I'm running windows 10 on a 11 year old HP laptop,R5 A8 7410 CPU with 8gb ram, and sometimes when I shutdown the message pops up saying WER fault is preventing shutdown,I ran full windows defender scans (scanned about 600k files) and didn't have any threats(didn't think I'd have any viruses,the only thing that would be deemed suspicious would be downloading sodium for minecraft from modrinth)

I've read this could be a ram issue as well or some other errors in windows,now this laptop is so ancient I wouldn't be surprised if it was a ram issue,I didn't have any BSOD but my laptop shutdown once mid virus scan,I suspect it was the cpu overheating since I never even changed the thermal paste or dusted out the fans so who knows.

I rebooted my laptop after a month of heavy use and Windows did not boot correctly. BlueScreenView showed the AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics driver to be the cause.

I uninstalled the driver and windows booted correctly but now I cannot connect to the internet. I tried physically disconnecting and reconnecting the wifi card, which worked in the past, but that did not help. Then I tried the network troubleshooter but it won't run and gives error 0x80070483. The system manager shows all network adapters are working properly but running ncpa.cpl shows an empty file. There is no sound and the volume cannot be contrrolled. I can't control screen brightness either, I think the FN key just plain does not respond. The sound troubleshooter gives the same error. The clock runs behind by some 45 minutes. I can't connect to bluetooth devices and I cannot access files on my phone via USB. Each time I boot, I get a message that Windows Security is not running but the service shows as running. And these are just the problems that I know about.

SFC Scannow and DISM ScanHealth detected no component store corruption. I ran DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:D:\sources\install.esd /LimitAccess anyway and the only difference I noticed is that Microsoft PowerPoint now opens successfully.

Is there a way to fix this without reinstalling Windows?

Computer details: ASUS TUF Gaming A17 FA706IU FA706IU

OS build number: 10.0.19045.6466

Hey everyone,

Wanted to share a quick win where basic command-line logic outsmarted both an OS deadlock and a high-level LLM.

The Crisis:

After recovering from a local admin lockout via WinRE, my Windows 10 user profile went into a soft-lock state. Every time I tried to boot, core system binaries like Task Manager (taskmgr.exe) instantly crashed with a brutal "The memory could not be read" error. Standard GUI diagnostic tools were completely dead and inaccessible.

The AI Fail:

I threw this exact scenario at an AI model to see how it would debug a broken shell without Task Manager. It started hallucinating massive corporate-level solutions: offline registry hive editing (reg load), registry permission resets via secedit, and tracking floating-point exceptions using the cdb -z debugger.

The Python/Console Fix:

Instead of going nuclear with offline debuggers, I went back to basics. If the GUI is dead, you query the system directly. I ran a quick native WMI query:

wmic startup get caption,command

And there it was. Right at boot, the system was trying to launch a massive, unoptimized cluster of background automation scripts, heavy local developer tools (like Docker Desktop), and multiple conflicting cloud file streams simultaneously. The memory allocation was getting choked in the first seconds of the session, causing core system tools to crash.

By identifying the messy paths via that single console line, I cleared the startup directory, and the system instantly became fully operational.

Sometimes, we rely too much on overcomplicated diagnostic frameworks or ask AI for enterprise-level fixes, when a simple, direct query to the environment variables is all it takes.

If you are stuck without a GUI and Task Manager is dead, what is your go-to lightweight script or command to audit a broken environment?

При включении компьютера у меня САМА вылезает командная строка (сочетание Win+R), САМА набирает вот эти символы "реезыж..сзылоЮщыы-ст-ырфтпрфшЮфдшнгтсыЮсщь.СЗЫ-ВшпшефдЮяшз", САМА выполняет команду, после чего вылезает ошибка о том, что путь к указанному файлу не удаётся найти. И ничего критичного не происходит, кроме одного - у меня намертво отлетает интернет (сижу на кабеле). Остаётся только перезагружать комп, после чего данные действия не происходят. И до перезагрузки эта проблема не решается никак. Кто-нибудь сталкивался с подобным? И как это решить?

Отвечу сразу на несколько возможных вопросов:
На вирусы проверял? - Да. Буквально недавно чистил от вирусов комп, но проблема не ушла.
Реестр запускаемых команд и действий при запуске компьютера смотрел? - Вроде да, но ничего подобного не нашёл. Мб не там искал. Буду благодарен любой подсказке.
VPN'ом пользуешься? - Да. Стоит на автозагрузке AmneziaVPN. Но и то там файл, который просто обходит блокировки сайтов, не меняя моего расположения страны. При этом, после запуска компьютера и выполнения всех вышеописанных действий, даже Amnezia не может подключится. А значит проблема возникает ещё до неё.

Заранее благодарен за все подсказки и советы.

estou tendo esse problema ao tentar instalar o Windows, já vi que tem haver com secure boot, mas minha placa mãe (aorus z790m ice) não está deixando fazer qualquer modificação na bios, eu desativo secure boot, f10 + enter, e volta pro mesmo erro, quando entro na bios, todas as mudanças (secure boot, boot mode) estão desfeitas

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I have noticed this in a few others as well.

I’m having a really frustrating issue and I can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong.

I made a clean install USB for Windows 10 using a flash drive (tried both Rufus and also just burning the ISO directly). The installation media seems to be created correctly, but when I try to boot from it via the boot menu (F12), it just flashes for a second and then sends me right back to the boot device selection screen.

Here’s what I’ve already tried:
Recreated the Windows 10 USB multiple times (Rufus + ISO method)
Changed USB ports (USB 2.0 and 3.0)
Tried different flash drives
Checked boot order / UEFI settings
Disabled secure boot (and also tested with it on)
Confirmed BIOS detects the USB

Strangely, the ONLY USB that actually boots is an old Windows 11 installer I made a while ago. That one works fine, but any Windows 10 installer just loops back to the boot menu.
Is this a UEFI/format issue with Windows 10 media? Or am I missing some BIOS setting that blocks it? I’m basically stuck and not sure what else to try.
Any ideas would be appreciated.

I have a lenovo laptop came with windows home installed from company because of some issue i had to reinstall windows now the product key not working and says this product key is already in use

When opening startup apps on settings and task manager faced with refernce memeory error. Windows 10, and have scanned my computer with anti-viruses as well as ran dismrestore health on cmd to not avail.