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Blue Screen—How to Fix Blue Screen Errors Step by Step
Dec 24th
It is really troublesome for every user that computer falls into blue screen. Although various reasons can result in blue screen, it should mainly blame for the errors in driver programs, hardware or system compatibility, even for certain bugs in the applications. Well, you can learn First of all, you should use anti-virus software to check system and then you can fix the problem as follows:
First is to restart system.
When the system appears blue alert windows, you need to start up system. Under most circumstance, computer can go back to normal track by restarting computer. Normally, you can not start it by press “Ctrl + Alt + Del” but just press reposition button or turn off electric power to start up computer again.
After entering into system, you can check the error as follows:
1. Click “Start” > “Administrative Tools” and double-click “Event Viewer”,
2. In the “Event Viewer”, you can check the “Error Records” in the “Application” and “System” respectively.
3. Click the item and then you can check the detail of the failed startup service.
Or, you can type “eventvwr.msc” in the dialog box by clicking “Start” > “Run” and then you can enter into “Event Viewer” as well.
Second is to restore the “Last Known Good Configuration (your most recent settings that worked)”.
In fact, the blue alter can not bother you without specific reasons. Normally, it is caused by updating driver programs or installing certain software. Sometimes users delete some very important system files that can lead to blue screen probably. At this moment, you can restart the system and press “F8” quickly to choose “Last Known Good Configuration”.
By doing this, system can restore efficient information in the registry in the item of “HKEY/LOCAL/MACHINE/System/Current Control Set”. However, it is unable to fix errors caused by broken files or driver program problems.
Or you can choose to press “F8” and choose “Safe Mode” to see whether system can enter into it normally. If so, you have to be aware that problems are likely caused by driver programs or system service errors.
Third step is to see about the wrong code.
If you want to know the specific information of wrong code, you can look them up in the Microsoft official website. Do remember the code, especially the one of “0x0000001E”. In the website, you can find the details of problems.
In conclusion, if you have encountered blue screen problem, you should fix them step by step by using the methods mentioned above. But if they can not work well, it is a must to check your hardware.
Increase computer speed – 5 tips to return you a faster computer at startup
Dec 24th
All PC users desire to have a faster computer when noticing that the computer becomes slow with the passage of time. This is mainly due to a slow startup speed. Here are several tips to increase computer speed at startup, making your computer always work at the way it was — when you first bought the computer, no matter how long ago it was.
1. Let the system automatically shut down the programs that stop responding. In windows XP, this setting helps to automatically turn off the programs that stop working, which release available memory for other running programs and reduce the inconvenience of a manual shutdown. You can go to Start -> Run ->type “Regedit” and press “Enter” to open registry editor -> locate “HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop” branch -> reset the value of “AutoEndTasks” to “1”. Hence, when detecting any program has stopped working, the system will automatically turn it off, removing obstacles for a faster computer.
2. To increase computer startup speed, what you need to do secondly is to reduce the failure recovery time: go to run -> type “msconfig” to open “System configuration utility”-> “BOOT.INI”, and change the timeout as you want. If you are a faithful Windows XP user, I suggest you should set it to 5 seconds. Or you can right-click “My Computer” -> “Properties” ->”Advanced” –> click “Settings” in “Startup and Recovery”. Here, you can set the time to display list of operating systems, and click “Edit” to manually edit the boot option, change timeout = 30 to timeout = 5.
3. Another way is to delete the unused files from the hard disk so as to release more available memory for a faster computer. Once you have looked at the files on the hard disk, you will find some suffix names with tmp、bak、log、old、txt, which generated unavoidably when browsing the websites or downloading programs. So it is recommended that you should regularly delete them from your computer by using the built-in Disk Cleanup.
4. Optimize page files. We know that, Windows XP will dynamically allocate the page files, so it will continuously take up large amount of hard disk space to meet the requirement of the running programs. This will result in lower system efficiency and delay system response. So it is necessary to reasonably set the virtual memory page files. You can go to “Advanced” within System Properties -> Performance ->and then “Advanced” within the appearing windows -> Virtual Memory -> click “Change” to reset the initial and maximum size of Virtual memory.
