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What causes "host process for windows services stopped working and was closed"?

When computer (32-bit Windows Vista 32-bit 6.0 Home Premium SP 2) randomly has a "Host Process for Windows Services stopped working and was closed" error: This popup message simply occur out of ...
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How can I see all keypresses on the keyboard?

I've been given a laptop to fix - it is 'randomly scrolling documents'. I'm almost certain it's a faulty connection in the keyboard, causing page-down to fire. Is there a program I can use to monitor ...
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Windows 10; crash after few minutes after startup; restarts and never crashes again until a power off

I turn on my computer. Windows 10 boots up and the desktop appears. I login and get to do my work. After a few minutes, the computer restarts by itself suddenly (no BSOD). Windows boots up and I get ...
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Windows 10: Find out the exact reason for an unresponsive application

I am recently facing randomly unresponsive applications. I would like to exactly pinpoint / debug the reason that causes the application to hang. CPU utilization is low, memory usage is normal. So I ...
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How can I debug Binary batch file?

I have a .bat file in binary format. But I don't know its functioning. How can I view the content in detail or debug the binary .bat file, or convert it to exe file?
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How to make yt-dlp JSON data not return null when a YouTube video is in "upcoming" mode?

The following command works for me (meaning it returns JSON data for the video): yt-dlp.exe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C0ZtmBlL-s --skip-download --dump-single-json --no-check-certificate --...
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Having a proxy machine with Windows KDNET kernel debugging?

I'm using KDNET to debug a Windows kernel driver on a second laptop via Ethernet cable. It works by directly plugging the Ethernet cable from the host to the target laptop. The process is described in ...
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Corrupt file system after a program crashing

I setup Windows 10 to generate full dumps for my MyUniquelyNamedApp.exe by importing the following file in RegistryEditor: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\...
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Debugging a TCP client/server pair of applications on Windows?

I have a server application in .NET 6/VS2022 which creates a TCP listener, and a python 3 application which creates a socket to connect to the server application. Rather than hopping back and forth ...
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How to fix explorer freezing when accessing usb?

very often my explorer freezes when accessing usb (sometimes I have to restart it, sometimes the not responding goes away in a few seconds) and today was the worst case (might have been cause i was ...
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How to find out what is causing DokuWiki to be unable to save after edit?

This is happening only with one single page, even when only adding/removing a single character. All other pages can be edited & saved. localhost is Apache on Windows, if that matters. How can I ...
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How to reinstall .NET Framework 4/4.6 on Windows 10?

If .NET Framework is broken or anything they let you download their installer (offline/web) but it doesn't work, you just bounce back a message that current or later version is already installed and ...
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Running Qt app within WinPE

I'd say this is kind of inbetween both SuperUser and StackOverflow, but I am writing a GUI application using Qt that I would like to run within WinPE. I am well aware that WinPE is a very limited ...
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How do I make a program I've previously opened have a cold run when my laptop has Intel Optane turned on?

The first time I open a program on windows it is slow to load then if I close it and open it again, it's fast to load. This suggests that windows is caching the frequently and recently used programs ...
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How to install USB debug cable driver in WinDbg for Windows kernel debugging?

As per Microsoft's USB debug page, you must launch WinDbg in an elevated process in order to install the USB driver. Having done that, I still receive this error message: Failed to copy USB device ...

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