r/laptops

Hey everyone, I really messed up and need some advice.

I was trying a networking tweak I saw online to fix lag and changed the NetworkThrottlingIndex value to ffffffff in the registry. Right after doing it, my laptop randomly froze, got super hot, and instantly shut itself off (pretty sure it hit a thermal limit and pulled the plug).

Now, it’s stuck in an endless Automatic Repair blue screen loop. I can't even boot into safe mode it just reverts me back to this blue screen. For a few times before this it got stuck on black screen after showing welcome but now it's completely stuck on blue screen.

Here is where things stand right now:

I can't use "Reset This PC"—it just throws an error immediately and says no changes were made.

I ran the hardware diagnostics via the F2 menu at boot, and everything PASSED. My processor, fans, and SSD are completely fine physically.

I managed to open Notepad through the Command Prompt file picker to check my drive, and my entire user folder is still there under C:\Users\. So my data isn't wiped, it's just trapped.

The SrtTrail.txt log file is completely empty, so Windows isn't even logging why it's failing to boot.

Is there any way to fix this or did i completely messed up, I changed the value back to a through command prompt in troubleshoot but still windows isn't loading. What should I do? The image is what I revert back to no matter what I try.

Its priced at £900ish I dont know anything about computers do i wanna know if its worth it :)

I Want to use it for Minecraft,watching movies and a few other games like the last of us :)

Its by the brand "asus tuf gaming laptop"

Any advice would be helpful thank you!! ♡

Anyway I could fix it at home an it be okay to go or should I take it in somewhere and pay somebody who knows better?

this is my lenovo thinkpad x1 yoga gen 3 - on its screen there is a film over it, but this is starting to get removed at the corners, and dust is getting in there. should i remove it? if i remove it, will using the stylus on it scratch its surface or anything?

I know its too small

I was just worried that it might not escalate

is it good? or should i remove this?

Almost a year ago, I borrowed a Lenovo Lecoo Pro14 for a couple of weeks to do a routine review. Spoiler alert: He's still with me. We're figuring out how this laptop could become my main device, what pitfalls came out in 10 months of work, and who it would definitely suit.

Probably, it was after 10 months of use that we can no longer talk about first impressions, but about how successful the laptop turned out to be for me personally. And in short, I don't want to change it at all yet. The screen leaves the strongest impression. It has become one of the main reasons why I continue to use this laptop every day. The matrix here is really great: high definition, 120 Hz, good color reproduction and matte finish. I regularly edit photos, write articles, edit YouTube videos, and just spend a lot of time in front of the screen. During all this time, I have never had the desire to say "oh, I wish there was a better display here."

The second point is autonomy. During normal work, 4-5 hours are enough for me, and without any attempts to save the charge. And there is a feeling that with a calmer load, the laptop is able to work even longer. If I understand that the day is going to be long, I just take a compact charger or a power bank with Power Delivery support - both USB Type-C allow you to charge your laptop without problems. And sometimes I even leave home for a whole day without a charger and don't worry that the battery will run out at the most inopportune moment. So good autonomy has long been more than just a MacBook story.

I would like to mention the sound separately. Of course, this is not a substitute for good acoustics, but the built-in speakers pleasantly surprised. They are quite loud, and the sound does not feel completely flat - even a small volume is present. I don't need anything else to watch YouTube, movies, or background music.

Performance is also in order. I practically don't run games on laptops, so I use the built-in Radeon 780M mainly as a nice bonus. But as a working tool, Lecoo Pro 14 completely covers my tasks. Video editing, photo processing, dozens of browser tabs, working with neural networks, texts and various content - I have plenty of Ryzen 7 H255 power and 32 GB of RAM. Even when I bought it, I quite consciously chose the 14-inch model. For me, this size turned out to be almost perfect. It is convenient to work with a laptop not only at the table, but also sitting on the couch, in an armchair, on the balcony or on the road. It is compact enough not to get in the way, and at the same time the screen remains comfortable to work with. The weight of about 1.45 kg also turned out to be far from a trifle. I fly on business trips several times a year, I always carry my laptop in my backpack, and every extra gram there starts to feel very fast. Here, a laptop does not turn a backpack into a kettlebell, so you can easily take it with you almost automatically, without even thinking.

It is from such small things that the overall impression gradually develops. Ten months later, I no longer look at the characteristics and results of benchmarks. I just open the lid every day, work, and close it in the evening. And, perhaps, this is what best speaks to how successful this laptop turned out to be for me.