5. Last, you should insist on daily computer maintenance which helps your hardware, computer to survive longer and increase you computer speed. Normally, it includes: regularly scan the PC for viruses/spyware; uninstall the unwanted programs from your computer (monthly); frequently remove the useless system junk files from your computer; make a routine to run a disk defragmenter or error-checking on a weekly basic; do a good cleaning work and so on.
Hopefully, with the above steps, you will easily get a faster computer by increasing computer speed at startup. Only with a faster computer, will you happily enjoy every computer experience.
Optimize Computer Performance—Useful Knowledge to Optimize Computer Performance in Terms of Programs
Dec 23rd
Have you found your computer performance is decreasing day by day? For example, it takes more and more time to open files, visit websites or play games. You may have heard a lot of methods to optimize computer performance. Today, in this article, I would like to introduce certain methods to improve computer performance in terms of programs.
Since some of programs in the Windows are extremely significant for computer, they should take priority of others. That is to say, such core program performance plays important in computer stable running. Well, how to enhance the performance of core programs in the Windows?
When there are several programs running in the Windows, it is normal that Windows may replace the memory which may not be used currently to hard disk in order to perform several programs at the same time within relatively little memory. However, the frequent replacement between memory and hard disk in the way can slow down the speed of performing programs for sure because system has to run come-and-go.
As for the core programs in the Windows, they have to face such replacement as well. If memory is too low when system is running certain program, Windows may put some of the core programs to the hard disk which are not used currently. Although programs are running smoothly in this way, it has to take more and more time to use these replaced programs again when you need them because system has to move them from hard disk to memory. In this regard, it may reduce system running efficiency without question.
Therefore if the memory is not large enough, you can set not to replace kernel programs and just let them always resident in the memory so as to optimize computer performance.
In order to do that, you can modify the registry. Click “Start”—“Run” and type “REGEDIT”. Then, you can open “Registry Editor”, find out “HKEY/LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CURRENTCONTROLSET/CONTROL/Session Manager/Memory/ Management” and set up or edit DWORD value named “Disable Paging Executive” in the right blanket and then change the key value as “1” which means you have forbidden replacing core programs while 0 means you can allow such operation. Do remember to clear up registry after doing changes in it.
If your computer memory is too low, you can set the value of virtual memory properly so as to maximize the space for running programs smoothly.
Program performance is very important for computer running. If you want to optimize computer performance, it is necessary for you to consider optimizing program at first.
Optimize PC—How to solve Windows XP shutdown issues?
Dec 23rd
From a fact study, we sound that shutdown problems continue to be one of the primary issues for lots of XP users, and the most common one is unable to shut down the computer. Even though it is not as frustrated as the phenomenon of fail to start the computer, I believe it won’t be a happy experience. This article will show you how to solve such “unable to shut down” shutdown issue to optimize PC.
1. If there are still too many programs running, sometime it will consume a very longer time to shut down or unable to shut down. So the safest thing that you need to do is to make sure that all programs have been closed before shutting down. This alone may help you solve the problem. But please do not just look at the processes in the system tray. You can open “Tasks Manager” or “Msconfig” from Start to turn off some running programs.
2. Sometimes, the APM will also cause “unable to shut down” problem. You can check it by following the steps here: Start ->Control Panel-> Power Options -> click the “APM” tab and try unchecking the option “Enable Advanced Power Management Support” -> shut down the computer. Once you can successfully turn off the computer after this simple change, you can make sure that the problem probably lies in APM, optimizing PC performance.
3. I believe that some of you have ever received the below tip when just starting up the computer: “It is now safe to turn off your computer”, or the computer just closes down immediately when starting up the computer. Generally speaking, this problem occurs when the Wininit.exe orVmm32.vxd file is corrupted. So you can solve it by re-evoking these two files from Windows installer and locate them under the directory: Windows\\system.
4. Last, what you need to check is your CMOS settings. Normally, an incorrect CMOS setting will also cause “unable to shut down” shutdown issue. So you can press “DEL” tab to access CMOS setting wizard when starting up the computer and then specially check the whether the boot sequence of CPU, Power Management, Virus Detection is correct or not. You can reference the Motherboard Manual to correctly set it. IF you are not so sure, you can directly use the factory default settings to optimize PC performance.
