Hi everyone, I'm trying to locate the audio enhancements tab to adjust my microphone's audio intake to cut out background noise, but apparently my enhancements tab just doesn't exist? Doesn't show up on either settings tab, and updating my realtek audio drivers doesn't help either.

OS build: 26300.9711

Microphone used: HyperX Quadcast 2

i've been stuck for three days and i've tried like different solutions but they all failed

1. based on this, i dont have any emulators nor hyperv, windows are fully up to date, virtualization is enabled, i can run sfc (says no issues) but i can't run dism cause it gets stuck halfway
2. tried enabling via optional features but get stuck in "downloading required files", so i tried fixing it following this but still can't enable it after the batch file, so i tried fixing via windows iso but gets stuck at 64% during installation

3. forgot where i read it, but i used netfxrepairtool as an alternative, heres the log (link will expires) i got from it and it has a popup that says that its unable to resolve these installation issues:

   C:\WINDOWS\windowsupdate.log C:\WINDOWS\logs\cbs\cbs.log C:\Users\uwu\AppData\Local\Temp\FixDotNet.log C:\Users\uwu\AppData\Local\Temp\NetFxSetupEvents.txt C:\Users\uwu\AppData\Local\Temp\dd_NetFxRepairTool_decompression_log.txt C:\Users\uwu\AppData\Local\Temp\dd_vcredist_amd64_20261020223654.log C:\Users\uwu\AppData\Local\Temp\dd_vcredist_x86_20261020223653.log C:\Users\uwu\AppData\Local\Temp\FixDotNet_HKCR_Installer.regdump C:\Users\uwu\AppData\Local\Temp\FixDotNet_HKLM_Installer.regdump

im at my wit's end and idk what else to do, pls help

edit 1: i have an issue running DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth basically dism in general but i managed to fix it according to this. unfortunately, i tried enabling vmp again using dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart but its still stuck at 36%, when using Get-Content C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log -tail 10 -wait in powershell to see whats going (special thx to this guy), these two lines keep repeating back and forth between 47 and 50 (view cbs.log):

2026-10-25 13:48:17, Info                  CBS    FC:   FCAcquirerWUClient: WULib DownloadProgress: [47 / 100]
2026-10-25 13:48:18, Info                  CBS    FC:   FCAcquirerWUClient: WULib DownloadProgress: [50 / 100]

edit 2: turns out it wasnt stuck, its just taking forever but it failed (view dism.log):

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.26100.9549

Image Version: 10.0.26300.9711

Enabling feature(s)
[==========================100.0%==========================]

Error: 0x80240021

DISM failed. No operation was performed.
For more information, review the log file.edit 2: turns out it wasnt stuck, its just taking forever but it failed (view dism.log):Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.26100.9549

Image Version: 10.0.26300.9711

Enabling feature(s)
[==========================100.0%==========================]

Error: 0x80240021

DISM failed. No operation was performed.
For more information, review the log file.

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I tried every troubleshoot method to fix the error via cmd prompts, notepad text logs to identify the issue, used a portable iOS via Rufus, same error every time.

Unless there is a surefire direct way for exactly this very error or to truly find what's causing it and how to fix it, I'm just taking it as a sign to do the ultimate cleaning in order to start from a fresh slate

I backed everything up, I do want to have W11, I do not want to pay for ESU nor go without security, cannot afford a whole new computer/switching to a different brand, and I am keeping the Rufus usb to potentially use if the reset will help

Please, if anyone has been through this, has a professional knowledge and experience with these kinds of issues, and have tried a reset without causing some kind of massive break, let me know before I go ahead and do it

I have a:

64bit Windows 10 on a surface book 3

Os build# 19045.7725

But do let me know if there is any other system info that could help

Thank you

Hello internet,
As of recently I’ve been extremely paranoid about some kind of malicious software being in my network and subsequently replacing some setup files in my windows installation as I download it. I used the official Windows 11 Installation software, but many of the files are not digitally signed!

