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Windows 10: Can any version of Windows 10 run on one core

Wed, 31 Jul 2024 09:20:13 -0700

Hey @captainsnowball do you know if there is a version of Windows 10 that will run on a single core processor?

This is what’s happening:

Well I’ve installed windows 10 Pro 32bit on it now and it runs fine, faster than I thought it would run on a single core. I got all my softwares installed. One thing it can’t run at all is 3D graphics and Videos, is runs google earth for a couple minutes and then crash’s and video plays behind the audio. I was surprised how fast it boot though, 27 Seconds!

⟐ Commented 七月 31, 2024 at 9:20 GMT-7

Windows 11: Will this "unsupported" PC run Win11 smoothly?

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 21:59:49 -0700

I have to manage a fleet of PCs for others. One of them will not officially run W11 as it has a Ryzen 5 2400G APU, when the minimum CPU is a Ryzen 5 2600. I'm hesitant to upgrade it to 11 with the unsupported CPU, but everything else "passes" the compatibility test; even TPM 2.0 is there. I knew this would be an issue years ago, but the need for a replacement was deferred for years and my warning was ignored for years.

The rest of the unit is as follows: 1TB WD Black (pulled from the old PC, so this is the second run—54k hours), 250GB SATA SSD, 16GB RAM, Radeon RX—the PC literally makes it short of the CPU :-(. I may be able to put a used Ryzen 5 2600 in so I can tell Microsoft where to shove it, but I don't want to chance it being a dud, so that's something I would probably try if I got it, but not in production.

Given how close it is, if I have to do the unsupported upgrade, are the odds of an issue something that warrants grave concern high? Either way is a wipe and reload by nature due to how I bypass it. If it were something I was still running, I would have bypassed it given how close it is and assumed the risk, but there's a little more caution needed for others. I HAVE seen it go south on bad chips like the A10-4755M when I tested my procedure on grossly unsupported hardware. It was unusable, but the PC was borderline unusable on Win8 and Win10, so that was what I expected.

⟐ Commented 八月 21, 2025 at 21:59 GMT-7

Windows 10: Why are there infinite updates?

Sun, 04 Mar 2018 23:41:51 -0700

This drives me absolutely crazy. I will at least 5 times daily, get a notification. updates failed to install. its always this Dell open print driver thing (my laptop is not even a dell, although 99% of the 450+ printers are dells.) which I uninstalled the PCL open print driver and still get this issue. including at home. And every time it is the same version.

"Dell - Printer - 4/21/2000 12:00:00 AM - 10.0.17046.1000"

loads, then successfully install only while settings is open in front of all windows.

But heres the weird part. it finishes updating, then gives me button to check for updates. Clicking it I get the same dell update. same version. (confirmed by my screenshots)

as you can see, same thing, except 1 minute later on the clock.

@oldturkey03 @avanteguarde @paperboypaddy

⟐ Commented 三月 04, 2018 at 23:41 GMT-7

Windows XP: older multiuser dos question

Sun, 04 Oct 2020 15:18:44 -0700

I have an older medical system that uses multiuser dos 7 gold. The HDD is going bad so I’m cloning it to another HDD but upon booting it comes up with ibmbio.ldr missing or bad. From the reading I’ve done you can’t clone this system because the ibmbio.ldr and other system files are location specific on the drive. Is there not some program I can run like rebuildbcd within that multiuser dos environment so that it updates the mbr to its location and therefore fixes the boot stup?

⟐ Answer accepted 十月 04, 2020 at 15:18 GMT-7

Windows 11: Why wont this McAfee pop up ad get off my screen?

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 20:41:45 -0700

Ever since last night when i had got minecraft, a McAfee popup ad has been on my laptop screen and i am unable to get it off. When i clicked on it on accident, it took me to a white screen where i had to choose between 2 options of extending my protection. This is extremely strange because as far as i am aware, i do not have McAfee installed and i have checked everywhere and it is still not installed. I dont know how to fix it and i cannot use my laptop as the pop up is in the way.

⟐ Answered 十月 01, 2025 at 20:41 GMT-7

Windows 7: The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000005)

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 22:29:47 -0700

please give me solution

⟐ Answered 三月 23, 2026 at 22:29 GMT-7

Windows 10: Silencing the Win11 upgrade message?

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 20:24:52 -0700

I upgraded my SSD from 512GB>1TB and my machine is now pushing Win11 on me when it did not do this before. I guess the restart and subsequent hardware detection change after cloning the SSD triggered it. Nonetheless I shut it down for now and told it to shush in Windows Update but is there a way to silence the startup prompt and then I can decide when I am ready? I know we could do this with 7/8.x>10 with Never10 (and yes, I DID check if Steve Gibson did it again; nope >_<) but I see nothing with 10>11 on upgradeable computers.

⟐ Commented 十月 03, 2025 at 20:24 GMT-7

Windows 11: error 0x80248007,Windows update

Tue, 12 Nov 2024 06:06:59 -0700

repara error 0x80248007 en windows update

⟐ Answered 十一月 12, 2024 at 6:06 GMT-7

Windows 7: Windows 7 screen resolution problem

Mon, 18 Mar 2024 12:44:21 -0700

I have an all-in one PC that had 32- bit Windows 7. But once I upgraded to the 64- bit version,the only available screen resolutions were 800x600 and 1024x768. MS-A923

⟐ Commented 三月 18, 2024 at 12:44 GMT-7

Windows XP: USB boot drive for Windows XP

Mon, 16 Oct 2023 08:00:51 -0700

How to Create a USB boot drive for Windows XP?

