Hello guys, I was messing with regedit to delete some keys and stupidly enough, accidentally deleted (and clicked yes) while having the SOFTWARE folder selected, and just panicked. The monitor turned black (mouse still visible) and i decided to force shut my pc off since nothing was responding. Now I’m doing a system restore from 2 days ago. Turning the PC on results in a BSOD with CRITICAL PROCESS DIED error. Freaking out right now, is my PC boned?

So I just see imac commercial, and I realize I see this. Can you tell me what is this

Hi, because I'm SHITTY at knowing what component is good or bad and I don't wanna use AI for obvious reasons, I'm askin' you:

Are these good or bad???

I've checked out the MacBook Air M5, but I'm also looking for a lightweight Windows laptop that is similar to it

So I've had this laptop (windows 11) for about 6 years now and the beginning of this year I stopped being able to use the "W" key. It just stopped working, even though I am very gentle with my keyboard as it is one of those gaming ones (apparently, that what they told me). Then after a short while the "2" key also stopped working. Now I have to use the number pad on the side for whenever I need to type in a 2, and for the W I have to copy paste it from Google. So I was thinking of factory resetting. It seems to be an issue in the keyboard itself, because when I plugged in my Pc's keyboard, it was working just fine with the Ws and the 2s. (Keep jn mind that since it's a laptop I unfortunately can't just unplug the faulty keyboard and buy another one)

So... would a factory reset be efficient?

When I first got this monitor around 2 years ago, I had never really paid attention to it to notice but I think either this was already there right from the beginning or it was just less noticeable back then and lately I started noticing it felt like it started expanding more and more into the screen despite how small of a space it takes up in the corner of my screen, I started noticing it in the top right and bottom left of the corner of my screen too (but my bottom right is fine), I went and look through old photos and noticed the top right corner of my screen in old photos didn't have them before but they do now, does anyone know what could be causing them and if there is a fix for it? Feels like my monitor is really new and my prior history with 2-3 of my older monitors I've never had any issues with them and had used them for far many years more than this current one I'm using.

I’m from South Asia (Sri Lanka) and trying to decide between these two refurbished machines.
Mac Mini M4 Pro – 24GB RAM, 512GB SSD – $1,120 (LKR 348K)
ASUS TUF A16 – Ryzen 7 260, RTX 5070 8GB, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD – $1,530 (LKR 475K)
Both are refurbished, and these are the local prices here.
I’m an AI/ML engineer, but most of my daily work involves Python, Docker, AI agents, Playwright browser automation, and running automated YouTube workflows (video generation, editing, rendering, etc.).
I also want to experiment with image-based model training and do some occasional gaming. Currently, I only have a PS4.
The Mac Mini is about $410 cheaper, but the RTX 5070 would give me CUDA support and much better gaming performance.
I’m looking for something that can handle multiple automated workflows running throughout the day and last me at least 4–5 years.
Would you go with the Mac Mini and use cloud GPUs when needed, or spend the extra money on the ASUS?
Would appreciate some opinions, especially from anyone using either machine for similar workloads.

I only had two firefox tabs open and randomly my comp started lagging?opened task manager to see ALL 16 gbs of ram being used, I dont know how to access my usage history so idk how to check what it was using it for

Well, how do I explain it? The power button on my monitor isn't turning off. I'm trying to turn it off, and every time I press the button, the menu to change the screen brightness appears.

This may have been happening for a while without me knowing; sometimes I forget to turn it off, and I have a very young brother who keeps pressing the monitor buttons repeatedly and randomly until it turns on. Maybe he did something.

It turns on normally, but I'm frustrated trying to turn it off and not being able to. Can anyone help me with this?

It's a generic monitor, one of those that come in cheap kits, I don't even know the brand. It has 5 buttons on the back: "A", "M", "up", "down" and "power".

I have a Samsung Odyssey G9, 3 years old just out of warranty of course.

Turned it off to go on holidays which I rarely turn the PC off.

Come home turn it on and now the display just stays backlit and briefly flashes on shown in video clip.

Plans to change from a display port to HDMI, but I don't believe it's an input issue.

PC did do an update before turning it off. I selected update and turn off. So this is first time turning on after update

Do you think it can be fixed or just get a new one?

The assholes over in r/bravia aren't any help. Basically, my TV came with a camera attachment. I'd love to use that as a webcam instead of buying a dedicated camera. They gave me this accessory that I'm never going to use, and I'd like to put it to work.

It doesn't have USB. It is connected directly into my TV with a priority connector. How would I make it work on my computer?

Does anyone know of the best solution for adding more ram and memory to your computer? I have a MacBook and don’t want to order another one.

do i just give up (yes you can put the image)

I’ve got five computers all run windows 10 at the moment (I will upgrade to 11) and I want to see what are some ideas I can use them for? Any help is much appreciated.

