A brief guide to help you resuscitate your PC in case you are no longer able to start after malicious driver updates. NOTE: This guide also applies in the event of an error due to driver installation that is not compatible with your system. Blue error screen: CRITICAL_SERVICE_FAILED. If you are in the condition of not being able to …
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It may have happened that you entered the wrong password on Windows (XP/7/8/10…) and noticed that the computer took longer to retry the input field. Many will have wondered why when you enter the correct password the PC recognizes it immediately, while it remains in a sort of semi-stall otherwise. Some may have thought that …
DNS stands for Domain Name System, it is the protocol used globally for domain name translations. What does it mean? When we type in the name of a website (e.g. spaceclick.com) our computer sends a DNS request to an appropriate server to translate this name into an IP address (e.g. 105.0.0.155). And then it connects to that IP address …
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If you have problems with the Windows update procedure (8 or 10), and you are no longer able to download updates for your system, proceed with these steps to try to solve the situation. check that the date and time on your system is correct (if so, correct them from the settings) …
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If we happen to see the PC is running slowly and, by opening Task Manager, we can see that the system interrupt consumes a lot of CPU, how can we determine which driver to remove? What it is: In fact, the interrupt is an asynchronous request that executes a hardware component following its synchronous (execution) event. In case of an interrupt, …
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If you try to run a disk check on Windows 8 or Windows 10, you will notice that the system will first perform an analysis. Only if problems are detected will you perform a thorough check. However, if you want to force the scheduling of the disk check ‘at startup‘ (i.e. with correction and recovery of …
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Sigcheck is a useful tool provided free of charge by Microsoft to check your computer for harmful digital certificates. You can download it from the Ms-TechNet website. You can download it from the site, click on How to use and once you have downloaded the tool and extracted the .zip, open a prompt window on the folder (by pressing the SHIFT key …
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In case you need to access a partition with an ext2, ext3 or ext4 file system from Windows (maybe because you have used it with Linux up to that moment), you will have to use a little trick. MOUNTING THROUGH SHELL If you prefer not to install any software in Windows, you can use a Linux LIVE distribution …
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If you are using VirtualBox frequently, you will have found yourself in the situation of having to move files from the Host machine (the main system) to the Guest machine (the emulated system). To do this, if you use Windows as Guest (in the VM), there are no problems. In this case it will …
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The new Microsoft operating system (Windows 10) has brought, along with other new features, new quick commands to use with the keyboard. Very useful if we use the computer on a daily basis, especially in the workplace. Below is a list of the main ones: Windows Key + Tab: activates Task View Windows + A key: activates …
