You know what it’s like when you’re sitting on really great news for several months but you can’t tell anyone?   This is even worse writing for gHacks every day knowing I’m sitting on a great nugget  :} Well after a long period of frustration I can now officially announce that I’ve been signed by Microsoft Press to write [...]

Categories: Advice, ghacks, Microsoft, troubleshooting, Tutorials Advanced, Tutorials Basic, Windows

I tried burning a DVD yesterday and noticed that the DVD burning software was not recognizing the DVD drive. A quick check in the Devices and Printers section of the Windows control panel showed that the DVD drive and the virtual DVD drive had yellow exclamation marks next to them. when I checked the properties [...]

Categories: troubleshooting, Windows

Windows Explorer is an essential program of the Windows operating system. It is one of the backbones of the operating system powering not only file browsing and operations but also the taskbar and start menu. The message “Windows Explorer has stopped working” is relatively common judging from the number of web pages and solutions that [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

Microsoft Fix it solutions provide one-click help for problems that are encountered in Microsoft products. The small portable programs are not available for every support issue a Microsoft user might have but their number is increasing as Microsoft seems to have grown fond of these one-click solutions. The Microsoft Fix it Center Online is a [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

I received error messages in uTorrent after switching from Windows XP to Windows 7. All uTorrent downloads were showing Error: Access is denied after a few seconds. The temporary solution was to run uTorrent in Windows XP SP3 compatibility mode. Several users commented in the thread stating that they did not experience this error messages [...]

Categories: troubleshooting

K-Lite Codec Tweak Tool has been designed to troubleshoot media playback issues that users might experience in Windows. The portable software program displays a selection of options to fix various issues comfortably. The program divides its various troubleshooting options into categories. Each category lists various options and actions that can be performed by selecting one [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

The installation of Java can terminate on some computer systems with the error message “Error 25099 Unzipping Core Files Failed”. This can happen with the Java online or offline installer. The reason for this error message is not totally clear but there are a few things that users can do to fix it to be [...]

Categories: troubleshooting, Tutorials Basic, Windows

Computer software packages that can be loaded on an usb device seem to become more common these days. Many experienced computer users maintain a collection of computer troubleshooting and recovery tools on a DVD or removable device which comes in very handy when troubleshooting computer problems. Liberkey is another portable computer software collection that can [...]

Categories: Software, Tools, Windows

Network Troubleshooting can be one of the most frustrating tasks especially for the average computer user. There is always the question where to start the troubleshooting process. The Windows operating system comes with troubleshooting wizards that usually do not help at all except for the most basic of troubles that users can run into. But [...]

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