Since upgrading to Windows 10 2004, I have encountered an issue with the tool Defragment & Optimize Drives. I am able to run the tool and it appears to run the optimization command properly but upon reboot it returns to the above "Never run" and "Needs optimization" Any suggestions on how to fix?
I have an Intel i7, and at times I can hear my laptop doing a lot work. I open the task manager to see which app uses so much cpu, and I'd see the cpu usage would be 100%, and 5 seconds later it'd drop down to 20%.
I'm pretty sure it's not a visual bug in the task manager because I can literally...
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I have a couple of USB Flash Drives which contain different bootable systems.
When I plugin the USB falsh drives into the USB ports of my mainboard, boot my computer and let BootManager show up then they all appears as "Sandisk Cruzer"
So it is difficult to distinguish between them.
Is...
I would like to know is it possible to make a cmd program in #C to monitor windows processes?
CMD Starts and automatically sends tasklist command every 10 seconds. If new process starts during that 10 seconds it opens TXT or another CMD windows to inform me that process name and location...
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I answered a question on Quora about what are the first programs you install on a new computer.
I gave my basic list of utilities i.e. CCleaner, Agent Ransack, HWMonitor, Defraggler, Malwarebytes Pro, SuperAntiSpyware, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, etc.
Another computer geek posted back...
Hello.
I helped a family member do a Windows Refresh on Windows 8.1, and thousands of her personal files have been removed. According to Microsoft, "you can refresh your PC without deleting any of your personal files or changing your settings." This was not the case for her.
I have searched...
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I wanted to check on which of these partition Ubuntu is installed as I want to delete them from the disk management menu.(disk management pic is attached with this post)
Assume I have a bootable USB flash drive with Win10 and additiional other tools on it..
Booting it works fine.
Now immediately after booting from this USB flash drive I want to AUTOMATICALLY patch/enter some customized keys resp. values into the Registry.
As an example think of switching to...
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I've been trying to make a batch or shortcut to autorun with system to open the Task Manager in the Performance Tab with no luck.
Is there a way we can do this that I'm missing?
I have Win 7 Pro 64bit installed on a SSD 250GB along with my Programs and Data on a second SATA Hard Drive.
Recently when I looked at my C: SSD from My Computer, I noticed the Used Space Bar was Red and I only had a small value of Free Space left (13GB). I used CCleaner to clean up Temporary...
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William B submitted a new resource:
UltimateBoodCD - The diagnostic/make-ready/fix it "Do-it-All" toolkit for serious technicians
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I've been trying to get my laptop (HP Envy 15T CTO) to install Cumulative Update KB3140745 with no luck. The machine gets stuck on 'restarting', and I have to power off. I have tried to jump directly to 3140768 by way of a standalone file downloaded from MS, but my machine rejects it with an...
Hi,
I was wondering if it was possible to capture live changes of a standard text file without closing the document and re-opening it using a 3rd party program etc.
I am trying to capture output from an executable (that's not mine), but I know that it outputs to a standard text file that I am...
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In this episode of Defrag Tools, Andrew Richards and Chad Beeder walk you through the download of the Windows 10 SDK and the latest Sysinternals tools. We harvest the Debugging Tools for Windows, Windows Performance Toolkit, and Application Verifier files from the SDK.
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