Windows update service utilizing high CPU and memory
We had a major issue where, all of a sudden, many computers running Windows 7 had an issue with the windows update service utilizing high CPU and memory. The problem started to become serious...
Category: Windows 7
Access denied on USB devices
The other day, my daughter called me from her college dorm. All of a sudden, her roommate couldn’t connect her USB flash drive to her HP laptop. The error message she was receiving was...
SVCHOST.EXE – Using Resource Manager to troubleshoot performance issues
SVCHost.exe on your Windows computer is taking up too much CPU or memory. But what is it and how can you quickly find out? In this post, “SVCHOST.EXE – Using Resource Manager to troubleshoot performance...
Trust Relationship between Workstation and Primary Domain failed
I can pretty much guarantee that if you work in a Windows Active Directory environment, you’ve probably had support calls from your users stating they cannot log into their computers because of the following error message,...
Visual effects changes not saving in Windows 7
Ran into a weird issue where visual effects changes were not saving in Windows 7 after a reboot. Apparently, if you use the following steps to make changes to the Visual Effects tab in...
WINSXS folder cleanup
Ever since the release of Windows Vista, Microsoft began storing windows updates in a folder named Winsxs. Many of us can remember with XP and Windows Server 2003 when the Windows updates were stored...
Windows Update Never Stops Checking for Updates
Have you ever gone to apply the latest Windows updates to your computer and the Windows Update never stops checking for updates? The little bar just keeps going and going but nothing ever happens?...
How to edit HKEY_CURRENT_USER for another user
There are times when you need to edit HKEY_CURRENT_USER for another user without logging on as that user. Knowing how to do this can be very handy when troubleshooting group policy issues that affect user...
Create Windows 7 User Profile using RUNAS
You may find yourself in a tight spot where you need to create a Windows 7 user profile, for one reason or another, on a computer with limited network connectivity. A Windows 7 profile...
Problem Step Recorder Windows 7
A really cool but seldom talked about feature in Windows 7 is the Problem Step Recorder. The way the tool works is it records your desktop session during the recording period which you start...
Check Hard Disk Drive before it fails
When it comes to computers, the greatest fear is having your hard drive fail and losing all your data. Think about this for a moment. How devastated would you be if you lost all...
SCNotification.exe–This application could not be started
The dreaded SCNotification.exe error! Everyone who has SCCM implemented in their environment has run into this annoying issue at one time or another. There are several things that can cause this error. The scnotification...