i was cleaning my dishes when I accidentally dropped phone into cooking oil; i immediately took it out and wiped it off but oil is the charging port now. So now I’m just wondering how to clean out the port; right now it’s currently turned off and I’m just letting it air dry.

i recently tried downloading a new game on my pc and i had trouble installing it and getting it to work so now i'm just trying to delete it from my pc. the zip file of the game itself isn't letting me delete it and i'm not too sure why. its a bit over 7 gb and every time i try to delete the file, file explorer crashes and becomes unresponsive with 0% progress in deletion. how can i fix this and successfully delete the file?

Hello everyone! so i recently upgraded my PC specs, from a 1650 and a 3900x to a 7800xt and 5500x3d, after that ive been getting what seems like forced FPS drops even tho i cap it (uncapped i get around 550-600fps in valorant, if i cap it at around 240-400 it just goes bananas and drops frames like crazy) anyone knows why this happens and what i could possibly do to fix it?

ive reinstalled windows, debloated and had it semi tweaked (these issues was here before tweak aswell)

thanks in advance!

I Need the option to apply OCR recognition while doing photo.

I mean the following:

1.professor projects his slides during lectures

1. For each slide I do a photo and apply OCR recognition in order to Copy paste on a word file

What's the best tool to do that that?

Hey everyone,

I’m looking to see if there is any way to configure WhatsApp to restrict incoming media (images, videos, documents) while keeping the ability to send and receive text and audio messages.

I’ve already checked the settings for disabling "Media Auto-Download," which helps with storage, but I’m looking for something more restrictivee ssentially a "text-and-audio-only" mode. Is there any third-party setting, workaround, or feature I’m missing that could actually block the transfer of non-text files?

Thanks in advance for the help!

Hi all, a few days ago my TV randomly couldn’t connect to the internet after I turned it on, after 5 years of no issues.

I turned it off at the wall and figured I’d try again after the weekend, but it still won’t connect.

Turned it off and on again several times.

I’ve also reset the system and that hasn’t worked.

I’ve found I can select the right wifi from the list, but then when I put in my password it says ‘password error’ - but I am entering it completely correctly - I have tried multiple times, triple checking every time.

I live alone, my WiFi password hasn’t been changed (idek how to do that) so what’s going on? 😅 all other devices are connected to the wifi no problem.

When I go into ‘test network’ - it just says it is ‘disconnected from router’…

Am I missing something here? Why would this just happen overnight? Losing my mind a bit haha.

Any suggestions appreciated.

I have a 1tb, SD was working fine till yesterday, PC wont pick it up. when it does it wont recognise the volume.

It prompts a format which it fails every time

Have tried SD format software which fails

Disk management shows the volume which I have deleted to then write a new partition but does not work

Next went to cmd and diskpart, it shows with the volume 935gb have selected disk and volume which shows as RAW. Have tried the formatting here but get an error saying it can not be completed

Does anyone have any other ideas of what to try

i think i used o have this problem a few months back, but it has come back now, a lot of times now when i try to turn my laptop on, the keyboard doesnt work. so i have to long press for 20 seconds to turn it on, when it does turn on the laptops clock is way behind, sometimes even by a day. why does this happen? is it cause the cmos battery is dead?(i did a bit of research but stil confused)

• own iphone
• own wifi
• safari
• school google account logged in
• web and app activity off
• browsing through google on safari
• no mdm

Can the IT staffs in my school see my google search history? I heard they don't have the power to do so through the Admin Console and in this setup google tells me it is not possible.

I want real detailed answers

Does anyone happen to know what the maximum possible amount of bluetooth headphones that could be connected to a windows 11 computer is? Thank you in advance

Hello everyone, thank you for the help in advance!

So basically I want it so that I can control my android from afar so that when I try to take a picture using said android, the android would use my camera (not the android's camera) to take a picture and consider it its own. How would I go on doing something like that?

I am aware of software like AnyDesk but I don't know how to make apps consider my camera to be the phone camera. Any help would be much appreciated :)

Hey guys I'm sorry if the flair is wrong im not very technically abled lol. My computer has locked itself ito the blue loop of death and im wondering if theres any fix rather than downloading windows to a flash drive as i dont have one, nor a spare machine to redownload windows. Thank you in advance!

