system tools

I have got a 3TB hard disc which contains a 750 GB GPT partition. It is not my first main hard disk but an external USB hard disk. My first main hard disk based on MBR. With a tool like Easeus Partition Manager I deleted the existing GPT partition on the new external USB hard disk and turned...

Hi, I have Windows XP SP1. When I turn on my laptop (ACER), open Windows 7, after a few seconds the memory usage of explorer.exe increases significantly to reach 2Gb after a couple of minutes. Then, the system is very slow and I have to kill explorer.exe. I tried mostly everything: - clean...

Thought I'd try to get some insight here -before- I drive myself nuts and spend hours troubleshooting why I can't get the device manager to start. I even went to the system32 folder and tried to run it from there. Also from the start menu, services, performance monitor, computer management...

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How can I find out if Hibernation is currently turn on or off WITHOUT changing the on/off state? I prefer a cmdline command.

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I would like to get more knowledge on system tools and computer management focusing only on how they can help in a troubleshooting. I was humiliated in a job test and so I am trying to avoid that it happens again .... In internet I found the standard things....I would like to get as much...

Dell Inspiron 1545. I ran MemTest and it passed without errors. I ran chkdsk c: /.f and it fixed any errors that were there... still getting blue screens. I tried running driver verifier and the computer blue screens immediately and doesn't boot. All files attached. Work your magic.. thanks...

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Hi everyone, I have been using INSTALLWATCH from Epsilon squared to summarisize installation changes right from Win 98 days. It interfaced beautifully/seamlessly with XP , and also WIN 7 x64 till last week. From last week onwards I have been stuck at a certain key...

I can not figure out what it is made the computer with me. windows 7 Ultimate Service Pack 1 What I know is what I did (come and my kids) 1.downloaded and ran the CCleaner 2. '' '' the CursorFX evening the computer normally closed the other day while trying to open...

Running Windows 7 Profesional SP1 64bit, I have an SSD system drive at C: and a hard drive installed as D:. No firewall or a/v software running on the system. Logged in as an admin. When I click the shortcut at Accessories > System Tools > Disk Defragmenter, nothing happens. Same thing if I...

Describes how to use the System File Checker tool to troubleshoot missing or corrupted system files on Windows Vista or on Windows 7. More...

Now that Revo(free) does not detect 64 bit programs I have done homework and would like an opinion, please; I have boiled the search down to; 1-Geekuninstaller-which handles both 32 and 64 bit 2-Advanced uninstaller pro- reads the same 3-I found this intersting article but do not know if it...

I have 4 PCs running Windows. I make image files of the system partition of each one and store the image files on a USB hard drive. I would like to create a flash drive that can be used on any of the PCs and which boots to a menu. From the menu I would like to select the appropriate image...

Hello I was trying to learn about the task scheduler and rid some programs by going to the program and unchecking what I thought would stop a schedule from performing. It worked with Ccleaner and another. Lojack is there also. I noticed sidebar execute there with only one other entry which was...

First: A little Information: Full Article @ Microsoft Offering Improved CHKDSK Utility in Windows 8 -- Redmondmag.com Tutorial for running CHKDSK: There are 2 options to running CHKDSK (Check Disk) in Windows 8 Option #1: Run CHKDSK from "My Computer" 1. Open "My Computer" either from...