Troubleshooting – What is the proper way of debugging a slow Windows installation?

You know the drill – you’ve been asked to check why your cousin’s computer is running slow. I was right there yesterday. Being a Mac user since 2007 I haven’t really dug deep in Windows internals in the past five years. Googling for answers reveals many, many different answers: broken registry, spyware, antivirus program, fragmented…

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Uac – How to define a powershell function which requires elevation?

Since I can’t find any alternative to Linux’ sudo elevation command, I have the following question: How to define a PowerShell function which requires elevation? I mean UAC prompt. Say, such function follows: function system-check {    SFC /ScanNow} System: Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit PowerShell: Major  Minor  Build  Revision—–  —–  —–  ——–5      0      10586  117 EDIT1:…

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