So i listen to podcasts frequently when i sleep, and sometimes i dont put on the sleep timer, letting videos autoplay. Everything was normal for literal years, however, recently ive been waking up to videos titled "heal yourself - 3 hour relaxing music with rain" or something like that, and i keep hitting not interested, and it keeps PLAYING THEM. Don't know if this is the place to ask, but htf do i fix this?

I want to format the drive clean but I'm not sure how to go about it. Is it safe to plug in into the computer in safemode with the internet off and format it?

Hey guys can anyone give me a hand in figuring out what's wrong here. I just replaced my thermal paste and now trying to boot up my laptop again the screen won't turn on. The power is definitely on, the keyboard lighting is there and when I start it, the fans run for a couple seconds then go silent and its just kinda sitting like this, i think its stuck in boot up mode cuz the keyboard lights dont turn off. I disconnected the battery before doing anything internally too but what could be causing this and how could i fix it?

I keep getting a notification popping up randomly saying foreign material or moisture has been found in the charging port (on a dry day).

Does anyone have any advice on how to clear out the port and keep it clean?

Samsung Galaxy A57 5G

Android version 16

Hi. Would you guys know which cable should I use for this external hard drive? I believe it is either micro b or micro usb but I'm not sure. Image for the hard drive can be seen in the link.
https://imgur.com/a/GusKKbK

So, from time to time, my pc sudently shuts down and I can only use it after I let it cool down .

Usually when I notice this I leave my pc untouched during a couple of days and than it stops shutting down, but this time I really needed it so I took the shot. I removed the plastic case so it could cool beter and it worked, it worked so well indeed that I decided to put back the plastic and play a game, after about half an hour the pc shutted down again.

Turns out that after checking my thermal paste and testing out with HW monitor I saw it had nothing to do with temperature. I tried taking of my GPU too but it didnt work. Even in Bios it shuts down and the time it takes to shut down is related with the amount of time its off. I also tried connecting it to my UPS to see if it was something with the power on my house but It still shuted down and the UPS didnt beep.

What can it be?

I've got the AI Overview setting turned off, yet somehow it still shows up on basically every search I make.

At this point I'm starting to wonder if that setting actually does anything. I don't want an AI summary at the top of my results - I just want the normal search results back. If Google isn't going to let us properly disable it, what are people switching to instead?

What search engine/browser are you using that doesn't constantly shove AI results in your face?

I run windows, and I installed a new NVIDIA 5060 RTX a week ago. It ran fine at first, but now I’m having trouble running any exe files. I like to play a lot of stuff from GameJolt and Itch.io, but nothing I download from there opens, and if it does open, it runs extremely slowly. Same issue with Audacity when I tried to install it. These files appear in my task manager even when I close the program. Sometimes, they don’t even open a screen and show that they’re running in task manager. Everyone else I’ve asked about this has been baffled. I’ve tried restarting, running compatability modes, uninstalling and reinstalling the files, making sure windows and nvidia are both up to date. I am running low on options and don’t know what to do.

Edit: Stuff like steam games run fine, and I’ve got plenty of space on my drive so it’s not a storage issue.

usb thethring not working without turning on usb debugging, i want to trun on usb thethring without truning on usb debugging

Alright, so long story short, I found a Blue Tech TV in the trash. It doesn't have a remote. I plugged it into the wall and the red light turned on, but it doesn't have any hidden physical buttons. I haven't been able to find any remote control app on my phone that supports Blue Tech to turn it on. I'd really like to get it turned on, so I hope you guys can help me out please :)

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My PC connects to the wifi and I've found that google and discord works, but stuff like steam, epic games, and riot client say it's not connected to the wifi. I'm connected through ethernet and some stuff I've already tried are
- Checking updates
- Updating/Uninstalling Wifi adapter
- Unplugging and replugging ethernet cable, wifi adapter, and router
- Checking services specifically WLAN and wired autoconfig. set them to automatic and made sure theyre running
- Checking firewall blocks
- running system file checker
- Clean boot up
- Checking/Resetting BIOS

I'll probably flush DNS cashe and reset network settings like winsocks next. But if that doesn't work, I don't know what steps to take next. What should I do?

Edit: yea so those didnt work and the firewall settings seemed fine i even reset those just in case too.

Edit 2: i realized it was definitely some kind of filter since the riot support and steam support were also refusing to connect. even on my phone the steam app wouldnt load when connected to the wifi. i found out my eero router had a content filter on games somehow. turned it off and everything fixed.

i feel silly that i didnt check the eero app close enough and that it was such a simple issue/fix

So about a month ago one of my Xbox controllers stopped working with my pc. Kept getting an error that said “the last usb device you connected to this computer malfunctioned and windows does not recognize it.” So I plug in a new one and it works for a while then today it kept connecting via USB the imminently disconnected and this happened like 9 times so I tried ANOTHER controller and now it won’t even turn on. I’m not a tech guy I have no idea what is happening or what to do. Also I used different cables and usb ports too and nothing will work. Please help!!

I have an HP Bluetooth keyboard which connects to multiple device recently I changed the batteries since then it is not working properly. It’s connecting to all devices but, command is always press so if I’m clicking on any action, it’s doing something else. So basically I need to factory reset this keyboard. I tried that battery method draining the battery, but it’s not working for me.

I have been trying to make it so that my Bluetooth headphones will be for the games/music/videos, and my speaker for calls on discord or other applications. I also have a separate microphone.

