Laptop
Stuck on Desktop with No Icons and Empty Taskbar
If you’re seeing the same thing as in the screenshot below, where, after the Windows welcome or login screen, you’re stuck on the desktop with no icons at all and an empty taskbar [...]
Troubleshoot
Hardware
Weird Static White Square Artifacts on PC Screen?
If you’re seeing a weird static white glitch box on your monitor screen that looks like the screenshot below, regardless of what operating system (OS) you’re using, whether [...]
File Explorer
Why is there hard drive symbol on my desktop icons?
There is a fairly common phenomenon in which you might suddenly see that your desktop icons have a hard drive icon with a question mark on them in Windows 11 or Windows 10. You might be [...]
Disk
Event: “The IO operation at logical block address…”
If you’re seeing this warning event: “The IO operation at logical block address 0x600850 for Disk 0 (PDO name: \Device\00000045) was retried” (the hex number [...]
Gaming
Windows Shift on 2nd Monitor When Playing a Game
There is a common issue among multi-monitor users where, when they start a game in full-screen mode at a resolution lower than the native resolution of their main monitor, all open windows on [...]
Hardware
Resolution Changes When Moving Window to 2nd Monitor
We’ve recently had an issue with one of our office computers where, whenever I drag a window from the main monitor (1920×1080) to the second monitor (3840×2160), the second [...]
Troubleshoot
Desktop Icons Have Boxes, X or Symbols on Them?
If your Windows 11 or 10 desktop icons suddenly have a weird symbol like a file box, a folder, a red X, a lock, or even a speaker on them, in most cases, it just means that the default shortcut [...]
Troubleshoot
Can’t Move Mouse From One Monitor to Another (Windows 11)
Let’s say you have 3 monitors. You can move the mouse cursor smoothly from monitor 1 to monitor 2, but you can’t move the cursor from monitor 2 to 3. This is a pretty common issue [...]
File Explorer
Windows 11 Account Unknown S-1-15-3 or S-1-5-21?
When you open the properties of a folder or a drive, say the C: drive, you might see some strange groups or user names called “Account Unknown (S-1-15-3-…)” or with other [...]
Gaming
Why set Meta Quest Link as default OpenXR runtime?
When you launch Meta Quest Link after using SteamVR, you might see a blue warning that says, “Meta Quest Link is not set as the default OpenXR runtime. This might prevent some applications [...]
