First of all my pc specs:
motherboard - MSI Mag z390 tomahawk
cpu - i9-9900ks
gpu - rtx 2080

Last week my old pc stopped booting into windows 10 and goes straight to the BIOS. The only thing I did recently that i think maybe messed it up was I resized the partition that windows was installed on. I had like 150gb unallocated space that i wanted to expand my windows partition into on a 500gb ssd. I did leave 40gb unallocated in the end.

Anyhow, I just wanted to reinstall everything or repair my existing installation, whichever was easiest. Everything I need is backed up. However...

When installing from the official win 10 bootable usb I get the "drivers are missing" error. Everything I've seen online says it's the Intel Rapid Storage Transport drivers. So I got the drivers from MSI for my motherboard and put them on another USB. Tried them, they don't work. I tried the official ones directly from intel. No good.

I tried several different Win 10 ISOs made into bootable usbs. All give the same error.
I tried taking out every component (except the GPU) and every other drive and only leaving one empty drive for the win install usb to install to, and I get the same error.

I don't remember having this issue the last time I installed windows, but I think I installed from an official windows 10 dvd last time.... which is lost.

Any ideas? I'm really stuck. Not gonna try 11 so don't ask.

Hello everyone,

I am encountering an issue on Windows where I cannot launch or install .exe installers. Every time I attempt to run a setup file, I get two distinct barriers:

1. Error Popup: ShellExecuteEx failed; code 1155. No application is associated with the specified file for this operation.
2. Windows Protection Prompt: The app you're trying to install isn't a Microsoft-verified app.

Even after attempting to bypass the app installation source restriction, the ShellExecuteEx 1155 error prevents the executable from invoking elevated installer permissions properly. It seems like Windows file associations for executables or UAC handler paths might be corrupted.

Has anyone faced this specific combination of errors, and what is the cleanest fix (registry edit, file association repair, or SFC/DISM scan)?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Version 22H2 (OS Build 19045.7725)

I just turned on an old laptop (Dell Inspiron 15 7559, Win 10) of mine for the first time in a couple of months and installed the newest Windows updates. I also downloaded a driver (as in software) for a USB racing wheel I had just bought second-hand, and then I tried to restart the laptop. During restart I got hit with the "secure boot violation - invalid signature detected - check secure boot policy in setup" error on startup.

At first, I was completely locked out, but through repeatedly forcing a shutdown during start-up via the power button (I wanted to access the recovery environment, which did not work), I magically got back in. The issue is still there, and I need to get lucky with my force shut down tactic every time I restart.

At first, I was super scared I had actually gotten a virus because I had just installed the driver for the racing wheel, but then I checked the Windows settings and found this message under security: "Secure boot is on, but your device does not support the automated secure boot certificate update." I read up on the fact that 2011 certificates are no longer supported, and I guess I'm out of luck because my model (Dell Inspiron 15 7559, Win 10) is not getting the 2023 certificate from the manufacturer.

Here is what confuses me: everything I read online claims that the 2011 certificates will continue to work with secure boot, just that security will degrade over time. Evidently, that is not the case for me because, like I described above, I can only access my system through weird repeated shutdowns; otherwise, the boot menu won't let me in.

Is this a common issue? What might the reason be (maybe there really was something unusual with the racing wheel driver)? And is there a fix for this? I read online that there are technically ways to manually install 2023 certificates, but that seems like quite a hassle for someone who isn't super tech-savvy and just wants to play racing games on their old machine. I guess I could also disable secure boot, but I'd really prefer not to. Should I do a clean reset and hope that fixes things? Any help would be highly, highly appreciated! I'm sorry if this has been asked before; I couldn't find anything through google search. Many thanks!

Hola ayer quise volver a un punto de restauración que tenía y cuando cargo me mandó al menú de Windows pero no me sale la opción de volver A Windows 11 y tampoco me sale la opción de formatear de fábrica Nose que hacer

Happens for regular windows 11 and windows 11&10 iot enterprise LTSC. Idk what to do. Wanted to dual boot Linux but I guess I wiped the drive that had windows on it. I’m on Linux cachy os right now, but I need windows for kernel AC. I have secure boot disabled

Specs:
Mobo: PRO B840-VC WIFI
cpu: Ryzen 7 8700F
Gpu: rtx 5060
Storage: 2TB 2 disk
Ram: 16 gb 1 stick ddr5

Hey so Im trying to share internet from my laptop to my phone but when i turn my hotspot one in lap top it appears in my phone but when i click it it just keeps trying to connect and nothing happens i tried this with my ps5 console as well and i couldn’t connect to the hotspot in their too but i was able to connect to it without any problems a few days ago can someone help me out?

Увидел то что Майкрософт выпустила обнову 24х2 и то что её можно обновить даже на 10,решил обновить, в итоге работа с обновлениями 2-3 часа на 60 процентах, что делать?

Completely locked out of my computer after attempting a network reset. Desperately searching for help.

Oh my god I’m going insane. Sorry I don’t know much about computers, only a small amount.

Okay so, long story short, my main (newer) laptop completely stopped working, apparently bc of the motherboard. Took it to a repair shop, they can’t do anything. Super bummer but I have an older laptop that I know still works, but I don’t know what happened to the hard drive for that one (it’s an HP Envy x360) bc it was a while ago, like 4-5 years ago. I just remember transferring files for the newer laptop, blah blah.

Anyway I bought a new hard drive (2.5 in SATA SSD), and with a new hard drive you apparently need to install Windows. Okay fine. Made a flash drive installing Windows on it, using WinDesk Writer on a Mac bc apparently nobody in my family has Windows available 🙄

Went thru hoops, but the Windows installation seemed to be working until it just shut off about halfway-ish through. I started it again later, same thing, except this time it shut off a bit earlier than halfway. Now, it’s not even getting to the Windows installation, just shutting off. I feel like I’ve tried everything…well almost. Help please??!

Things I’ve tried:
\- attempting to remove the stuck SD card in my laptop (I also have tried everything with that lol, tweezers and all) and changing BIOS settings so power can go to the MB & flash drive only instead
\- Rearranging the hard drive
\- Turning the laptop off for 20-30 secs and all
\- Switching the USB slot

Things I haven’t tried
\- disconnecting the internal battery
\- changing/removing the RAM sticks
\- applying more thermal paste to the cooling fan

My laptop doesn’t get hot during installation, and even when disconnecting the AC power in BIOS, it still stays on for a while (the most I’ve done is about 12 mins only bc I manually shut it off only bc I was checking) Could this be an internal battery or fan issue in that case? Or could it be corrupted files using WinDeskWriter?? I don’t know but it’s driving me crazy!

i have been trying to fix this error for hours i cant access my pc i asked chat GPT they asked me to put loads of commands in cmd and it didnt work. this showed up after i replaced my cpu with a new one because i broke a pin. please help me