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One such error occurred after an update that was officially rolled out on April 12, 2016. After its installation, when you shut down or restart your computer, it gives you an error prompt with the message that your host process has stopped working. It will also show you the path of the faulty application normally as “C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe” The guilty update’s name is: Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1511 for x64-based Systems (KB3147458) and while Microsoft released it to fix a few security nuances and to enhance the performance of some security features, it didn’t roll out as planned....

This error affects the update installation, which can lead to several other issues such as the user can lose important data, software damage, identity loss, and malware attacks. Here are some reasons why are the windows update KB5014019 not installing on windows 11; Bugs and Glitches: When your system has a virus or some of the systems files have bugs, it won’t work properly and hinders the installation of the update....

Solution 1: Uninstall your audio driver Uninstalling your audio driver has pretty good chances of getting your microphone to start working again. Don’t worry about uninstalling your audio driver as your computer will automatically reinstall it once you reboot. Right-click on the Start Menu button to open the WinX Menu. Click on Device Manager in the WinX menu. Double-click on Sound, video and game controllers to expand that section. Locate your audio driver (Realtek High Definition Audio – for example) and right-click on it....

Method 1: Finding a Makefile in the Current Directory You may wish to try running the make command one more time in the current directory to see if the same error gets thrown at you. This is especially important if you’ve opened a new terminal window and already tried to locate the right directory or if you’ve used the cd command since the last time that you tried to run GNU make....

The error is a common one and occurs to users all the time. Sometimes, just restarting the printer fixes the problem while sometimes you have to completely reinstall the printer drivers. The error may have different solutions depending on the hardware configuration of each computer. We have listed down a number of different workarounds available. Start with the first one and work your way down. Solution 1: Checking Hardware Before we move on to troubleshooting, it is wise to perform all the hardware checks....

There are numerous cases where documents are stuck in the printing queue which prevents other documents from being printed. There are a lot of different reasons for your printer queue to get stuck and not get deleted. Sometimes the job gets shown as ‘pending’ while nothing is going on or sometimes the queue just gets stuck as is. What causes the Printer Queue to get Stuck? Like mentioned before, there are several different reasons why your printer queue might get stuck and go in a not responding state....

A number of users have got this error while scanning through Windows defender saying, “Your PC couldn’t be scanned” or “Security Essentials couldn’t scan your PC” ; or “some history files couldn’t be displayed“. Please wait a few minutes and try again. If that doesn’t work, clear the history and then try again. It also displays an error code 0x8050800d prompting the users to close the program. This error is pretty annoying for those users who mostly rely on Windows defender....

After investigating this particular issue, it became apparent that there are several different potential causes that might be responsible for causing this problem. Here’s a list of potential culprits that you should be aware of: Now that we have gone over every potential cause of this issue, let’s go over a series of confirmed fixes that other affected users have successfully used to get to the bottom of the issue....

The MSVCP140 dll missing error, as its name suggests, requires an MSVCP140 dll file to run properly. The MSVCP140 dll file (or any other dll files) usually come packaged with the program they are required for or with the Microsoft C++ Redistributable. So if you are missing the MSVCP140 dll file then it’s probably because of a problem in Skype or because of broken/missing Microsoft C++ Redistributable. Simply uninstalling and reinstalling the Skype might solve the issue....

Solution 1: Clear Superfetch Cache To clear Superfetch’s cache, Press and Hold the Windows key and Press R. Run dialog box will appear. In it, Type Prefetch and Press Enter. A folder will open. Press and Hold the Ctrl key and Press A to select all items. Now Press and Hold the Shift key and Press Delete to permanently Delete all items. Click Yes to Confirm deletion. Restart your system and check if the issue resolved....

Getting a BSOD with this message, SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION (dxgkrnl.sys) indicates that the graphic card and its drivers have malfunctioned in some way. However, it is a software issue, and an easy one to solve. Vulnerable users include, but are not limited to, people who use multiple GPUs in SLI, as well as people who use Nvidia Surround for working on multiple monitors. It usually appears with Windows 10 users, but users of older versions of Windows are not excluded....

The causes that will trigger the apparition of the These files can’t be opened error are diverse and can originate from a couple of places. By investigating the issue, we managed to compile a list with the most common culprits that will trigger the These files can’t be opened error: The user has downloaded a file over the internet that was automatically blocked by IE’s download checker – in this case, the solution is to unblock it from the Properties menu....

What is causing the Embed blocked! error We investigating the issue by replicating the issue and looking at various user reports. Based on what we gathered, there are a couple of scenarios that will trigger the Embed blocked! error: The error is triggered by Adblock Plus or similar extension – Adblock has a long and painful history of incompatibility issues with the Openload platform. Several users have managed to resolve the issue by disabling Adblock’s browser extension....

What is File Compression? Before we discuss what a decompression bomb is and what are its mechanics, let’s look at the basics of file compression. File compression refers to the action by the file compression algorithm to reduce the size of the file. For example, a movie of size 700MB will be converted to a 500MB RAR file. In order to reduce the file, the file compression algorithm must first read the entire file and analyze it....

Method 1: Re-register the Store App Right click the start button located in the lower left corner and choose Command Prompt (Admin). Agree to the User Account Control Prompt asking for permission to allow the command prompt to run as administrator. In the command prompt, get the following command. Copy it, and right click in the black window to paste it. Close Command Prompt. And test to see if the store app re-appears and runs....

When this is happening, the players are saying that their screen freezes and they can’t do anything besides rebooting their computers. This issue has only been encountered on PCs with Windows 11. After a lot of Windows 11 users have asked for help regardless of this issue, we have decided to look deeper into it to see what causes it. Here’s a shortlist of all the possible reasons: Now that you know all the potential causes, here is a list of all the methods that players have used to fix this issue:...

Despite the need for a restart, it has barely helped anyone and people are desperate for a real solution. We have decided to gather the most successful solutions which have actually helped people online and present them in a detailed manner. Good luck with solving your problem! What Causes the “Windows could not configure one or more system components” Error? There are several things to look out for if you want to stay away from this annoying error code....

When you connect to a VPN, all your traffic is encrypted. This error is usually quite annoying because it appears on a daily basis and it also appears in random intervals which leave the user confused about its origin. The error is not exclusive to Windows 10 and it can also appear on older versions of Windows since they all contain the Windows Firewall. When new programs are installed, the Windows Firewall does not know how to react to them and it displays the message below....

GeForce Now offers three tiers of subscriptions, starting with Free and Priority. The most premium subscription is the RTX 3080 tier, where users get access to more powerful hardware on the server side. The recent upgrade allows gameplay at up to 1440p and 120 frames per second from the browser itself. Unfortunately it’s only reserved for RTX 3080 tier members. To be clear, GeForce Now was one of the first cloud gaming services to offer 1440p and 120 fps gameplay, but that was only through a dedicated app....

However, in some cases, when a Windows user upgrades from a previous version of Windows to Windows 10, something goes wrong and Windows Defender does not replace MSE. Instead, both MSE and Windows Defender start to exist on the same computer. Most people would not see this as a problem, but this is an extremely big problem because, since MSE was not designed to work on Windows 10, it doesn’t work on the newly upgraded computer, and because Windows Defender did not successfully replace MSE, it does not work either....