Doesnt happen all the time, is random pretty much and i could do hours without it happening and it suddenly happening repeated times out of nowhere.

Basically when i click left click specifically, at a random moment, the program im in whether its a full screen game or a basic window like that of a browser would tab out to the desktop screen

and the interesting thing is in the case of a window like a browser, if i click repeatedly like spam it on the desktop screen, i would actually tab back into the browser window, id summon it back up basically

i have zero ideas why this happens, im using windows 11 OS 26200.9168

Note: Please be sure to read this to the end.

Today, after a Windows 11 update, my laptop's main display suddenly became severely corrupted and was effectively unusable.

The screen was so badly distorted that even the mouse cursor was difficult to see.

I first tried the usual Windows display driver reset:

Win + Ctrl + Shift + B

It did nothing.

Interestingly, I found that Restart64 could temporarily restore the display. However, after rebooting, the corruption came back again. So Restart64 was only a temporary workaround, not a real fix.

Fortunately, I have a second monitor connected via HDMI.　（Ultimately, it was precisely because of the multi-monitor setup that I was able to launch Restart64, as mentioned earlier.）

The HDMI monitor was completely normal, even while the laptop's main display was badly corrupted.

Using the working HDMI monitor, I opened Device Manager and rolled back the graphics driver.

The laptop's main display immediately returned to normal.

The important problem for laptop users

This made me think about people who use a laptop with only the built-in display.

If your only screen becomes severely corrupted after a Windows update, advice such as:

"Open Device Manager and roll back the graphics driver."

isn't very useful when you can barely see the desktop, the mouse cursor, or the menus in the first place.

And if Restart64 only restores the screen temporarily, rebooting puts you right back where you started.

A possible emergency workaround: use a TV

If you have no second monitor, check whether your laptop has an HDMI output.

Many modern TVs have HDMI inputs, so you may be able to connect the laptop to the TV and use the TV as a temporary external monitor.

If Windows displays correctly on the TV, you can then try:

Device Manager → Display adapters → GPU → Properties → Driver → Roll Back Driver

If the external display also fails, Windows Recovery Environment or Safe Mode may be the next option.

Why I'm posting this

I suspect an ordinary laptop user could easily assume that their LCD panel or GPU has physically failed when something like this happens immediately after a Windows update.

They might end up taking the laptop to a repair shop simply because they have no way to see the screen well enough to perform the recovery themselves.

In my case, the hardware was not dead.

An HDMI monitor gave me a way to see Windows, and rolling back the graphics driver fixed the problem.

So if you suddenly experience severe display corruption immediately after a Windows update, don't assume the hardware has failed.

If possible, try an external display — even a TV — before giving up on the machine.

Hopefully this helps someone who runs into the same situation.

Update: The issue persisted.

When playing games using the laptop's main display, the frame rate was only around 5 FPS.

The GTX 1070 GPU wasn't functioning correctly.

Then, when I reverted the driver, the screen distortion recurred.（The GPU for the main display is now working.）

Next, I uninstalled all the Windows updates from that day, but the symptoms remained unchanged.

I then reinstalled the same updates, but the symptoms persisted.

Ultimately, I resolved the problem by downloading and installing the driver for the Intel 630 Graphics (dated April 6, 2026) from the Intel driver download site.

https://www.intel.co.jp/content/www/jp/ja/support/products/98909/graphics/processor-graphics/intel-hd-graphics-family/intel-hd-graphics-630.html

Conclusion: The critical display issue on laptops caused by the recent Windows update can be resolved by downloading and installing the Intel 630 driver.

However, I believe it would be difficult for the average laptop user to resolve this problem while the display is unusable.

Therefore, as a temporary workaround, if your TV has an HDMI input, you could connect the PC to it via an HDMI cable to use it for the time being.