Conclusion

Over the past ten months, the Lecoo Pro 14 has stopped being just a test laptop for me and has become my main work computer at home. And, probably, this is the best rating that can be given to the device. It's not perfect - the fingerprint sensor is sometimes cranky, and the processor can heat up well under heavy load. But in real life, all this does not prevent you from enjoying your work. Instead, the laptop offers a great screen, decent autonomy, high performance, high-quality sound, light weight and compact size. That's why it's convenient to take it with you on trips, to work at home at a desk, on the couch or somewhere on the road. If you need a modern 14-inch laptop without discrete graphics, but with a really powerful processor, a good screen and the possibility of further upgrades, then the Lecoo Pro 14 definitely deserves attention. Personally, after ten months of use, I have never regretted my choice. Well, after the review, I thought. Now I probably wouldn't save money, and I already ordered a Lenovo Xiaoxin 14 Pro for myself. Everything is very similar in terms of the filling, but the screen is already OLED, which will probably be more pleasant. Although the Lecoo Pro14 screen is also good, but it's IPS. In general, to whom what is more important. And yes, there is also a burly laptop with a 16-inch screen, but in this case compactness is lost. It's important to me.

I dont know ethernet cables look like that so i am asking

Probably will be joining electrical engineering this year

Needed a laptop to last long and run all the required applications for electrical engineering

Hi, so to preface this I really don’t know much about what to look for in a laptop. I tried doing some research but it’s foreign to me. I ended up finding this refurbished Acer Aspire 16 on eBay and as I’m waiting for it to arrive, I’m having second thoughts because I just truly don’t know if I paid too much for it or not.

I really just need it for everyday use, nursing school and ideally I’d like to play Sims 4 with mods & cc without it lagging.

This is the sellers description:

The Acer Aspire 16 AI A16-61MT-R6PG mobile computing platform coordinates advanced artificial intelligence architectures and high-resolution workspace configurations to deliver a premium mobile station engineered for multi-tab hardware computing pipelines, data-heavy programming development, and continuous high-definition multimedia multitasking. Driving this streamlined portable architecture is the next-generation AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 deca-core processor, dynamically organizing complex operational pipelines across 10 processing cores and 20 simultaneous threads up to a fast turbo threshold. A dedicated hardware Ryzen AI neural processing unit handles intensive localized machine learning workloads with an ultimate speed scaling up to 50 TOPS to run local AI software suites with fluid response times. System operations maintain an exceptionally seamless flow without memory bottlenecks via 32GB of high-frequency LPDDR5X system memory tracking at 8533 MHz, while extensive media directories, personal data logs, and application assets are securely stored on a massive 1TB PCIe NVMe 4.0 M.2 solid-state drive that ensures prompt operating system initializations and rapid software loading sequences

Visual tasks and digital layouts render with pristine structural layout accuracy across the immersive 16-inch active-matrix touchscreen display panel, which outputs a native WUXGA resolution of 1920 x 1200 inside an expanded 16:10 aspect ratio layout for greater vertical text visibility. The underlying In-Plane Switching matrix screen technology preserves uniform color reproduction profiles and sharp text clarity across wide 178-degree horizontal and vertical viewing arcs, executing a fluid 120Hz refresh rate to totally eradicate visual jitter. The panel integrates an anti-glare ComfyView matte treatment alongside intuitive multi-touch controls to comfortably facilitate direct finger gestures, quick scrolling actions, and direct software interactions. Onscreen graphics remain perfectly steady driven by integrated AMD Radeon 880M graphics architecture, comfortably managing hardware-accelerated video decoding loops and creative media streams cleanly. Enclosed within a slim iron gray chassis measuring just 0.63 inches thin and weighing 3.42 pounds, the laptop features a white backlit keyboard with a numeric pad and an AcerSense utility key, a built-in webcam with a manual camera privacy shutter, high-bandwidth Wi-Fi wireless networking, Bluetooth 5.3, a microSD card reader slot, a dedicated HDMI display output portal, two standard USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A interfaces, and dual ultra-fast USB4 ports supporting versatile external peripheral connections and external multi-display expansion routing

Key Features 
• Advanced Ryzen AI Processor: The AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 10-core processor integrates a 50 TOPS neural processing unit to smoothly accelerate local artificial intelligence applications. 

• High-Fluidity Touchscreen Panel: A 16-inch 1920x1200 resolution IPS touchscreen features a 120Hz refresh speed and a 16:10 layout to ensure lag-free scrolling navigation. 

• Extreme LPDDR5X System Memory: Outfitted with 32GB of high-frequency 8533 MHz LPDDR5X RAM that eliminates background latency to handle intense multitasking routines effortlessly. 

• Massive NVMe Gen4 Storage: An internal 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 solid-state drive delivers rapid read velocities to shorten application loading sequences and system boot milestones. 

• Universal High-Speed Connections: Equipped with dual advanced USB4 ports, an HDMI outlet, and rapid Wi-Fi hardware to guarantee fast data routing and external display expansion.  

I really dont know if its the right community and if its not please point me to the right one but this has happenend to my laptop and its a very good laptop like about 1500$ laptop and i really want to have it be fixed