Display issues - any ideas?

well, it doesn't actually say which OS it's for anywhere.

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Look, just try downloading it directly from the original site. Honestly, it really should be working. My advice? Go ahead and wipe the old program off your system entirely, then install this one and give it a run. It’s possible the previous version was just glitching out on you.

Nah man, it’s just not working. Every single time I try to restart, I get hit with "the operation has been aborted." I had a feeling this was gonna be a bust, but hey, I figured I'd give it a shot since it's supposed to be "commercial grade" software. Honestly? Total garbage.👎

It’s a shame... there’s also a chance your Windows installation is just a bit shaken up...

what do you mean by shaken up?

Well, you actually answered that in your opening post—the Blue Screen of Death and all that. Though, honestly, that doesn't always mean one specific thing. Next time you go through with a Windows upgrade, maybe consider giving your C: drive a bit more breathing room? Why leave so little space for the partition where Windows lives in the first place?

Why drop cash on an original Windows license? Plus, I totally screwed up by leaving such tiny space on my C drive—should've gone with at least 150GB, but whatever, mistakes happen. My best bet is probably just doing a Windows upgrade to Windows 10 Pro. I'm just wondering, though—will all my stuff, like games and certain programs, actually stay put?

I wouldn't recommend running an upgrade on a system that's struggling like that... Honestly, the root of the problem is that you allocated only 50 GB to your C drive right from the jump—you really need at least 100 GB if you want to avoid these kinds of headaches. As for Windows itself, there isn't really such a thing as "original" versus "pirated" software; the main difference is just whether you're paying the extra $100 at a store like Best Buy for a legitimate product key. A Windows installation is still just Windows—the only real variation you'll find on torrent sites is when people bundle all sorts of random drivers and extra programs directly into the installer itself.

So, I grabbed Wizard Partition and managed to squeeze an extra 10GB out of my C drive just to test the waters—it actually works. Now I’m gonna bump it up by another 50GB so I'm sitting pretty at 100GB total. Once that's done, I'll run a Windows repair and get back to you guys.👍

Alright, I got it fixed—seems fine for now, though I’ll have to reinstall the language pack again. It's also throwing a notification at me saying I need to activate Windows within the next nine days. On top of that, I'm dealing with some weirdness with Windows Explorer; after a while, I get a "Windows Explorer has stopped working" error, the whole PC freezes for a few seconds, and then everything just goes back to normal.

Richard Ruiz9 said:Alright, I got it fixed—seems fine for now, though I’ll have to reinstall the language pack again. It's also throwing a notification at me saying I need to activate Windows within the next nine days. On top of that, I'm dealing with some weirdness with Windows Explorer; after a while, I get a "Windows Explorer has stopped working" error, the whole PC freezes for a few seconds, and then everything just goes back to normal.

I’ll say it again—you’re probably better off just wiping the drive and doing a fresh installation of Windows. Honestly, you could have done that ages ago; you've been dragging this out for days and still haven't actually fixed the root cause.

Look, I already cleared out some space using a utility and ran a repair—so what’s the actual issue here? Who wants to go through the hassle of reinstalling Windows all over again? It hasn't even been a month since I set it up, not to mention the nightmare of having to reinstall every single program I use.

So, Larry Ortiz5 actually listened to me and did a clean install of Windows, and everything was running smooth as silk—until the blue screens started coming back. Only this time, it looks like it's some driver-related nonsense https://www.flickr.com/photos/135737...posted-public/ — here’s the BSOD data