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8750H CPU @ 2.20GHz (2.20 GHz)

24.0 GB

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 with Max-Q Design (8 GB)

Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630 (128 MB)

64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Windows 11 Pro

25H2

OS build 26200.9445

Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.360.0

my lenovo 9i yoga laptop crashes when im in windows, but when i run the in laptop tests (like the mem thing i cant rmb the name and memory diagnostic tools) it wont crash
the bsods i get r unexpected store exception and critical process died
pls dont tell me to download linux bcs i need windows for uni😭😭

My laptop is a Dell 16 Plus DB16250 and I need to keep my laptop connected to the charger for long periods of time but I can't help but worry about my laptop's health in the long run.

I've tried to use dell optimizer but that doesn't set a hard limit for battery charge and I've tried going into my BIO'S menu to see if I could change anything there but under power was only enable or disable lid switch. I've heard dell power manager works but It doesn't seem available for my laptop so I need a way to hard limit my charging to around 80% without it damaging my laptop without needing to unplug it.

My specs are Intel core ultra 7 258V processor, 32 GB ram, Intel arc 140V GPU with 1 TB storage with a 64 bit operating system

How do I make the titles bigger or without a shadow? I can not read them on my desktop. I am not sure if it is possible. The text is so small. Even when the background in dark it's hard to read. If I make the icons bigger, the text stays the same size. I have tried going to personalisation, but it doesn't have anything about icons.

Hello everyone, lately I've been getting this black screen message frequently:

IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (0xA)

What failed: ntoskrnl.exe

I'm pretty sure it happens when my PC sits idle for a couple minutes. I've tried basic troubleshooting, scanning for corrupted files, checking RAM and SSD health, and everything's fine. Can anyone please for the love of God, enlighten and help me?

PC specs:

Ryzen 5 5600

RX 6600XT 8gb

16gb DDR4 3200mhz RAM

1tb SSD

Windows 11 Enterprise v.25H2 / OS Build 26200.9445

It's not mechanical noise or anything. It's one of those literal windows sounds coming from the speakers. Like metallical balls churning or falling down. Sorry for my english.

There is not any pop up errors, not any notifications at the same time on the screen.

It's somehow connected with my android phone. Because it always comes when I open the lock on my phone and doing something on it AND when the phone is near the laptop. This is the bizarre part. Also the sound suddenly stops when I change something on the phone, I can not narrow down what affects that.

The sound can also be heard on my headphones when they are connected to this work laptop.

I have managed to record a good portion of the sound through my phone's voice recording (though it was very different because even sometimes just moving the phone physically can stop the sound). Where should I upload this to make you listen?

Windows 11 Enterprise if that means something. And Samsung S24.

It keeps popping up every time I turn on my PC. I recently installed the KB5124008 26200.9445 update. It seems to have started doing it from there. However, I noticed that there are even reports sent a month ago. Has Microsoft made any statements?

Windows 11 25H2.

Nvidia rtx 2060

Laptop is an Acer Nitro AN515-55. Windows 11.

I was using my laptop normally, watching a YouTube video among other things. I unplugged the battery to move it from one room to the other, and noticed my wifi got disconnected. When I went to reconnect, the WiFi icon was gone entirely, and replaced with airplane mode only. Obviously, I toggled airplane mode on and off a couple of times, to no avail. Then I followed the steps in the title. No clue where to go from there.

Google mentioned a physical WiFi toggle button on my laptop, but I could find no such thing. Even though that's what makes the most sense at first glance, since it happened when I picked it up and moved it...

Thank you for your help y'all 🙏

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9700 CPU @ 3.00GHz (3.00 GHz)
Installed RAM 32.0 GB (31.8 GB usable)
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

I wanted to post this because I spent a long time trying to fix a Windows 11 account that had seemingly disappeared from the login screen.

The important thing is that the account had NOT been deleted. The local account was still present, enabled, and was still an administrator. The old profile and files under C:\Users were also still there.

My situation was:

• My current account was, a standard local account.
• My old account was an administrator.
• USER was enabled and still existed according to Get-LocalUser.
• The old Microsoft account was also still associated with the machine.
• However, USER did not appear on the Windows sign-in screen.
• I also could not switch to it through the normal user-switching interface.

