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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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Where is the javascript console in Safari 5.0.5 for Windows?
Just what the title says. Where can I find the javascript console in safari?
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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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What is encryption loss when unzipping?
When I drag files from a .ZIP file my friend sent me, it barks:
Do you want to copy this folder without encryption?`
A problem is preventing that folder from being encrypted.
What's causing the ...
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How do I remove these "autofocus" selection borders from the Windows 8.1/8 tile screen?
Good evening, everyone.
I've just recently started to notice some unintended-enabled borders around my Windows 8 machine. Here are some screenshots:
In the above photos, you will notice that there ...
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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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Purpose of FXSAPIDebugLogFile.txt in Windows 7 temp folder?
Many Windows 7 systems have the file FXSAPIDebugLogFile.txt in a temp folder.
The file cannot easily be deleted while Windows is running. When trying to delete the file using standard procedures, ...
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How can I create a memory dump of a production system without affecting performance?
I am trying to analyze a hard-to-track memory leak problem on a production IIS web server running an ASP.NET application. To that end I am trying to create a dump file of the memory to analyze it ...
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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 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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Windows 10 - Most of taskbar completely stopped working
I've had W10 running on my laptop now for quite a while, and haven't had problems as of yet.
This morning I turned on my laptop, and figured out that the start menu, search, battery, wifi, sound, ...
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How to start QEMU on Windows with monitor enabled?
I've downloaded the latest 64-bit version of QEMU for Windows and it installed fine. However, I now have problems switching to Monitor mode when trying my code. The documentation says Ctrl-Alt-[1, 2, ...
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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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