The problem is, the headphone's audio is getting distorted as soon as I use the discord's microphone, even just for checking, then the audio on my headset never goes back okay unless I restart my PC.

I am using Windows 11, I have disabled all the handsfree drivers. On sound settings, playback tab, I only enabled the speaker and the headphones. On recording tab, only the external mic. On communications tab, I set it to "do nothing". I am running out of options here. Is this even solvable? and if it is, is there a way to switch my communication device and media playback device easily?

I can barely describe the issue it feels so niche. But sometimes my computer audio will cut out completely. Not only that, videos and other graphics will suddenly run in slow motion. Youtube and other streaming sites, games, etc.

Just to be clear, everything else seems to be fine, no stuttering and memory usage is normal on task manager. Windows itself is running smoothly. The browser is smooth. Websites load quickly. Applications open fast. It's literally just the videos themselves are playing back as though they're in slow motion. Game graphics are moving at half time as well.

So I can’t get into my computer. Every time I launch to the windows screen, where it shows the time and date, I can’t type or click anything to sign in. I think my usb drives are not connecting or something. But they work in the bios setting and in the bit locker recovery. I have tried just about everything and nothing works. Please help me I need to get into my computer.

I bought this Aqua mouse off eBay a week ago, it arrived today, & it seems to work fine minus the fact that, instead of moving the cursor around like normal, it slams it into the bottom left corner. My computer is an Intel NUC9i7QNX, & the mouse is Aqua model no D168, Coca-Cola branded with a little plastic coke bottle floating around inside.

As the question says, I've been trying to fix this for some time and I can't seem to figure out why. Whatever the game, it always says DLSS with or without Frame Generation on. I use the full FPS overlay too. I have Gsync On (Fullscreen Only), with Vertical Sync On in Nvidia App. My monitor is 165Hz so I'm capping it to 162. Not relevant I know but I'm giving as much detail as possible. DLSS Override are Preset B, SR Recommended, RR Recommended. DMFG Custom 60fps up to 3x. But even with DMFG Off that doesn't change anything. Latest driver 616.86 but it's been like this for weeks at least. Is anyone able to have the overlay show DLSS/FG on command? Like it's gonna say DLSS, enable FG and it shows FG, then disable FG and it shows DLSS again?

Thank you for anyone able to help.

I'm having an issue with my Windows laptop connecting to my phone's mobile hotspot.

The laptop connects to the hotspot normally, but after about 1 minute, it disconnects. When I try to reconnect, Windows asks me to enter the Wi-Fi password again and shows this message:

"Some information changed since the last time you connected. We need additional information to complete the connection."

Need help with my PC

So today i changed my old am4 platform to a new am5 platform

Am4 : Ryzen 5 3600 - B450m ds3h - 16gb ddr4 3200mhz from g skill

Am5 : Ryzen 5 7500f - b650 eagle - 32gb ddr5 6000mhz cl36 from patriot

And theres this problem which didnt happen on the old platform, whenever i run valorant (which i build this pc for) i get 5 second freezes, then its okay for 5 seconds, then it freezes again.

I didnt see it happening when im not playing, but once i get into valorant, then lets say close the game, the freezing stays and still freezes my pc, even if the game is closed.

It could be because of my ssd which is 8 (💀) years old, and is on 10% health on crystaldiskinfo, but still, it didnt happen on the old one

Also i didnt reinstall the system, i just placed the old ssd into the new one without thinking

Can anybody help, please?

Had my current PC for about two years now.

I usually play Path of Exile 1 and 2 and for the past few weeks ive seen my computer turn its self off from time to time. I believe it is an overheating issue and was looking for help. Wondering if this is something I can do myself or recommended ways to make my setup better.

I replaced my video card after it got to the point where it wouldnt even boot up anymore it started to happen so often. I have turned everything off and can air the case like crazy but it still happens. I will post my hardware below if that helps.

Micro-Star International MS-7E26 AMD Ryzen 5 7600x 6-Core Processor 16384MB RAM

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070

Soooooo my mouse keeps disconnecting and reconnecting constantly…..it’s not the mouse, I bought a brand new one. It’s not the USB port, I’ve tried plugging in the back on the main control panel thing (sorry I’m not completely verbal and knowledgeable on computers) as well as multiple other ports. I’ve also tried uninstalling the mouse driver thing and reinstalling. Still no change.

The PC is a Dell Alienware (not sure year, it was given to me). Feel free to ask any necessary questions, I will try to answer but please be patient. I am not often on Reddit and also work majority of the day. Thank you guys in advance!! ❤️

I just bought an old Mac Pro 6,1 and wiped it clean with a fresh install of MacOS Mojave. I then performed a Migration from an old Time Machine backup that I had and things started to get wonky. I think I may have narrowed it down to the fact that my User doesn't have permission to the main root of the drive.

The only listed user/group that has permission to the drive are:

1. system - read/write
2. wheel - read only
3. everyone - read only

Screenshot of folder permissions

I thought 'system' might be the same as 'admin,' but that doesn't seem to be the case. Is there a backend way to grant permission to 'admin' or better yet to my main user account? Thank you!

hey guys, my laptop - a corporate hand-me-down dell latitude 7390 - has a new battery and ssd from a different laptop. During normal use it randomly crashes showing something like “a system encountered an error and needs to restart,” then restarts into a “no bootable devices found.” To top it all when I turn it off and then on it works as nothing happened.

Is there anything that can be done? I really need it for my biology classes 😭🙏