With the about troubleshooting solutions, you can easily solve the shutdown issue. But to my own experience, it is necessary for you to do some things to avoid such kind of problem such as regularly scan the computer for viruses / spyware, or frequently clear the Windows registry or system junk files and defragment the computer. Believe me, it will return you a smooth computer life easily.
As what you can see above, you can fix some shutdown issues relaxingly with some simple solution. But it is recommended that you can pay attention to optimize PC performance in daily life to avoid such problem. That will be much valuable, in my opinion!
Speed up Computer—Tips for You to Speed up Computer
Dec 22nd
After using computer for a period of time, the starting up speed of system may become slower and slower because of frequent installing new programs. The sluggish computer speed is probably caused by too many loaded programs. As a result, you can clear up programs in the startup group so as to speed up system. This is what I want to share with you in this article.
First of all, you can delete the unnecessary loading orders in the “config.sys” and “autoexec.bat”. Normally, all the orders in these two folders can be removed for sure. You can click “Start” > “Run” and type “MSCONFIG”. In the popping up windows of “System Configuration Utility”, you feel free to cross out the ticks of “config.sys” and “autoexec.bat”. After doing that, you may find it is faster to start up computer without those useless files.
Second, delete the shortcuts in the starting up group. Some software can add starting programs to starting up group automatically. If such programs are piling up excessively in this group, it is no doubt that it can slow down system starting up speed. Therefore, you can get rid of certain programs so as to improve computer booting speed.
Right-click “Start” menu and choose “Open”—“Programs”—“Startup”. In this folder, you can delete all the shortcut icons because they are quite unnecessary for computer but just slow down starting up speed.
Third, uninstall resident programs in the system. Some programs can start up as system is booting, but their shortcuts do not display in the “Start”—“All Programs”—“Startup” menu. So, you can delete these programs. In the “System Configuration Utility”, you click “Startup” tab, you can choose the resident programs that you do not use frequently and delete them. By crossing out these programs, you can speed up computer obviously.
What is more, you can finish all of the operations mentioned above by using certain orders so as to optimize starting groups quickly. However, in the Windows 2000, there is no such function. If you want to do optimization, the only thing you can do is to alter registry. Is it disturbing? As a matter of fact, you can copy this program to system folder of Windows 2000. And you can just run it.
In conclusion, slow computer speed is really troublesome, you should try every method to speed up computer.
Speed up Windows XP — How to make Windows XP startup faster
Dec 22nd
Have you always been frustrated while you have to wait around for your slow Windows XP computer to startup? In this article, I will show you how to speed up Windows XP by increasing the bootup process of your PC.
1) Give priority to boot from hard disk
Some PC users will always ignore the boot sequence of the devices on the computer and set it to boot from CD-ROM by default, which consumes longer time to read the disk when starting up the Windows XP. Even though there is no disk, it will also automatically read the CD-ROM, which wastes the time and shortens the lifespan of the CD-ROM. So you can set it to boot from hard disk: press “DEL” key to access BIOS settings wizard when starting up the compute -> select “BIOS Features Setup” and press “Enter” -> select “Boot Sequence” and then “CD-ROM”.
2) Enable Quick Boot
There is a tab named “Quick Boot” in majority computers, which located under “Advanced BIOS Features”. Please enable it so when booting up the computer, there will be no detection towards the hardware and then speed up Windows XP.
3) Mark out unnecessary equipments
Currently, even though parallel and serial ports are not popular any more, there are still some interfaces on the motherboard. At this point, we can surely mark them out from BIOS to make Windows XP startup faster. After accessing BIOS wizard, select “PNP，PCI&ONBOARD I/O”, select “Onboard Serial Port1” and then set it to “Disable”. Adopt this idea, you can also disable the IDE2, parallel ports, USB and floppy drives. In this way, there is no need for the system to load more useless drives when booting up the computer and then speed it up from startup.
