system maintenance

I have two Windows 8 systems, which only run basically to get updates. But neither one has exhibited any problems. On the 18th, I did a system file check on one system to test something. The result I got was rather unexpected. It took the SFC around 15 minutes to get to the "Verification...

In Windows Vista, 7 & 8, there is a little be known defrag function that can drastically improve boot times under certain circumstances. If you open cmd and type defrag /?, you will see a list if available commands. However, there is a hidden one which is not shown and that is -b. This command...

My computer has started to make a lot of noise on start up and I think that it is the fan. I have been looking at fans, but I really do not know where to begin! My cpu is AMD FX-4170 Quad Core Processor, I think that info is needed, but I do not know which sort of fan or cooling system to...

adding to slow runnig proble sometimes the boot stalls when the balck screen with the word windows as stated I have done the norma no virus , reg cleaned hard drive checked and defrag no hardware problem shows all driver updated running 64 with 6 ram no picturs on the main screen no...

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Came across this guide & FAQ which may be of some help to those running servers. CONTENTS: Introduction What's Too Small? But What About Upgrading? What To Move? Pagefile Exchange Databases SQL Databases Other Data Files Log Files Webs and Other IIS...

Running Windows 7 in a RAID 0, and periodically I will get a boot failure error with the message No default or UI configuration directive found. This usually happens if I do some kind of heavy maintenance on my system. For example I might remove my graphics card or cpu cooler to blow the dust...

i have buyed a laptop with windows 7, i-5 processor 2nd generation. i want to ask that whether it is necessary to install the updates recommended by windows in every 3-4 days of time. generally these updates include 1.Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems 2.Security Update for...

Hi, I have an annoying problem. Windows Update seems to be stuck in and endless cycle of applying the same 5 important updates over and over again. Probably been happening for about 3 months now, and despite going through the install process and following all the instructions to the letter...

Hello Windows 7 64 bit my specs are in my profile. I started having this issue awhile ago, but never had much time to try to troubleshoot it, in fact, it went away for a little while... I will play a game (starcraft 2) for maybe 40 minutes or so when the screen will screw up, make a buzzing...

I've had quite a fight with my new computer build, mostly hardware related. But, not being an expert in IT, I was surprised to hear the words of a person I highly respect, an expert here = in this area, not this Forum, that "You shouldn't fix what's not broken", meaning that you shouldn't...

Short story: Try to run Windows 7 Backup (x64) and get a blank page with the helpful message "page missing". Acronis is responsible, but I want to know how to get it back. Background: I decided to try the Acronis Home 2012 backup software. Huge, huge, huge mistake. After installing it, I...

Once again I have setup here an 64bit Win7 pro system. Many of the files from the D: partition were taken from the previous Win7 system resp. copied from another Win7 (WinXP) computer. When I look at some of the security tabs of some of the files and folders then various user entries exist...

I'm on win7 Ultimate 64bit & i have developed a problem. I cant install the win7 visual C++ 2008 update SP1 as i get Error code:643 every time. This also prevents me from installing nero as that also tries to install a version of win7 visual C++ 2008 & gives an error at that stage & then closes...

I had noticed that I had not seen the familiar process of installing updates to Windows 7 for quite a while, so I went to Windows Update and clicked on Check for Updates. After a couple of seconds, a pop-up appeared saying "Windows Update cannot currently check for updates because the service...

I have for several weeks recently been plagued by BSOD's which randomly attributed the cause to different culprits. Early in the events the graphics driver was fingered and I spent good money on returning my costly graphics card under warranty for checking. It came back with a clean bill of...

I have had Win 7 64bit installed on my C: Partition which contains System Files and Program Files. Data is stored on Partition E:. The System has functioned perfectly untill straight after installing updates on 16/02/2012.I believe some of these updates were: KB2660465, KB2645640, KB2654428 and...

While doing some system maintenance I discovered that I had an extra user account. After deleting it I did a search and found that it had most likely been silently created by the copy protection on some game I had installed. I don't mind if a game has copy protection on it, but I don't like that...

Fixes an issue in which broken shortcuts are deleted from the desktop on a computer that is running Windows 7. This issue occurs if you run the System Maintenance troubleshooter on the computer. Additionally, you receive an offer to delete unused... More...

Hi, okay, so after booting my PC earlier today Windows System Maintenance started up without prompting and after a while had this to say: Attempt repairs of disk volume errors Reboot computer to repair volume problems such as bad sectors, lost clusters, cross-linked files, and directory...