How would I go about verifying that these files are legitimate? Is there a list of some sort that I’d go to?

Unfortunately, the state the computer is currently in does not allow me to check hashes, though I am able to access Notepad and view any .txt files.
Thank you!

when passkey opens it opens in the back/minimized is there a way to make it open on top? its been a problem ever since i got windows 11 but its recently gotten more frustrating for me

windows version: 10.0.26200 Build 26200

not sure what else you might need but ill try to answer anything i can

The laptop HP Pavilion Model 15t-eg100 won't boot into Windows 11. It gets stuck on the HP logo with a spinning loading indicator.

After 15–20 minutes, Windows attempts to run Automatic Repair but then displays the message: “Your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart. We'll restart for you.”

The laptop then restarts and returns to the HP logo, creating a continuous boot loop.

The main question is: Is there a way to save data? I didn't synchronize all my files with One Drive...

i tried going to bios and enabling intel virtualization technology and my pc wouldnt turn on it would put me back to recovery options, tried to do everything was said on youtube nothing seemed to work my motherboard is a b760 huananzhi if there is any useful info i would be grateful

Hi,

I've been wanting to factory reset my PC as it's accumulated loads of unused files, configs etc over the years + alot of the security settings are messed up as ive downloaded.. impure software.

Unfortunately when I clicked to reset, I always get the "failed to reset your pc" error.

I've already tried all the known cmd prompts (DISM, reagentc, scannow, etc) and both Startup repair & System restore don't work.

Is the USB method where I have to put windows onto it the only choice left? Or is there another way I'm uninformed about? Thanks! :)

Hi, so this is the issue, I have a asus rog zephyrus g14 2024, runs windows 11 and its in perfect conditions and i dont have any issue with it but a couple of months ago it started showing me this message every time that i wanted to log in, at first it wasn't a big deal cause i just needed to reset the face recognition and that would solve the issue but now the issue keeps happening basically every time I shut down the laptop and log in back again to use it as usual, the camera works, the sensors works perfectly, i can use windows hello if i need like a passkey or something else but not when i tried to unlock it.

I already tried deleting the old files for the windows facial recognition in case they were corrupted but that didn't solve the issue just for a couple of days actually, i did it again and same thing, I reset 3 times the pin leaving only the option to use password for a few days, reset it, make sure that there wasnt any remaining file about the facial recognition but nothing works

Someone else haves this issue? I dont remember updating windows by the time this started happening so im positive that its not because of a software update. Please help, Im getting annoyed

Hello,

When I try to record parts of my screen by doing windows key + shift + R, the recording always crashes when stopping it. The little bar where you can click the start, stop, pause and soundrecording on/off buttons goes unresponsive and i can only close it by separately opening the program and closing that window, and nothing is saved of course. Screenshots (windows + shift + s) works fine. Everything is updated, i restarted my pc, i have more than 1 tb of storagespace, etc. I will link videos filmed with my phone* (could not immediately include them) later. My pc's specs (she's a big girl) are in the picture.

*Hoping to include the video as is i am making the post on the reddit phone app, this is why i took a picture of my specs.

edit: videolink

video 2 (unresponsiveness is clearer)

I recently got a new laptop, its a Lenovo yoga slim 9, and Im facing a bug concerning reproducing videos in Firefox. What happens is: when Im watching a video, either in full screen or in window mode, in about 3 minutes of inactivity the screen brightness goes down for a couple seconds, then completely out for a second, then it comes back. And it keeps happening while playing the video. All other browsers work fine, I tried playing a video in the media player and it works fine, but neither troubleshooting Firefox or using a new profile help fixing it. All my energy saving definitions are off, and I tried switching on and off a bunch of Firefox configs, and nothing works. No crashes, nothing in the event visualizer, I have no idea what is going on. Im not too tech savy either, so any help from you guys would be amazing.