I ran into an issue on my Windows 7 box where the Windows system rating does not finish. This is part of the Windows Experience Index. Everything would start fine and the tests would start and run through. However, when the scores would calculate it would suddenly...
If you have problems with your Symantec Endpoint Protection Installation, you can find solace by quickly editing a registry entry. This guide should work with all Symantec Endpoint Protection anti-virus solutions. Symantec Endpoint Protection Installation Registry Fix...
You boot to the recovery partition and now see a login screen. The username is not provided. This may seem weird when you’ve never seen a login partition screen. About that Weird Login Partition When you use any combination of user names or passwords you see the...
This Windows laptop reformat guide is a quick set of reminders to do before you get rolling. The last thing you want is to get knee deep in wiping activities and realize you don’t have everything you need. Before Reformatting Make sure you have all necessary...
If the Windows installer has stopped working or the service itself has stopped, one troubleshooting technique is to unregister, and then re-register the Windows installer. This is for Windows 2000 but see below for other versions covered. Open an elevated command...
The reason for this dependency service or group failed to start error is because of system file corruption. You may notice this error when trying to connect to the Internet, or if you have weirdly empty set of networking options. The fix, open a command prompt and try...
Full error message is “Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item.” I’ve seen this error mostly on Windows 2003 Server and Windows Home Server. Right click on executable...
If you are already logged into your account and you need to change a user’s password, you can change password from command line. Open the command prompt Type net user ACCOUNTNAME PASSWORD and hit ‘enter’ Additional Information You’ll need...
Sometimes things get dislodged and cause bizarre Windows laptop errors. If you have a laptop that is not letting you log in or is exhibiting other weird errors, such as display errors, try the following: Restart the laptop and try again. Turn off the laptop. Remove...
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