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What is the proper way of debugging a slow Windows installation?

You know the drill - you've been asked to check why your cousin's computer is running slow. I was right there yesterday. Being a Mac user since 2007 I haven't really dug deep in Windows internals in ...
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How to make Windows 10 BSOD show more details like older versions of Windows

I would like to know if there's any way to make Windows 10 show more details when crashing like Windows 7 did. In Windows 10, the Blue Screen of Death: hides the parameters of the kernel panic: The ...
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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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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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How to find the culprit that freeze windows 10 when task manager is also frozen (till windows unfreezes)?

When windows 10 freezes, task manager also freeze until windows become responsive. Since the task manager opens only when the problem is gone, I can't count on it to find what freezes the computer. ...
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Can I see what happens behind the Windows (Dell, in that case) boot logo?

Since something(TM) happened with my laptop (Dell Latitude E6440) yesterday (I suspect a Windows Update, but who knows), my Windows 10 Pro installation (17134.1, if that matters) does not boot any ...
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What to do when "CrashOnCtrlScroll" doesn't seem to work

You've tried to enable a useful developer feature named CrashOnCtrlScroll. You then tried to trigger a crash. Unfortunately, no crash happened. What can you try now?
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Something is closing Chrome

On my machine, every time I open Chrome, it opens for about 2 seconds then closes. It doesn't become unresponsive, or come up with the "Woah Chrome has Crashed" message, it simply closes, as if ...
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