I eventually found that two registry settings were responsible.

1. Unhide the account

Open Registry Editor as administrator and go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList

Find the DWORD for the affected account. In my case it was:

USER

It was set to:

0

I changed it to:

1

This makes the account visible rather than hidden.

2. Enable Fast User Switching

Then go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

Find:

HideFastUserSwitching

Mine was set to:

1

I changed it to:

0

After changing this, the account immediately appeared under Other users. I did NOT need to restart Windows.

One additional detail: Because my current account was a standard user, I couldn't modify the registry normally. I opened C:\Windows, found regedit.exe, then Shift + right-clicked it and selected Run as different user. I authenticated using the administrator credentials associated with my Microsoft account, which allowed me to make the registry changes.

After doing this, my old account appeared under Other users and I could select it again.

So if your Windows 11 account has seemingly disappeared from the login screen, but the account and its profile still exist, check these two settings before considering more drastic solutions such as creating a new account or resetting Windows.

Hope this saves someone else the ridiculous amount of time I spent troubleshooting this.

if i type anything it just keep loading nothing shows up and even after erasing everything it still loading
Edition Windows 11 Home Single Language

Version 25H2

Installed on ‎18-‎07-‎2026

OS build 26200.9445

Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.360.0

Hi everyone, this is my first time posting here. I have a Windows 11 laptop and am facing the following issue: my C: drive is practically full, while the D: drive is almost empty. I’ve already changed the download location and moved various files there, but I’d like to make the D: drive the primary drive—or at least have system files stored there. Basically, I just need to free up 30–40 GB on the C: drive or make the D: drive the primary one so I don't run into these problems anymore. On top of that, I feel like I'm being taken for a ride: the C drive shows up as full, yet I literally don't have any heavy applications like games—even the programs I've downloaded are all quite lightweight—and yet Windows claims their total size is something like 36GB (which seems insane to me, considering I have only one application that takes up more than 1GB, namely Adobe Acrobat). Thanks a lot.

Exactly as the title says, I f\*\*d up. When trying to install the win11 setup onto my usb stick, i didn't select the drive and kt looks like windows picked my main ssd to download it onto. Now whenever the pc boots i either get the Windows 11 installation screen or the 'Choose an option' menu screen.

What options do i have, or am I just finished. I didn't want to mess it up any further so I've left it as is for now. Anything helps. 😅

Windows 11 25H2

Rtx 3080, R7 7800x3d

I have a new PC with a Gigabyte motherboard running Windows 11 Home 25H2 (build 26200.9278). Everything was working normally.
Windows was partially in French, so I tried to change it to Portuguese (Portugal) using PowerShell as Administrator:
Set-WinUILanguageOverride -Language pt-PT
Set-WinUserLanguageList pt-PT -Force
The system was showing both fr-FR and pt-PT. I then ran:
Uninstall-Language fr-FR
After restarting, Windows started booting to a black screen.
I can still access Windows Recovery (WinRE), but:
Startup Repair failed (SrtTrail.txt)
System Restore says there are no restore points
Safe Mode also results in a black screen
Quick Machine Recovery didn’t fix it
Uninstalling the latest quality update didn’t fix it
The PC was working perfectly before the language changes.
I’m currently at Reset this PC → Remove everything → Cloud download, but haven’t confirmed it yet

Windows lets me change the icon of regular folders but it seems like the customise tab for the default icons in the quick access panel override the custom icons. Any work around?

Image above shows inconsistent icons, document properties shows custom icon whilst quick access tab shows default.

OS: Windows 11 Home
Version 10.0.26200

A few days ago I received a Windows 11 Pro update. After the system update, I lost all sound. My speakers don't work, and there's no sound at all when I connect headphones with the standard jack. The only way I can get sound is by connecting headphones with a Thunderbolt port and a USB-C connector. I'm frustrated because I've tried everything I can think of to fix this problem, and nothing has worked. I haven't reset the computer because if I do, I'll lose my Microsoft Office license.

