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🖥️Screen troublesEasy

The issue

The screen turns plain white

You are probably asking

“Why is my laptop screen completely white with nothing on it?”

⏱ 10 min•5 stepsFix it →
🖥️Screen troublesMedium

The issue

Blue screen with a sad face

You are probably asking

“My computer keeps showing a blue screen and restarting. How do I stop it?”

⏱ 20 min•6 stepsFix it →
🖥️Screen troublesEasy

The issue

Black screen but the mouse still moves

You are probably asking

“Windows starts and I only see a black screen with my mouse pointer. What now?”

⏱ 10 min•4 stepsFix it →
🖥️Screen troublesEasy

The issue

The screen flickers or shows lines

You are probably asking

“Why is my laptop screen flickering and showing strange lines?”

⏱ 15 min•4 stepsFix it →
🖥️Screen troublesEasy

The issue

Everything is frozen and nothing responds

You are probably asking

“My computer froze and the mouse will not move. How do I unfreeze it?”

⏱ 5 min•5 stepsFix it →
🖥️Screen troublesEasy

The issue

Everything looks blurry or too small

You are probably asking

“Text on my screen is blurry and tiny. How do I make it clear?”

⏱ 5 min•5 stepsFix it →
🖥️Screen troublesEasy

The issue

Everything looks huge or stretched after an update

You are probably asking

“My screen resolution changed by itself and looks stretched. How do I set it back?”

⏱ 5 min•4 stepsFix it →
🖥️Screen troublesEasy

The issue

The screen dims or flickers only on battery

You are probably asking

“My laptop screen changes brightness by itself. How do I stop it?”

⏱ 5 min•4 stepsFix it →
🖥️Screen troublesMedium

The issue

The screen flickers or blanks when HDR is switched on

You are probably asking

“Why does my laptop screen flicker when I toggle HDR on?”

⏱ 15 min•6 stepsFix it →
🖥️Screen troublesCareful

The issue

A dark blotch appeared after the screen was knocked

You are probably asking

“Why does my laptop screen have a dark blotch after being bumped?”

⏱ 15 min•6 stepsFix it →
🖥️Screen troublesEasy

The issue

Auto-hide the taskbar on OLED

You are probably asking

“How do I set the taskbar to auto-hide to protect my OLED screen?”

⏱ 10 min•7 stepsFix it →
🖥️Screen troublesMedium

The issue

Brightness keys stopped working on Linux

You are probably asking

“Why does my laptop's brightness keys not work after installing Linux?”

⏱ 20 min•7 stepsFix it →
🖥️Screen troublesEasy

The issue

Put the taskbar back at the bottom

You are probably asking

“How do I move my taskbar back to the bottom of the screen?”

⏱ 5 min•6 stepsFix it →
🖥️Screen troublesMedium

The issue

The laptop thinks the lid is shut

You are probably asking

“Why does my laptop think the lid is closed when it is open?”

⏱ 15 min•6 stepsFix it →
🖥️Screen troublesEasy

The issue

Monitor reports a higher resolution than the desktop

You are probably asking

“Why does my external monitor show an active signal resolution higher than my desktop resolution?”

⏱ 10 min•6 stepsFix it →