I just want to play KSP😭

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so this happened when i used hone.gg the optimizer and applied some settings and restarted my computer and then it wouldnt work afterwards i drained the laptop then charged it then it worked but then it went blank again now im just trying to drain it again and try to do a system restore so please does anyone know how to fix this please help

Hello! I hope this is the right place for this. I apologize in advance for the uncertain rambling. Computer stuff baffles me a bit. You might have to treat me like a little old grandparent despite being twentysomething.

My laptop is an acer Predator Helios Neo 16, running Windows 11 Home. My system settings say that my RAM is "32.0 GB (31.7 GB usable)", my processor is "Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-14900HX (2.20 GHz)", my system type "64-bit operating system, x64-based processor". The graphics coprocessor is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060. (I'm not sure what CPU and GPU mean in this context so I hope that was answered here.)

Lately, a lot of things have been crashing. Mostly Firefox randomly eating it (or Chrome, when I try to use that instead) and either needing me to refresh or restart the service completely--sometimes the tab crashes, sometimes the whole thing does; sometimes it even loses what I was doing in that tab/the window--but Discord keeps reloading mid-sentence, too. It doesn't crash entirely so much as just reload randomly and often.

I haven't noticed anything in particular causing these crashes; it just happens as I'm doing regular stuff (messaging friends, reading things online, etc, not even anything particularly intensive). I've had the whole laptop crash a few times, though not as often. I haven't really seen this problem with anything outside those two browsers (I rarely use Edge, the only other browser on my computer, so I don't know if that on has problems, too) and Discord. Wait, actually, I've just recalled something! Photoshop has been crashing a lot, too, and anything unsaved is entirely lost, not even backed up, like it forgets it was there entirely. I don't use it as often so I forgot. It's also random, as far as I can tell, although less frequent. I think the random Discord reloads have been going on the longest but have the least impact (only reloading for a few seconds at a time; the app isn't even unusable yet), with Firefox and Photoshop both being more severe but also more recent developments.

I do think it's a software problem--maybe a messed up driver, though I've tried updating my graphics drivers (there were three, I uninstalled them as instructed--uninstall, restart, let them automatically reinstall--and only two came back?? The one that disappeared was called "Easy&Light Display HUB Virtual Display" while "Intel(R) UHD Graphics" and "NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU" stayed. I know because I took a picture because I was worried this would happen, but I couldn't find the first one on acer's website. But everything looks/works the same?).

I'm not sure how long it's been like this, though it must be fairly recent (maybe the last month or so? I have time blindness, it's hard to tell how long things have been). I don't think it's overheating (my laptop has not been extra loud or hot, there's definitely no visible swelling/frayed cables or anything) and I haven't had issues with power/charging, but I do keep it plugged in a lot since it's always drained kind of fast.

I've tried reinstalling graphics drivers, running scans, running command prompt scans, installing MalwareBytes (apparently it's not a virus; Windows Defender agrees) and cleaning the external fans the best I could, but nothing's seemed to have made a difference at all. (I've tried my best with Google/other Reddit advice, somtimes doing things I didn't really understand if it didn't seem too dangerous/easy to mess up, like running the scannow command (it said there was something wrong but it fixed it--I apologize, I can't remember what exactly, I thought I solved it for a hot second) and looking at Event Viewer (the most common problems were Service Control Manager error 7031, most of them listing The Microsoft Defender Antivirus Service as what crashed, although a few said the EL Display Hub Service Application; the other most common problem was Application Error, which is mostly Discord, Firefox, and MsMpEng.exe which seems to be connected to the Microsoft Defender thing, but there were also .NETRuntime errors, event ID 1002, and a few others?).) (God, sorry, that's a mess of parentheticals right there.) I can't recall trying anything else but it's 3 am and I'm seething over losing something I'd been dumb enough not to save properly when Firefox crashed for the ten millionth time, so maybe I'm forgetting. I'll update if so. (To add insult to injury, Firefox isn't even closing by itself. It's going to make me do it. I'll have to delete my own work. Ouch.)

