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When my Windows 7 machine crashes, I can’t find any information in the event logs that can help me track down the problem. Is there a setting I can turn on to log more information so I can capture the last action taken before the OS crashes? I’m more interested in how to troubleshot these…
I am using Google Chrome. I re-installed it today as it was crashing when I start it. I guess may be that this was due to any of my Extensions or Google Update. I disabled my extensions but it was still crashing. Now I installed an old version of chrome from http://www.oldapps.com/google_chrome.php. However, Chrome automaticallyuppdates…
When you browse a website, the “favicon” icon shows up in the tab or next to the URL (or next to the bookmark). If I want that graphic, is there a way to download it directly from the site? I’d prefer to download it directly from the web, but if all else fails, I’ll dig…
HP Pavilion complains about Bitlocker saying TPM is not found. Is there a setting that I need to enable in the motherboard or is there an update for it? Solution: It’s possible to encrypt your OS drive with BitLocker, but if your system does not have a built-in TPM, the only other options are to…
If I play Google Music, or a Youtube video in the Chrome browser, and then open a new tab and start typing the address bar, the audio will quickly cut in and out as I am typing (with almost every letter I type). It also is choppy if I play the video and start typing…
I have a messages about drive errors in the Windows Event log, like this: Bad Block On Device DeviceHarddisk0DR0 I have two hard drives in the system. How can I know which one causes these errors? I see nowhere the same identification type, like here. For example, the following are dialogs from Device Manager:…
How can I pick a color from an image? When I move the cursor to any particular point in the image, I want the hex code of the color at the cursor to be displayed. I would like to be able to do that with anything displayed on the screen even if it is not…
I’ve got 3 videos, all 3 have the same time, same amount of frames, and they only differ in terms of encoding quality. Now I need them to run side-by-side in synchronized fashion for evaluation purposes. Meaning when I press “play” BOTH! videos should start. Analogically for stop, forward, backward. Anyone know any player capable…
There are some .exe and .dll files belonging to some programs on my laptop which communicate with the internet without my permission (for self-update generally). I want to prevent those files one by one from accessing the internet. I don’t want to install any external firewalls. I’m using Windows 7 Home Pro and if this…
I have a Windows 7 Enterprise x64 system and need to wipe the 1.5TB hard disk drive quickly and effectively. Quick, I guess, is a relative term; so more quickly than I’ve seen with some wipe utilities (which can take a day). The HDD has only about 400GB of data on it. I’d also like…
