Computers general(help, advice, talk)

@uc9  
Yikes. Ok that’s going to be an issue. Maybe I could just make a partition on the drive I am using now?

@someguy111  

 
That could work.

A few weeks ago, I got the USB shortcut virus. Cleaned it with little to no problem, the only problem now is, how do I delete the System Volume Information folder in my USB drive? It’s just annoying to look at.

My computer was running slow so I rebooted and when I turned it back on it said windows defender was off but I was able to turn it back on. Is my computer infected with something, or is it normal for defender to turn off? It was just this once?
 
I scanned for virus but nothing came up. I don’t know if I’m just freaking out for nothing.

@luna the great!  
Completely normal. That’s one of the reasons why Windows Defender isn’t very good. In fact, it could’ve been why your computer was being slow. Real-time antivirus can do that, especially without a good CPU.
 
I’d recommend sticking with Malwarebytes and scanning every once in a while without Defender running at all. If you need Real-time protection, Malwarebytes Premium is exceptional, but it costs money.

@wenni  
Okay, thanks.

I want to downgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 8.1, but am scared to lose a lot of programs I’ve installed. Sure, I still have back-ups of them (including installation programs), but I’m somewhat still scared.

@atalarikt  
Huh. I just did that about a week ago (before my CPU broke and now I don’t have a computer). As long as you still have everything backed up, you should be fine. Don’t be frightened, it’s just time consuming :P

@wenni  
Now the only problem is this. When I tried installing Windows 8.1 on all of the 4 hard disk partitions I have, I got this message.
 
“Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk has an MBR partition table. On EFI systems, Windows can only be installed to GPT disks.”
 
I use a flash drive as the media, as a side note.

@atalarikt  
You might need to delete the current partitions since they’ll be cleaned anyways. If that doesn’t work, you’ll have to fiddle with DiskPart.

@wenni  
Okay.

Cancelled the downgrade from 10 to 8.1. I just realized that I have too little room in my flash drives to save all of my files…

@atalarikt  
Why not just upload them to a cloud service? I think you get 5GB for free with Google Drive. there’s also dropbox.

@someguy111  
Google drive is 15GB and I think Mediafire is ~50GB  
So there’s that

@wenni  
Sweet! Well there you go! No need to buy a thumb drive, unless you have a ton of stuff.

ok i am having a pretty bad problem
 
neither Paint Tool SAI nor Sketchbook Pro 6 will work. SAI “opens” it shows up in processes tab, but there is no window. I have tried 3 different versions i have, running as admin, reinstalling, etc Nothing works.
 
Sketchbook Pro 6 just hangs as soon as i open it, always trying to load. I have to end the process.
 
I think there’s an issue with my computer but I have no clue how to find the issue. I have run cccleaner but it hasn’t done anything, currently running for viruses but nothing so far. I would REALLY appreciate help her, i dont want to reformat to get this stuff fixed.
 
Windows 7 64 bit, btw. I have tried disabling Avast to see if it was being overzealous and blocking these applications, it is not the case.

So I talked to a friend about hit and he suggested maybe Windows Update broke something.
 

 
….This might be the culprit. But I dunno how to fix it.

@Sono  
This thread might help. If not, I’ll look further into it.

Computers suck. I hate them.

My screen is suddenly flashing black for a few seconds? It started last night and there’s nothing else wrong. It mostly does it when I’m loading something and it’s only happened a few times.

@luna the great!  
Check your monitor’s connections or the monitor itself. Reinstall graphics drivers if applicable.

@wenni
 
That, and if possible, use another monitor to see if you get the same results

Im looking to build my own gaming computer but I want to record and upload videos to youtube without compromising framerates and other things on said computer……does anybody have any advice on how to go about this task…..

@Shirani
 
Set yourself a budget, then use the Ars Technica PC builders’ guide as a base for what you want to get.
 
The most important component in my opinion is the Motherboard/Mainboard (MB), as that will dictate how long your computer will last in terms of upgradability and functionality. I’d personally suggest a MB with M.2 storage support and USB 3.1/Type-c/Thunderbolt 3 support if you can afford it, as I feel that peripherals will move in the direction of USB Type-c adoption for their adapters, thus it would be good to invest in supporting it now rather than later.

@Shirani  
For video recording you want a graphics card greater than a GTX 660 on the nvidia side or for AMD 250x or greater as these two use low impact recording and lower frame rates only by 1 or 2 frames.
 
They both provide options for resolution and frame rate and can run in the background. I use these and have them set to capture the last minute of stuff. if something cool happens in a game I can save that moment. They can even be set in a manual record option which will record everything until you tell it to stop.
 
These options can be pretty heavy on space as gameplay in 1080p 60fps takes about 300+ megs for every minute of recording.
 
You want more than 1TB if you plan on going for long recording sessions and don’t want to delete stuff.