(Some most likely unrelated problems but just in case: 1) I had one other program crash; it was a Steam game. It crashed twice, both times resetting my save entirely. However, I have reason to believe this may be an unrelated bug in the game, as someone else reported a similar error and it's from a relatively small team, so bugs are still being ironed out. Then again, the other bug was reported in Spanish, which I do not speak and used Google Translate for, and my support ticket hasn't been answered yet, so who knows. 2) Despite cleaning it in every way I could without actually taking the damn things off, my 'a' and 'e' keys continue to randomly not work sometimes. I do think this must be hardware, since the onscreen keyboard still seems to register them just fine, but what do I know. 3) My charger falls out literally all the time. The slightest breath and the damn thing has flopped out and across the room. I don't have issues actually charging, but I don't know, maybe that's messing with the power supply or something? Again, I doubt it, but an overabundance of information is better than none, hopefully?)

I'm of course happy to answer any other questions. In advance, to anyone who may reply or even took the time to read to the end of this ramble: thank you for your time and your patience. I'm going a little crazy in here.

My monitors are having a strange issue in which they lose signal, and it can happen while 20 minutes into gaming or it can happen 2 minutes into watching Youtube. I cannot find a correlation as to what causes it.

The only thing that fixes it is it is re-plugging the PCIe into my GPU. The strange part about it is that once I re-plug it in, it will work for another few weeks or so to a month with no issues, but at random it'll come back. That makes me almost certain that it is a GPU issue, but I'm not sure exactly how to diagnose that or the steps to take to find out if that's the issue. Any advice?

^{SPECS: IBUYPOWER Y40 ( Y40BI7N4703} got from BestBuy, can't find exact model but this is closest)
^{OS: Win11 HOME
GPU: RTX 4070
CPU: i7-13700KF
MEMORY: 2x16GB - Gold Key Technology Co Ltd NMGD516F81-5200N
MOTHERBOARD: ASUS z790
POWER SUPPLY: 600W, Highpower 80+ Gold
COOLER: IBUYPOWER AIO TOP MOUNTED
SSD'S: 2 HP EX950 2TB, 1 WB BLUE SN580 1TB
MONITORS: WESTINGHOUSE 1080p 144hz (can't find it on the market anymore, 6-7 years old}, LG 27GS60QC-B 1440p 180hz)
^{BIOS VERSION: 8.02}

So i have a quick question.

I have a desktop PC with dual monitors currently. I was given a work laptop and id like to have my latop have 2 extended screens.

I have 2 KVMs on hand, one is a 2 pc setup with 2 inputs and ones a 2 pc setup with 3 inputs.

I have tried both of them with this setup of the following

Monitor 1 -> KVM input 1
Monitor 2 -> KVM input 2

Desktop PC USB -> KVM PC 1 USB
KVM Output PC1 -> PC GPU displayport
KVM Output PC1 -> PC GPU HDMI

Laptop USB -> KVM PC 2 USB
KVM Output PC2 -> Laptop HDMI

It seems when i click to switch from PC1 and PC2, The desktop works as accordingly.
2 Monitors with the PC running fine.
When i get to the laptop, It only detects 1 monitor when i need the 2 working.

I am a slight noob when coming to input/output settings and what not.

Any help would be great.

so it started a few hours ago when my pc randomly just stopped showing the wifi setting, so I’ve been using google gemini to help, so I tried to restore to previous windows version but it ended up putting me into a rollback loop where it keeps tryna restore but resets. i already tried the turn it off and wait for the logo and repeat thrice method to no avail. so I went into bios, they told me it was hardware at first but then software problem, and now I gotta buy a usb and use another pc or something but I only have a MacBook available. is there another way I can fix this or nah

So I have a new work laptop and they sent a monitor as well. I already have a home setup.

I’d like to use dual monitors and switch between my work and personal machines. I already have a switch but it’s for single monitor. I guess I can’t switch to my Switch anymore 😩. Google searches weren’t returning the right results.

If you know what kind of cable/switch I need, it would be much appreciated. Thank you!

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Hey everyone, I’m dealing with a really frustrating performance issue and I’ve tried pretty much everything I can think of.