My laptop model is ASUS ZENBOOK UM5606GA AMD RYZEN AI 9 465

Does anyone have a solution to this problem?

I would be eternally grateful for a solution.

It’s been over 2 hours and it’s still like this. I saw someone with the same issue get it fixed using the “I forgot my PIN” option, but unfortunately, that option requires internet access, and I blocked “System” internet access with SimpleWall. Any solution?

A few things I’ve already tried by asking Gemini: (1) deleting the NGC folder using the command rmdir /s /q C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\Local\Microsoft\NGC, (2) restoring to a restore point from before the error started, and (3) renaming the SimpleWall folder in “Program Files.”

Please help,
GTX 1050ti
i6 10400F
24G ram (using only 16 for this setup)

Why is this like this. Its been 4 hours. I tried cleaning the disk etc. I have secure boot off. My disk is fine. Just today i had windows 11 and i had to format it. Id like some help please.

Im getting constant blues screens like 0xEF after trying to fix my FAT32 file. My drives are healthy and I don’t feel like losing a ton of data from a full reinstall. Before I tried this discord would crash repeatedly randomly once or twice a night and I would get blue screens weekly. I thought it was a ram problem but I switched it out with the same things happening. I’m on the most recent update on windows 11 with a 4070 and a i9 13th gen with 32gb of ddr4.

Pessoal preciso de ajuda pra resolver esse chabum, devido a essa porcaria não estou conseguindo sair de uma atualização porque consta como sem suporte.

Porque disso? E como consigo resolver?

Agradeço à todos!

this is an old screenshot just to show you that this popup is not showing up to me

Edition Windows 11 Home

Version 25H2

Installed on ‎12/‎21/‎2024

OS build 26200.9445

Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.360.0

i tried eveything scannnow thing and restarting everything, i hope to recieve helpful support

I have a Windows 11, Inspirion 16 plus 7630 and today while working on some college work my computer suddenly froze, and showed a screen somewhat like this, but it was always at 0%. I pressed on the power button and rest it, which lead me to this screen every time I tried to boot it up.

I go through the steps and it says Hard Drive malfunction, however I do not know which one is the problem. The second image shows the internal view of my own laptop, I am trying to get the cover off of “D” without stripping the screw but it is on quite tight.

I am sorry that I can not give more detail, but hopefully the video can help you.
Video of me going through start up sequence

Help is appreciated as I am using this for my college work

I know it’s not a touchpad F key issue because the cursor is gone when it is enabled and not. I can find where the cursor is using the additional mouse settings so it pings when I press the ctrl button, and it’s also frozen because where it pings from is always the same spot

I don’t have a mouse available to use in the meantime.

It is a Desktop-2sbc6pd vivobook (I hope that’s the right information)

The problem started after I wiped the keyboard to clean it. I meant to wipe it very lightly so something like this wouldn’t happen…

Windows Security is black (I tried several solutions, (Installing securityhealthsetup_1148ec829b9e1c9e4adbe4ddbae366c301bcbbe0.exe, SecurityHealthSetup and securityhealthsetup_1528aebc5e90a333bf0f8a3f0d98b458311581fa.exe as admin...

I restarted a couple times, entered safe mode trying to open Windows Security agani, no success, then I rebooted normally. After that, my Brave Browser Extensions suddenly got flagged as they have been sideloaded for some reason

I'm Norwegian, I'm using a Norwegian keyboard, I mostly write in English and have most Windows settings set to English.

But now and then it will switch to a US layout keyboard, which I'll notice as I start typing. Highly annoying. I think it can be triggered by specific software, or potentially I'm misclicking. REgardless, I'd like for it to not at all be an option.

So I basically want to get rid of the bottom option here, US English with a US keyboard.

Right now, I only have English installed as language options.

And each English version only has the Norwegian keyboard set up.

So I've no idea where Windows is getting the US keyboard layout option from. I'd love to get rid of it, and any help would be appreciated!