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I have. Figured it was also worth a shot in the console section of the aforementioned forum.

Got XBOX Games Pass the other day and downloaded Hitman, but unfortunately no achievements are unlocking. I have already tried deleting and redownloading my profile, resetting my console, etc. Achievements from other games are unlocking without a problem so it seems to be a game specific issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Sorry this is my bad I forgot to mention that if I plug in the old HDD before booting, it lets me log in as normal and then windows boots into a black screen with nothing but a cursor (even if changing the boot order in the bios). And if I plug it after booting and logging in as normal, then it makes my system freeze up and doesnt show up in explorer or disk manager, but does in device manager. I got it to show up in disk manager once, but I dont know what I did to get it to but this is the only reason I know its RAW. Is running chkdsk still my best option here? EDIT: Please note that I dont need this drive anymore, only ideally the files on it; so if returning to NTFS from RAW is not possible the please direct me in how to recover files off it instead. Thanks again.

My laptop recently packed up, and after some troubleshooting I discovered it was the HDD causing the issues. I have since replaced it with an SSD and everything with the laptop is now fine (better!). I decided to plug it into my desktop to attempt to recover as much of the data off it as possible. It appears the old drive's file type is now RAW and not NTFS. Though I cannot use TestDisk or Recuva or any other programmes similar to try and recover any of my data, and instead plugging in the hard drive locks up the system instead and nothing responds until I unplug the drive again; at which point everything loads. To cut a long story short, anything else worth me trying before calling it quits and it being a lost drive? Thanks.

I don't want this just for Chrome, I want it system wide for every window. I'm well aware of Googling, and I have extensively hence why I'm posting here.

Yes I understand the concept is the same as fullscreen, but for example fullscreening Chrome will hide the open tabs, url and bookmarks bar - I want all these to still be displayed. I'll definitely take a look into that janky solution aha thanks man!

It is possible to hide the taskbar when a window is maximised, but to show the taskbar when on the desktop? To clarify, I don't mean using F11 or turning on auto-hide to do this, rather the window automatically be over the taskbar when it is maximised. I am more than happy with registry edits, or installing modifications etc. to achieve this if its not possible with a simple settings change (tho I don't think it is as I've looked extensively). Thanks

Ah perfect! So just create bootable media as normal and I'm off?

So I updated to Windows 10 from Windows 8 on my laptop a while back during the free update period. Recently however my laptop has been running sluggishy and just has generally a lot of crap on it after a few years of use so I'd like to reinstall Windows. However I'm worried that in doing so I'll potentially return to Windows 8 as that will be the stored key in the BIOS. So my question is will I be okay to reinstall windows and safely return to Windows 10. If so would creating a bootable USB or doing it via settings be a better option? Thanks

I think I'll just go with a fresh install if I decide go to ahead with this then, it has the added benefit of getting rid of all the bloatware and other crap that I haven't gotten round to uninstalling aha

Yeah I had seen those when I was looking at the sort of money I'd be spending for this upgrade, and found a bundle with a 120GB Kingston SSD with an 'upgrade bundle kit and adapter' for only £10 more. By the sounds of it that would be the much simpler route to go then.

Updated to Windows 8.1, but yes. So if I were to go ahead with the upgrade to an SSD, I just need to create a bootable USB drive and perform a clean install onto it once it was swapped out with the HDD? I've only done a clean install onto the same HDD once before so I'm a little new to all this aha

I'd be comfortable with doing a clean install, the only problem with doing so is the laptop didn't come with the Windows product key or the the disc.

