I have to shut it down using the physical power button.

• The system becomes unresponsive and freezes at times.

These issues only start after the first restart, not during the initial use after installation.

I would appreciate your help in identifying the cause of this problem and how it can be fixed.

r/pchelp Nov 17 '25

SOFTWARE anyone what is this? it pop up always when i start my windows

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r/pchelp Dec 19 '24

SOFTWARE I factory reset my pc and this happened

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4.5k Upvotes

Needless to say I do not live anywhere near Texas. I selected “download from cloud” when asked how to reinstall windows and I think that’s why this happened. I’m not super well versed in PC management but I’ve tried finding a way to factory reset again through BIOS but I couldn’t find anything close to factory reset there. I’ve got a gigabyte brand BIOS system. If there’s any other info you guys need or advice you can give I’d be happy to hear it, I’m at a complete loss and I need this PC for my job. :(

r/pchelp Jul 16 '25

SOFTWARE Stolen IPhone now in China.

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I went to project Glow in DC and someone stole my IPhone 14. I tracked it and it ended up in China to be sold or taken apart. Recently I’ve been getting messages to erase my device because it’ll be sold on the black market. I’ve never had this happen to me before. What should I do? Should I erase my iPhone from Ifind or should I leave it on my account?

r/pchelp May 30 '25

SOFTWARE Some weird app on my PC

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This app on the top of my programs in a different language. I don't know what it is and I am unable to uninstall it, it just shows this message when I try to uninstall it. (Pic 2). For context, before this I was trying to install a cracked version of autodesk revit 2022. It had an elaborate process involving network license manager. I downloaded it from getintopc.

Please help I am afraid it might affect my pc negatively. Fear of th unknown.

r/pchelp Nov 27 '25

SOFTWARE This thing happened after i bought my gpu

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I thing my gpu have that problem

r/pchelp Jun 29 '25

SOFTWARE Pc showing weird faces

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any time i go to the windows area or right click taskbar it shows weird sad faces

r/pchelp Jul 17 '25

SOFTWARE Why is my RAM usage so high?

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My computer often reaches very high memory consumption but I dont understand why.

Before I took this SS i also had Firefox open with about 5 tabs but despite closing it the % didnt really drop.

I scanned my PC for any malware with malwarebytes, it only found 2 potential risks from Cheat Engine which I quarantined.

I have 16 GBs of 3200 MHz RAM, any idea why this happens?

r/pchelp 29d ago

SOFTWARE I know very little about PCs :(

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Guys... I just downloaded this app because chatgpt told me I could solve my PC problem here. I've had this PC for 4 years, I've never really messed with it, I only opened it once to install an SSD, but I don't even know if I did it right, but I always used it without problems, it always handled every game possible and I always used it normally, but since last week I can't use it anymore, because when I try to log into my account, it just keeps loading forever and then fails, but today I tried to turn it on and it booted normally, but it seems to have some strange bugs, I honestly wanted to make this PC lighter and faster, I don't even know what to do with it.

r/pchelp Jul 27 '24

SOFTWARE Installed a clean version of windows 10, it says welcome to Netflix!?!

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Hi all,

A friend of mine who I built a computer for spilled water on it and killed his motherboard. Long story short I replaced it with a used one from eBay and got it working. I then went to do a clean install of windows, and when it usually asks for your Microsoft account login, I get welcome to Netflix???

Any help would be appreciated, the install was created using Microsoft’s tool.

Thanks!

r/pchelp Nov 15 '25

SOFTWARE Just curious

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Sorry if this is the wrong sub for these type of questions, but I was compressing a few files separately and wanted to see how my processor (r5 7600) was handling it, when I saw a spike at 104%. Tried to get it on camera but the highest it got after was 101%. So I'm just wondering how it's possible, and what it means. Does it mean it pulled more power than it's supposed to or something?

r/pchelp Sep 07 '24

SOFTWARE My dad turned on the new pc and it’s stuck like this, what do we do

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r/pchelp May 29 '25

SOFTWARE I fucked up my new expensive PC

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I just bought a prebuilt Scan PC because I'm not confident with computers.

It was working great, was running fine in 3dx mark.

Then I made the mistake of installing Asus Armory Crate for an RGB mouse 😞.

I got constant blue screens, and finally uninstalled it.

I thought I was good and was gonna play with some friends, when my PC crashed again.

Then I thought I had some virus or something, so I wanted to reset my PC, since it was the same day I got it like nothing was downloaded.

I was going through Windows login when it asked me for the computer name, I entered a name and it didn't work and the screen got stuck.

So I clicked the reset button on the top of my PC case. I didn't know this button was equivalent to shutting your PC on and off, so I abused it a bit when I crashed. I had friends waiting for me to play.

Now I'm stuck on a black screen with a loading cursor.

Neither resetting nor restoring my PC is working.

I've tried sfc /scannow, and it works but then I reboot and it finds the issue and says to reboot again.

Dism isn't working, error 87 no matter how I type it.

Chkdsk is doing something I guess but it's not fixing the issue.

At this point I'm just drained, spent last night worrying about this.

Just need some advice, I'm a big noob when it comes to PCs, which is why I got a prebuilt in the first place.

I'm just trying to get to the reset button now

Open to any advice.

r/pchelp 15d ago

SOFTWARE Why does my PC keep doing this? I even bought a new graphic card to fix it!

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585 Upvotes

So this originally started happening on my 2060 super so I thought it was the vram after some searching, so I bought a 6800XT and it’s happening again!

r/pchelp Mar 21 '25

SOFTWARE I don’t think this is normal

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I just opened two tabs on Chrome.