⟐ Answer edited 十月 16, 2023 at 8:00 GMT-7

Windows 10: Will the Dell partitions carry over when cloned? factory 10 install

Mon, 09 Oct 2023 14:32:34 -0700

I realize 10 will be EOL in almost 1 year and some change and I'm sure someone will say I should stop pickinhg a fight to stay on 10. NO, I bought this machine with a bad SSD config because it had a factory license, and it could be upgraded.

At the time I got this laptop I had a few second thoughts about how long I will be waiting before I need to swap out the SSD for a 1TB drive; 2 big games did the job. I took the risk I will regret going 512GB for the coveted 10 license in 2021. Well, I need more SSD space. This one has the Dell OEM image on the drive since it came from Dell, but the partitioning is mostly "hidden" drive letter partitions for the recovery stuff (recovery partition, BIOS update backup holding etc).

When I buy a 1TB SSD and clone it will I have problems with it or am I looking at doing a backup and cloud recovery/bootable USB?

⟐ Answer accepted 十月 09, 2023 at 14:32 GMT-7

Windows 10: How to format a W10 os Hdd on different PC?

Tue, 11 Apr 2023 10:48:31 -0700

What I did was I took the drive out of the broken PC and tried to format it on a different one but it won't work. Is it because of some security thing?

⟐ Answer accepted 四月 11, 2023 at 10:48 GMT-7

Windows 7: How can we fix Operating system not found'

Fri, 07 Apr 2023 15:32:31 -0700

When i turn on i see he says operating system not found

⟐ Commented 四月 07, 2023 at 15:32 GMT-7

Windows 8.1: How do I fix this without a reinstall?

Mon, 02 May 2022 19:45:36 -0700

When I started my Windows 8 laptop from sleep, I have noticed this happened. I tried to shutdown the laptop by holding the power button down. The issue happened twice, until I forced it off and let it say there was a startup problem. Once that happened, it started up fine.

While the machine is fine now, what causes this in Win8? I don’t want to upgrade it to Win10 if I can avoid it since I have no real need to, and Win8 is good until 2023.

Update: new problem. This happens every hibernation boot.

⟐ Answer accepted 五月 02, 2022 at 19:45 GMT-7

Windows 7: I have a zip file with password but I forgot the password

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 18:47:20 -0700

I have a zip file that I need to open ASAP but I can’t remember the password. Are there other alternatives to open this zip file ?

⟐ Answered 四月 19, 2021 at 18:47 GMT-7

Windows XP: How to take laptop back to factory settings

Wed, 12 Apr 2023 23:16:20 -0700

i have a Toshiba Equium L20 - 197 Laptop serial number X5036405W with Windows XP and want to takeout back to factory settings BUT can only find a restore point not a factory settings

⟐ Commented 四月 12, 2023 at 23:16 GMT-7

Windows 11: How to bypass tmp if I unsupported pc

Sun, 03 Nov 2024 06:19:59 -0700

How to bypass tmp if I unsupported pc

⟐ Answered 十一月 03, 2024 at 6:19 GMT-7

Windows 10: Why I can’t login my Lenovo

Sat, 17 Aug 2024 04:43:00 -0700

I need help my Lenovo have a problem I put in my password and I wait a long time and I got in then the right hand side corner says that cannot login user and says I need to check something but I can’t use the power shutdown switch in there or even general and I tried a few time to restart it and every time when I got in it just says cannot login user and computer will restart in 1 minute

⟐ Commented 八月 17, 2024 at 4:43 GMT-7

Windows 10: Upgrading Windows 7 to 10 keeping customers data

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 07:08:08 -0700

Since its been along time since i've done this, what im trying to do is upgrade their device to Windows 10 via bootable media, I believe. I want to keep all the desktop icons, settings, apps, data; all in intact as if it were a clone to a new drive. Questions; whats the proper prodecure / way to do this the way I am describing. TIA.

Dustin

⟐ Commented 四月 22, 2024 at 7:08 GMT-7

Windows 10: How to remove OS fat from 240GB SSD?

Sun, 07 Nov 2021 15:11:57 -0700

I have a Lat E7440 running Win10 Pro, which is frankly near the end of its practical life (had to reinstall Windows due to an audio issue, tired battery but works, 2013 HSW U, TPM 1.2 - Dell has no 2.0 upgrade path, so it’s a permanent 1.2 machine) so I’d much prefer to not put more money into a tired machine that’s walking the line between one you run it until it dies or give up. However, I am not opposed to another cheap SSD in the 512GB class until it gets to a point it’s just dead.

See here:

Is there anything I can remove that will reduce the load enough I can reasonably avoid replacing my SSD? Adding another drive is a dead end because Dell used mSATA in these laptops, and no mainstream manufacturer bothers now.

⟐ Answer edited 十一月 07, 2021 at 15:11 GMT-7