I bought a notebook (ASUS S400C) a little over a year ago to go alongside my main PC to use for simple web browsing and word processing for university while I wasn't at home. I've decided I want to upgrade the HDD to an SSD, but I don't have the cash (or the need, having only used a little over 53GB of space in the whole time I've had it) to get a 500GB SSD to match the 500GB HDD I have currently. I was thinking of just going with a 120GB SSD since this'll be plenty for me. Is this going from 500GB to 120GB going to be relatively easily achievable? Thanks

Fantastic! AdwCleaner detected a couple of bad registry entries and deleted them and that seems to have fixed it perfectly. Thanks for your help everyone

Nope, but I'll try it now. If that doesnt work then I'll just delete the registry entry and hope for the best I guess aha

I pirated it as a demo, yes, then I bought a legit copy about 20 minutes after testing how well it ran on my system. I pirated it last Sunday and have been playing the legit copy for the whole week, but the problem only occurred yesterday (6 days after the pirated version was uninstalled). I only mentioned Farcry because that post did. Obviously its a likely candidate for the root of my problem, just seems weird that it look almost a week to show itself. Anyway, is just deleting that registry entry a good or bad idea?

I'm running a Spybot scan as I'm typing this, so hopefully that will return something. I've taken a look at my startup folder and nothing is in there besides Dropbox so there cab't be a problem there, especially since the command prompt opens before chrome does which makes me think that the problem is a lot deeper than just a rogue programme. Also, after some more searching I found another LTT thread from yesterday (http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/255026-need-help-to-remove-trojan/) with someone having the same problem, and the last post says that FarCry 4 is causing the problem, and that ' You just need to remove it from startup and from the registry located here: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run' to fix it. I've never messed with the registry before, though I have found a registry with the value data of 'cmd.exe /c start http://ooov.net && exit' so this looks like the root of my problem so shall I just delete it as recommended in the other thread? Edit: Spybot just finished and found a couple of things, but nothing relating to this problem specifically so.

Just finished running them both, TDSSKiller found nothing and HitmanPro found 4 problems, though after a restart the problem still there. I've also tried running CCCleaner to see if it was a lingering registry entry or something but again, that didnt solve it either.

I forgot to mention that I'd already tried running Malwarebytes in safe mode, and it simply returned that my system was clean. I'll use HitmanPro and TDSSKiller though and see if they find anything.

Whenever I boot my PC the command prompt opens for a second or 2, and then chrome opens and loads 'ooov.net', which then redirects me to 'gamezdoka.org'. I'm at a bit of a loss of what to do now though as I've already tried using Avast, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and SUPERAntiSpyware, as well as a System Restore, and non of them fixed it, or even found any sort of malware/virus/whatever it is at all. Thanks for any help you can offer

I imagined that that changing motherboard would have been the recommendation, but I dont know the first thing when it comes to them so. Anyway thanks for the suggestion though, Quest! Is the Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 3 another decent choice? Regarding the GPU, the 980 Strix is almost £250 more expensive for some reason so I'll just stick with the 970, its infinity better than my current 560Ti anyway ahah

I've had my current pre-built system for around 3 years now and its time for an upgrade. I've decided to take the plunge, so to speak, and build my first system, and I've put this together over the last couple of days: Case: Corsair Carbide 330R Motherboard: ASUS Maximus VII Hero CPU: i5 4690k CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro Series 8GB 1600Mhz GPU: ASUS Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 Strix HDD/SSD: Samsung 840 Evo 120GB (plus 2 TB of HDD that I already have) PSU: Corsair RM650W OS: Windows 8.1 Problem is that its coming in around £1100, and while I dont have a specific budget is there anywhere I'm overspending and could save a bit? its going to be used for mainly moderate to semi-intense gaming with games like modded Fallout: New Vegas and Skyrim, as well as Farcry 4 more recently. Thanks

Ah I didnt realise it was automated. Anyway, just done the phone activation and it seems to have been successful, but then so did entering the code to begin with so. Thanks

I had been having a few weird issues with windows last week, and after making a topic here the best recommendation was to simply reinstall windows, which I did without any major issues. Except when I came back to my computer yesterday to be greeted with a window telling me my product key is invalid, to I re-entered the OEM key on the sticker of my PC, only for the message to reappear today. Not sure what exactly to do since I know this key is genuine. Is my only option left to use the telephone activation?