How to Rebuild the Icon Cache in Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8

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If one or more of your icons are not displaying correctly, or that your icon cache is corrupted, then you might consider rebuilding the icon cache to reset and reload the icon images into the icon cache in Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8.

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This will show you how to fix Windows Update Error 80246008 in Windows 7

How to Enable or Disable Error Reporting in Windows 7

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This will show you how to either enable or disable error reporting in Windows 7.

How to Recover from an Infinitely Looping Startup Repair Loop without Reinstalling Windows

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If you have a Startup Repair that continously loops and fails to fix the problem of not being able to load windows, even in safe mode, then this will show you how to recover.

Using SF Diagnostic Tool for Troubleshooting

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The SF Diagnostic Tool is used to collect diagnostic information from your computer required to analysis Blue Screen of Death and other troubleshooting purposes for Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.

How to Restore Missing "Pin to Taskbar" and "Pin to Start Menu" Context Menu Items in Windows 7 Shortcuts

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If you have the Pin to Taskbar and Pin to Start Menu options missing from the context menu of shortcuts in Windows 7, then this will show you how to restore them.

Getting Traces to Troubleshoot Performance Issues

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Microsoft has created a toolset called the Windows Performance Toolkit, or WPT, to help developers and users visualize and troubleshoot performance issues. One of the tools in this toolset is specifically designed to assist with capturing traces of boot, shutdown, or reboot cycles, and can provide...

How to Boot to the Advanced Boot Options in Windows 7

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This will show you how to boot into the Advanced Boot Options screen to select options to start Windows 7 in advanced troubleshooting modes.

How to Speed Up the Performance of Windows 7

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This is a list of suggestions that will help show you how to speed up and improve the performance of Windows 7.

How to Read the Event Viewer Log for Check Disk (chkdsk) in Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8

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This will show you how to read the Event Viewer log to see the scan results of Check Disk (chkdsk) in Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.

How to Do a Clean Install of Windows 7 from the Windows 7 Desktop

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This shows how to do a clean installation of Windows 7 from the Windows 7 desktop.

How to Configure Windows to Create a Dump File when you get a Blue Screen of Death

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This will show you how to set Windows 7 and Vista to create either a Kernel memory dump, Small memory dump (minidump), Complete memory dump, or no memory dump file when you get a BSOD (Blue Screen of Death).

Real world Windows 7 SSD tweaks and optimization

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Windows 7 and SSD optimization for the real world. Simple, effective tweaks that anyone can do to get the best performance from their SSD in Windows 7. Several other tips for more performance even without an SSD.

How to Clear and Reset the Print Spooler Queue in Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8

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This tutorial will show you how to clear and reset the print spooler queue in Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.

How to Repair Windows 7 System Files with System File Checker

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The "sfc /scannow" command (System File Checker) scans the integrity of all protected Windows 7 system files and replaces incorrect corrupted, changed/modified, or damaged versions with the correct versions if possible.

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How to enable AHCI in Windows after install.

How to Automatically Create System Restore Points in Windows 7 and Windows 8

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The two (2) separate methods outlined herein make it very easy to have fresh, reliable System Restore points available for use whenever needed; whether created by a system startup/restart or created by the Windows Task Scheduler; once it's setup you never have to be concerned with it again, it's...