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Category Archives: Windows
Is your SSD or HDD dirty?
You can of course use the Windows GUI to check your SSD or HDD. But did you know that you should check your drives by typing the following (you can copy and paste in a elevated command prompt and change … Continue reading
Should you disable 8dot3 for performance and security?
icrosoft did recommend to disable short names in a security guide some times back. There is evidence that file operations in directories (folders) that contain a large number of file can be slowed by short file name creations. So does … Continue reading
Need to optimize your network? Look at adjusting LocalPriority, HostPriority, DNSPriority or NetBTPriority.
Need to optimize your network? Look at adjusting LocalPriority, HostPriority, DNSPriority or NetBTPriority. (Host/DNS resolution) The tweak works by increasing the priority of four processes. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\ServiceProvider\ LocalPriority = 4 (DWORD, the default is 499, change to 4) HostPriority = 5 (DWORD, … Continue reading
Updating Drivers? Don’t forget the chipset!
While I’d like to guess that over 98% of the computers that I have worked on that are privately owned; the drivers were out of date or missing critical drivers that other drivers rely on. Here’s what I mean. If … Continue reading
Posted in Computer hardware, Computer Software, computer troubleshooting, Computers, Information Technology, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 10, Technology, troubleshooting, Windows, Windows 10, windows 10 privacy, Windows 10 Quick Tips, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server
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Need System Information? Use PowerShell
If you need system information about your BIOS, Motherboard and more, open PowerShell as an Administrator and past the following into PowerShell – Get-WMIObject -Class Win32_ComputerSystem Get-WMIObject -Class Win32_BIOS Get-WMIObject -Class Win32_Baseboard Get-WMIObject -Class Win32_Processor Get-WMIObject -Class Win32_LogicalDisk Get-WMIObject -Class … Continue reading
Good tweak or bad tweak? TweakHound helps you decide.
An excellent site to look at tweaks and optimization of your operating system is TweakHound. TweakHound gives step by step guides and hundreds of tweaks – they also help you look at these individually and explain why they are good … Continue reading
Display Driver Uninstaller
If you are a gamer or in IT, you may have noticed a performance degradation after changing your video card or after upgrading the driver. Display Driver Uninstaller helps to remove orphaned files and registry keys. Go over to TECHSPOT … Continue reading
Posted in Computer hardware, Computer Software, Free Software, freeware, Technology, Windows, Windows 10
Tagged driver removal, driver uninstaller, drivers
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Slow SQL Connection or Network in Windows 10 – Update
Finally found a small problem with Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10. After upgrading, we have discovered that Windows was responding slow to our SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server / other versions. What we discovered is below. Slow response … Continue reading
Error 1935 while installing Office
If you receive the error 1935, take the following steps- Make sure you have C++ Redistributables Link Uninstall Office (Make sure you have any documents backed up) Run the Office Installation Cleaner (easy fix two found in Option Two at the … Continue reading
How can I improve my internet performance with DNS information in my router?
There are dozens of tips on the web from MTU size to tweaking network card or wireless router alternate firmware. What isn’t covered a lot is DNS queries. DNS or Domain Name Services is used when you type the … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Computer hardware, Computers, Home Networking, Internet, Linux, network, Networking, Windows
Tagged internet settings, Internet speed, router settings, wireless settings
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Windows won’t Activate?
Windows not Activating? Go to a command prompt as an administrator and type the following: SLMGR -REARM Reboot
Posted in Computer hardware, Computers, Software, Windows
Tagged Windows, windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Activation
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Diagnosing your network and measuring speed.
Diagnosing your network? Here’s a GUI program to ping and get averages and speeds over a period of time – nine years ago we featured Performance Pinging by Carsten Schmidt and cannot find a working website from the author to … Continue reading
Posted in Computer hardware, computer troubleshooting, Computers, Free Software, freeware, Home Networking, Information Technology, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 10, network, Networking, Technology, troubleshooting, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 10 Quick Tips, Windows 7, Windows Server
Tagged freeware, network, network speed, network speed test, networking, troubleshooting
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Should you disable 8dot3 for performance and security?
Microsoft did recommend to disable short names in a security guide some times back. There is evidence that file operations in directories (folders) that contain a large number of file can be slowed by short file name creations. So does … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Security, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 10, Technology, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 10 Quick Tips, Windows 7, Windows Security, Windows Server
Tagged 8dot3, Server, short file name, Windows, windows server, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012
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Default_error_stack files
You’ve discovered hundreds or even thousands of default_error_stack files. What should you do and what are they? These files tend to be driver errors and can be safely deleted. There were over 2.3 GB of these data files on my … Continue reading
Truly reset the TCP/IP stack – Fix network/internet problems
Having connection issues and no viruses or malware? Hardware OK? Try typing the following at a command prompt to fully reset the TCP/IP Stack- netsh winsock reset netsh int ip reset netsh interface ipv4 reset netsh interface ipv6 reset netsh interface … Continue reading
Posted in Computer hardware, computer troubleshooting, Computers, help desk, Information Technology, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 10, Technology, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 10 Quick Tips, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server
Tagged Internet, internet issues, network issues, troubleshooting, windows networking, Winsock
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GeGeek Toolkit – An interview with Jason
Years ago we found GeGeek.com (Credit goes to Rick over at What’s on My PC) and realized that the website and Toolkit was an unreal resource and treasure for young IT Professionals. Recently we struck a conversation with Jason of GeGeek … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Software, computer troubleshooting, Computers, Education, Free Software, Information Technology, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 10, Technology, troubleshooting, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows Security, Windows Server, Wireless
Tagged GeGeek, GEGeek Toolkit, Software, Whats On My PC
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GeGeek Toolkit Review 2018 ver. 11.41
We did a review of GeGeek’s Toolkit back in 2014 after hearing about the website and toolkit from Rick over at “What’s On My PC’. Recently, Jason of GeGeek reached out to us and gave us the latest release of … Continue reading
Manage bandwidth under Group Policy
Do you have several dozen or more computers in your organization? Perhaps your organization is too small for an update server. Here’s something that you can do to Windows 10 pro to control bandwidth during updates. Open the Group Policy … Continue reading
Are you leaking DNS information?
Are you leaking DNS Information? “Under certain conditions, even when connected to the anonymity network, the operating system will continue to use its default DNS servers instead of the anonymous DNS servers assigned to your computer by the anonymity network. DNS … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Computer Security, Education, Information Technology, Linux, Mac, Technology, Windows
Tagged dns, privacy
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