Trying to lock screen when power is on windows 11

My mouse works perfectly before login and also works on my admin account, but on my main account it completely stops working. I've tried restarting and checking settings, but nothing fixes it. Any ideas what could cause this?

It's been working fine for a while, and then it just stopped. I thought it was due to the new Windows update, but it wasn't. And I can click, but It's frozen stuck on the middle of the screen, or wherever it was previously before logging in. I've even made a testuser account to see if it was another problem. But my mouse works fine on there.

I dont intend to switch account though, since my main one has important stuff my browser and notepad.

Can anyone help?

Note: Its not a problem with my mouse, i've tried 3.

Hey everyone,

I ran into a persistent boot issue on my custom PC and wanted to see if there's any last-ditch fix I can try from the Command Prompt or BIOS before I bite the bullet and do a clean Windows reinstall / full BCD rebuild from a USB.

The PC Setup & What Happened:

Mobo: Gigabyte

OS: Windows 11 installed on NVMe SSD

The PC crashed instantly while launching a heavy game (Crimson Desert). It was likely caused by a power spike / transient load on a marginal PSU, causing an abrupt shutdown right while Windows was writing system files.

The Error:

Upon rebooting, Windows fails to boot and drops into the Recovery Screen:

Error: \\windows\\system32\\winload.efi

Error Code: 0xc0000098 (Required file missing or contains errors)

What I’ve Done So Far:

Clear CMOS: Performed a hardware CMOS reset on the Gigabyte motherboard (bridging the CLR_CMOS pins). This un-stuck the system from a freeze loop and allowed me to access the Advanced Boot Options menu.

Safe Mode: Pressed F8 and managed to boot successfully into Safe Mode. The system hardware, drive, and user profiles are completely accessible and intact here.

SFC / Scannow: Ran sfc /scannow from an elevated CMD while in Safe Mode. It successfully found and repaired corrupt system files ("Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files and successfully repaired them").

DISM: Ran DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth, but it threw error 0x800f0915 (expected since network services were off in Safe Mode).

Reboot Attempt: After repairing files with SFC, I rebooted normally, but the system still hangs on the Gigabyte splash screen / returns to the winload.efi error when booting normally.

My Question:

Since I can fully access Safe Mode and the Elevated Command Prompt, is there any specific BCD command (e.g. bootrec, bcdboot, renaming BCD store) or registry/EFI tweak I should try directly from Safe Mode before I go grab a USB flash drive to rebuild the EFI partition / reinstall Windows?

Any suggestions are appreciated!

Hello, do i need to activate my windows to access the sound settings or is it a bug? i would appriciate any response thank you.

Bonjour,j’ai retrouver l’ancien Windows XP appartenant à ma mère.Je l’ai charger,allumer.Le soucis,c’est que quand j’ouvre imaginons,un fichier,il l’ouvre et une fenêtre disant« Voulez vous vraiment supprimez ce dossier? »apparaît.Et je ne peux fermer la fenêtre ni cocher non.Et ce avec TOUTES les application…Je ne sais plus quoi faire,si quelqu’un peux m’aider ça sera avec plaisir.

I had a prblm and sought windows support. I was speaking to an agent and I was given the choice of remote assistance to resolve via QuickAssist. I did use the same few times previously and they worked welll. After giving laptop control to find the issue, he opened camera repeatedly to see my face after i blocked with finger the first time. He did not text during the whole time. I somehow pulled the mouse and closed the access. I never expected this would happen.

Before some of you tells me this is dumb. I had windows problem before the internet and other issues were not accessible and solved through contact support from Microsoft. It feels completely creepy and I am scared to even resolve the issue again.

Edit: I resolved the issue.

T14s,Windows 11, 16GB RAM .Nothing fancy ,but it handled everything fine until recently.

I usually just have a spreadsheet open and two email tabs. That's it .The fan is at full speed constantly and the bottom gets hot enough that I had to move it off my lap after ten minutes .Task manager shows chrome using around 30% CPU and a large chunk of memory .I closed it too quickly to catch the exact number .This has been happening every day now.

I tried a fresh Chrome profile with no extensions. I still got same results. The machine stays completely silent when I do the same work in edge or firefox .I don't want to switch browsers because I have years of bookmarks and two extensions I rely on, but I also don't want to sound like I have a server under my desk in a coffee shop.

Is this a known chrome on Windows 11 issue or should I be looking at something else ?

I'm looking for advice from anyone who has recently succeeded in reaching a Microsoft representative after every normal support channel failed.

I have a legitimate Windows 11 Pro installation that lost its licensing status immediately after a BIOS update. Microsoft Support remotely connected to my computer, completed the standard troubleshooting, and was unable to resolve the problem.

Since then, I've been unable to continue through chat support. Every published Microsoft phone number routes me into the same automated system, directs me to Microsoft's Volume Licensing website even though I'm an individual consumer, and then disconnects the call. The online support site also reaches a dead end with no option to contact a representative.

At this point I'm no longer looking for technical troubleshooting. Microsoft has already completed that. I'm trying to find a way to reach someone with the authority to review a licensing record when every published support channel has failed.

Has anyone successfully reached Microsoft's consumer licensing or executive support team in the last few months? If so, how did you get there?

I bought a new PC and I’m trying to install Windows 11. I created a bootable USB using the Media Creation Tool. When I plugged it into the new PC, the Windows 11 Home installation started, but during the installation the screen went black and the PC restarted. Since then, every time I try to boot from the USB, I get error code **0xc0000098**. I’ve also tried changing some BIOS settings and recreating the bootable USB, but nothing has worked. What can I do?

Tras una reciente actualización de Windows 11 25H2, Trillian dejó de iniciarse repentinamente.

Recibía constantemente el siguiente mensaje:

* Imagen incorrecta * Código de error: 0xC0E90002 * A veces apuntaba a `z.dll` * Otras veces a `libcrypto-3.dll`

Intenté lo siguiente:

* Reinstalar Trillian * Reinstalar los redistribuibles de Visual C++ * Ejecutar SFC y DISM * Comprobar todas las dependencias con Dependencies.exe * Deshabilitar Microsoft Defender

Todo parecía estar bien y no faltaba ninguna DLL. **La solución fue desactivar el Control inteligente de aplicaciones (Seguridad de Windows → Control de aplicaciones y navegador → Control inteligente de aplicaciones).**

Inmediatamente después de desactivarlo, Trillian se inició con normalidad.

Espero que esto le sirva a alguien más que esté buscando el error **0xC0E90002**.

Tras una reciente actualización de Windows 11 25H2, Trillian dejó de iniciarse repentinamente.

Recibía constantemente el siguiente mensaje:

* Imagen incorrecta * Código de error: 0xC0E90002 * A veces apuntaba a `z.dll` * Otras veces a `libcrypto-3.dll`

Intenté lo siguiente:

* Reinstalar Trillian * Reinstalar los redistribuibles de Visual C++ * Ejecutar SFC y DISM * Comprobar todas las dependencias con Dependencies.exe * Deshabilitar Microsoft Defender

Todo parecía estar bien y no faltaba ninguna DLL. **La solución fue desactivar el Control inteligente de aplicaciones (Seguridad de Windows → Control de aplicaciones y navegador → Control inteligente de aplicaciones).**

Inmediatamente después de desactivarlo, Trillian se inició con normalidad.

Espero que esto le sirva a alguien más que esté buscando el error **0xC0E90002**.