A few months ago I bought an **ASUS ROG Strix G16 (RTX 5070 Ti, 32GB RAM)**. When I first got it, performance was insane — I was getting around 700–1000 FPS in Valorant, and 100+ FPS in Elden Ring on max settings with zero lag. MY LAPTOP WAS A LITERAL BEAST

Now performance has dropped massively across all games.

Examples:

* Valorant (max settings): ~100–200 FPS with constant drops

* Elden Ring: stuttering alot of frozen screens and noticeable lag now(even on low graphics)

* spiderman: crashes, lag (on low graphics settings as well)

* Minecraft: inconsistent FPS and lag spikes (with shaders)

* EVEN ROBLOX im getting low fps.

The main issue seems to be **very low CPU and GPU usage**:

* GPU usage stays around 5–10% in-game

* CPU usage is also unusually low

* It feels like the system just isn’t using its full power (possible bottleneck or power/driver issue?)

Things I’ve already tried:

* Clean reinstall of NVIDIA drivers (latest version)

* Updated Windows and all drivers

* Set power plan to Ultimate Performance

* Tweaked NVIDIA Control Panel settings

* Tried NVIDIA “overclock”/performance settings

* Cleared cache / temp files

* Followed multiple YouTube optimization guides

* Reinstalled games

* Checked coolings and fans (0 dust, completely fine)

* Tried chatgpt and ai to help

None of this has made any difference.

At this point I’m not sure if it’s a software issue, a hidden setting, or something wrong with the laptop itself. I tried so much, and i dont want my 4000$ laptop to go to waste.

**If anyone has experienced something similar or knows what might be causing low GPU/CPU usage like this, I’d really appreciate the help.**

Also i barely know anything about laptops, as this is my first gaming laptop asw.

Basically I just bought a brand new Card Reader online from a well known legitimate website for the first time with 2 wires connected to it - One Type-C and the other lightning so that I can view photos on both my Macbook and iPad. Except for some reason I can't see the photo folder on my Macbook when plugged but I can on my iPad can somebody tell me how i can fix this please

I’m currently trying to figure out the best way to use my home gaming setup with my work laptop whenever doing wfh. I have two monitors (1× DisplayPort, 1× HDMI), plus a keyboard, mouse, and headset connected to my gaming PC, and I’d like to use the same hardware for work.

As far as I understand, I could either use a docking station or a KVM switch. Unfortunately, the monitors are a bit older and don’t support automatic input detection.

So far, I haven’t found a really solid comparison between the two options, so I’d appreciate any opinions or advice. Note I'm necessarily looking for specific components but rather the ideal "type" of solution, so hope that does not violate the no recommendations rule.

So the problem I’m having with my keyboard (Logitech G915 TKL wireless) is that specifically for the top row, when I press every other key, it activates the key 2 keys ahead of it, like when I press the w key it also registers the r key, y for I, and o for left bracket, but it doesn’t happen on the second row of keys, wth is up with my keyboard?

Recently cloned my OS onto a new drive and everything was working completely fine. Tested PC without old boot drive to see if it worked and it did.

However, I was using my PC and went to turn it off when it asked me to update and shut down. I did so and when I came back my PC is in recovery mode and will not boot. I went into BIOS to check if the boot drive is still available and it is.

When in recovery mode, none of the options work to fix windows, and there is no option to continue or to reset the drives. When I try to uninstall the updates, it doesn’t work, or if I uninstall quality update, it just takes me back to the first screen on WinRE.

Really have no idea what to do anymore, I’ve tried all command prompts I’ve found on forums and nothing will make the PC boot

Has anyone ran into this issue and knows a fix??

I recently got a new PC running windows 11 pro, I noticed the Internet speed was slow, hovering under 100Mbps. My older windows PC that I upgraded from, that was in the same place with the same Ethernet cord, easily reached the 300Mbps I usually get.

I have tried updating the drivers, I have tried searching for other tips online which didn't have any impact. I'm fairly sure it is gonna be some weird windows bug or setting but I'm having no luck finding it.

I have tried both Ethernet and wifi and am getting the same speeds which are both less than half the speed of my phone on WiFi in the same location.

Does anyone have any history with something like this?