I know it's not the best, I just need to know if it's capable, and if it's a huge headache getting it to work right.

For context it would be for my son who is 9 and is used to gaming on a ps4. It would probably be used primarily for fortnite, forza, GTA, cod... Typical mainstream games you'd find on a console.

I'd be pairing it with a ryzen 5 5500x3d on a b550 chip set.

I'm not looking for top of the line, I'm looking for capable on a budget , and asking for real user experience, not just specs

I turned on my pc today to download a game on steam and noticed the download speed was stuck at 0. I was getting around 200Mbps yesterday, and i did not play with any settings that would affect my computers wifi at all. I looked at task manager to see that i was getting no more than 1Mbps at the absolute highest. I then did a speed test through the app and saw that my speeds looked normal on it. Websites all load at normal speeds, but task manager and steam show basically no internet connection.

I have tried unplugging and replugging my router, forgetting and reconnecting to the wifi, restarting my pc, a bunch of various commands, and updating my drivers and nothing has changed.

Anyone know whats going on or how to fix it?

Hi everyone, hoping someone can help me out because I'm completely stuck 🙏 
My PC (Corsair 750W, Ryzen 5 gen 3, RTX 3070, 16GB) has been acting up for about 2 weeks now, and it's slowly getting worse. 
At first, it would just freeze once an evening, and a quick restart would fix it. Then it started freezing after gaming sessions when I was just chilling on Discord VC. Now, my monitors often lose signal completely or won't turn on at all. Sometimes taking out one display cable lets one monitor turn on, but it's totally random. 
If I force shut down, it usually gets worse, and I have to fully unplug the power cables from both the PC and the monitors. Sometimes the screens won't turn on for 10 boot attempts in a row. A power flush sometimes helps it boot up, but then it just freezes again randomly after 2 to 10 minutes. But when in voice call i can still hear and my mic will also work. But the games will shut down in the sense If I play Minecraft I will auto leave the world when in freeze. Also getting unstuck is only done by rebooting.
Here is what I've already tried:
Used DDU to uninstall drivers (first time in normal mode crashed, second time in Safe Mode worked). Reinstalled via Nvidia App and also tried NVCleanerstall. Swapped my old power supply for a brand new Corsair 750W. Checked temps (no overheating at all) and ran sfc /scannow. 
While typing this post, I actually got a Windows error for the first time, so now I'm starting to think it might be a Windows/OS issue rather than hardware (see photo) after this screen I’m just having the same issues and I’m thinking this part is more cause and not reason.

Не понимаю почему заявленная скорость не соответствует описанию, проверил КристалМарк скорость 7200/4000 диск Kingston KC3000 512gb, решил проверить скорость и попробовал перенести папку с файлами со старого ссд на новый м2, в итоге скорость не превышает 400мб сек, что это такое?

Hello! I recently purchased the SSD on the right but realised it has another notch. Does it matter? I am not too smart so i am sorry if the question is dumb... the one on the left came with my pre-build. Thank u for the help!
I'm not sure what specifications the post need but my computer is a Omen Hp 25L gaming desktop GT15-0xx. Please let me know if more specs are needed.

I want to sell some pieces and don’t know how or what these things are. what do I do

So this started happening about a month and a half ago when I had to move my computer into a different room and back.
This is a prebuilt and does use AIO.

Does anyone know what’s wrong and is there anything I can do to fix it?

OS: Windows 11
Cpu: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core
RAM: 32 GB
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

33% on absolutely nothing
it was 50% (with chrome on ofc)
i've checked everything and close it all

any solutions to lower it even more?

16 ddr5
7800x3d
5070

Hi! I installed a program on my laptop and then after a while realised it was a copy of the site I needed. After a while i logged into my social media and saw crypto scam is being messaged frok my profiles and notifications from messages are turned off and windows security defender is turned off when I use wi-fi

I have Lenovo Laptop. I've read some guides and what I did is turn off the internet use windows defender, malwarebytes and bitdefender to fully scan my pc and it has detected trojans and gen variant yogi. After that I went to settings, chose reset my pc, clean everything and clean the drive and reinstall windows. I also changed every password and bank pin and deleted all autofills and cookies

But I heard that it's better to reinstall windows via USB from a safe pc. I don't have that option unfortunately. Are my steps enough? Please help!

I have a question regarding humidity and my PC. My bedroom has a sliding door that leads to the bathroom however, I never use this door, as there is another entrance to the bathroom from the hallway. Because of this, I’ve set up my PC in the bedroom right next to that sliding door (next to my bed). I’ve noticed that after I take a shower, the humidity level as shown on the meter I keep near my PC goes up. How risky is this, and should I be concerned? Or should I move my setup elsewhere?

around 60 to 70% it is often for a period of 1 to 4 hours after shower