Diagnose App Crashes & Startup Issues with Event Viewer and Custom Views (Win10/11)
Difficulty: Intermediate | Time Required: 20-30 minutes
Introduction
When an app crashes or Windows takes forever to start, the first place to look is the Event Viewer. Event Viewer records system, application...
If you manage Windows Server, the three quickest and most reliable ways to answer the simple-but-critical question “When did this machine last reboot?” are the Command Prompt (systeminfo), PowerShell (Win32_OperatingSystem / Get-CimInstance), and Event Viewer (System log Event IDs). Each method...
automation
cim
event id 1074
event id 41
event id 6005
event id 6006
event id 6008
eventviewer
forensics
last boot up time
powershell
remote management
scripting
system boot time
system logs
systeminfo
uptime
win32_operatingsystem
windows server
wmi
Manage Windows Services: Create, Configure & Set Recovery Options (Win10/11)
Difficulty: Intermediate | Time Required: 20 minutes
Introduction
Windows Services run in the background and are used for everything from networking to third‑party utilities. Knowing how to create, configure and set...
administrator privileges
automation
eventviewer
log on as a service
new service
powershell
recovery options
service configuration
service management
service recovery
services.msc
startup type
troubleshooting
windows 10
windows 11
windows services
Microsoft’s latest Canary-channel flight, Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27943, is a compact but consequential maintenance update that repairs a handful of user-facing regressions — most notably a stuck Temporary files scan in Settings and an HDR toggle that would mysteriously disable itself —...
atp service
defender for endpoint
error 1067
eventviewer
microsoft defender
process terminated unexpectedly
reinstall defender
service dependencies
service startup failure
system startup issues
troubleshooting
windows 10
windows 11
windows defender advanced threat protection
windows services
Windows 11 still buries a practical, time-saving shortcut for power users: the so-called God Mode folder — a simple shell trick that consolidates a sprawling array of Control Panel, Administrative Tools, and legacy settings into one searchable, categorized view. Creating a folder named...
administrative tools
all tasks
clsid
control panel
device manager
disk management
enterprise it
eventviewer
god mode
guid
it administrators
power users
productivity
scripting automation
settings
shell namespace
shortcuts
system utilities
troubleshooting
windows 11
Windows 11 still feels like two operating systems glued together when you hunt for settings, and the old community trick known as God Mode remains the fastest practical way to make sense of the mess.
Background / Overview
Windows has been migrating decades of Control Panel functionality into the...
admin-tools
administrative tools
all tasks
automation
clsid
control panel
device manager
disk management
enterprise it
eventviewer
explorer
god mode
group-policy
guid
it administrators
power options
power users
power-user
powershell
productivity
scripting
scripting automation
settings
settings app
shell namespace
shell-namespace
shortcuts
system utilities
troubleshooting
windows
windows 11
I constantly have to wrestle with Sleep Mode. Even though my Power Setting are correctly set there's always something else, a software, a hardware, a drivers, etc, that disturb those settings and prevent them from functioning correctly. One day everything works and the next day my PC doesn't go...
bios uefi
driver conflicts
drivers
energy saver
eventviewer
fast startup
hibernate vs sleep
lid switch
power policy
power settings
powercfg
sleep exceptions
sleep mode
system power management
task scheduler
unexpected wake
usb selective suspend
wake on lan
wake timers
Microsoft has quietly closed the loop on a recent Event Viewer nuisance in Windows 11 by shipping a targeted fix in the August preview update, addressing repeated CertificateServicesClient log entries that were cluttering system logs and unnerving admins despite posing no functional harm...
Windows Security failing to open is a deceptively common problem that can leave a PC exposed and users unnerved — yet in almost every case the root causes and remedies are resolvable without a full reinstall. Symptoms range from a completely unresponsive Windows Security app to a blank or...
app repair
appxpackage
defender
defender ui
dism
enterprise policy
eventviewer
group policy
in-place repair
known issue rollback
powershell
reset windows security
securitycenter
sfc
system restore
third-party antivirus
windefend
windows defender
windows security
windows update
blue screen
disk space
driver issues
error code
eventviewer
graphics driver
network issues
performance
privacy settings
security updates
startup
system restore
troubleshooting
windows 11
windows update
Windows 11 hides a surprisingly practical productivity trick behind a single folder name: the so‑called God Mode folder — a Master Control Panel view that gathers hundreds of system settings and administrative tools into one browsable container and can dramatically speed up troubleshooting and...
Windows 11 packs a surprisingly capable set of built‑in troubleshooters that can automatically diagnose and repair many everyday PC problems—from flaky Wi‑Fi and silent speakers to frozen updates and stubborn printers. This guide distills what matters: where to find these tools, how to run them...
audio
dism
eventviewer
get help
internet
network
network adapter
playbooks
printer
reliability monitor
settings
sfc
system file integrity
system restore
troubleshooters
troubleshooting
update
windows 11
windows update
Hello, i'm trying to play Battlefield 2042, but i encounter error 136 when i launch it, the same issue happens when loading Battlefield 1 (it has the same anticheat) does anyone know how to fix this?
I've tried the anticheat installer repair, uninstall and repair.
Allowing exceptions in...
Microsoft has told Windows 11 users that they can safely ignore repeated CertEnroll errors that began appearing in Event Viewer after the July 2025 preview updates and widened with the August 2025 Patch Tuesday cumulative, characterizing the entries as a cosmetic logging artifact rather than an...
august 2025
certenroll
certificate enrollment
cosmetic logging
enterprise it
event id 57
eventviewer
july 2025
kir
known issue rollback
log hygiene
log noise
microsoft pluton
patch tuesday
release health
security updates
telemetry management
tls certificates
windows 11
If you’re a Windows Insider, the updates that land on your device are not just routine security patches — they can include preview features, experimental fixes, and staged changes that won't necessarily appear in retail Windows for months (or ever). This guide decodes the entries you see under...
ai previews
cfr
channel notes
control feature rollout
copilot+
enablement pack
eventviewer
feedback hub
hardware gating
it admins
kb numbers
lcu
optional preview
os build
privacy
rollback
ssu
update history
windows insider
windows update
Microsoft has confirmed that the Windows 11 August 2025 cumulative update (KB5063878) is causing installation failures in certain enterprise scenarios and has pushed an emergency mitigation while engineers work on a permanent fix. The issue surfaces as error code 0x80240069 when updates are...
0x80240069
certenroll
enterprise it
eventviewer
kb5063878
kir
known issue rollback
mecm
media creation tool
microsoft update catalog
powershell
registry override
release health
sccm
update failures
windows 11
windows 11 24h2
windows update agent
wsus
wuauserv
Microsoft’s optional July preview (KB5062660) and the August cumulative that rolled its fixes into mainstream channels have produced a repeatable Event Viewer error — CertificateServicesClient (CertEnroll) Event ID 57 — that logs “The ‘Microsoft Pluton Cryptographic Provider’ provider was not...
Microsoft’s August 2025 patches have once again filled Event Viewer with a noisy, but harmless, error tied to the CertEnroll (CertificateServicesClient) subsystem — an Event ID 57 reading that “The ‘Microsoft Pluton Cryptographic Provider’ provider was not loaded because initialization failed,”...
certenroll
certificate enrollment
certificateservicesclient
cosmetic artifact
enterprise it
event id 57
eventviewer
it operations
log noise
logging discipline
optional previews
patch tuesday
pluton
release health
security updates
siem
troubleshooting
windows 11
windows 24h2
windows updates