4) Disable some unnecessary services and startup items
In windows XP, the system will automatically enable some services that do not needed by lots of PC users, normally as more as 30. But actually, what we need is only 6 of them. So we can disable some unnecessary services to save some memory and speed up the computer. Here is what you should go: Start -> Run -> type “services.msc” and press “Enter” to start the system configuration utility. In the “Startup” tab, you will see a list of all the startup programs that load automatically when you boot up your computer. The more items you have checked here, the longer it takes for your computer to startup. So please check the list here and uncheck the programs that you don’t want to start up and click “OK”.
5) Regularly “lose weight” of system junk files
We know that when using the computer, there is no doubt some system junk generated on the hard disk. So it is necessary for us to run the Disk Cleanup utility to regular get rid of some unneeded junk files. Hence, it will not only free up the hard disk space, but also release more available memory for the programs that you do need, speeding up Windows XP. But do not forget to run a disk defragment after that to ensure compact and contiguous hard disk files all the time.
As what you can see above, to speed up Windows XP, it is easy for you to first optimize the bootup process of your PC with very simple methods. If you are annoying with your slower computer right now, do remember to take them immediately.
Speed up Windows XP – Simple ways to speed up windows XP massively
Dec 21st
There are many aspects that affect computer running speed. Though Microsoft said that they have optimized it to the top, it is still possible for you to do some flexible modifications to speed up Windows XP.
1) Turn off the special efficacy in system properties, which is the simplest way to speed up Windows XP: right click “My Computer” to select “Properties” ->Advanced ->Performance -> Settings ->Visual effects ->tick “Adjust for the best performance” ->Apply ->OK. Hence, you can enjoy not only a beautiful blue interface, but also a faster Windows XP effectively.
2) Modify the Run key within Windows registry to cancel some items that do not use frequently such as Windows Messenger. First please run registry editor ->then locate and delete the following key hKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run/MSMSGS”/BACKGROUND.
3) Modify the registry to reduce the prefetch and the waiting time of the progress bar so as to speed up Windows XP: open registry editor ->find “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerMemory ManagementPrefetchParameters” ->change the value of “EnablePrefetcher” to “1”.
4) Increase the speed to browse the share data on LAN. Normally, when Windows XP is connecting to other computers, it will thoroughly detect the scheduled tasks on the machine, which will waste at least 30s. So you can disable this setting to get a faster Windows XP: run registry editor -> delete “{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}” under “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrent VersionExplorerRemoteComputerNameSpace” -> restart your computer. After that, when starting up the computer, it will not detect the scheduled tasks, and greatly speed up the computer.
5) Turn off debugger Dr. Watson to speed up Windows XP. You can run registry editor -> “KEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionAeDebug-> double click the “Auto” key and then change its value to” -> last press “F5” to make the modification effect. Adopt this idea, we can also cancel all options which have the debug feature like the “memory.dmp” when blue screen : right click “My Computer” to select “Properties” -> Advanced ->Startup and Recovery ->Settings ->select “None” within “write debugging information”.
With the simple modifications above, you can simply speed up Windows XP to some extent massively.
But to more effectively enjoy a faster Windows XP, apart the sides above, it is still necessary for you to effort from the tips below:
1) Uninstall the programs that you don’t need timely.
2) Delete the files you don’t need (even if they are 250kb or less) – You can obtain highest disk performance when your hard drive space isn’t over 25% used.
3) Use the disk cleanup option in Windows to regularly clear the system junk files.
4) Turn off System Restore feature.
5) Use a reliable registry cleaner to clear the windows registry.
6) Regularly scan the computer for viruses and spyware.
To my own experience, once you have done the above point, please do remember to run a disk defragmenter to defragment your hard disk – a good solution to speed up your computer by effectively managing the files on the hard disk.
In solution, there are many ways for you to speed up windows XP as what you can see above. Please remember not to forget any of them when trying to get a faster computer.
Low Memory—How to Increase Windows Memory Efficiently?
Dec 21st
Have you ever been annoyed that your system always reminds you that memory is too low, since you have been using computer for a period of time? It is undoubted that sufficient memory is quite important to run applications smoothly. Well, in this article, you can find several methods to increase windows memory.
In the first place, close down the redundant programs. In fact, if you open too many files or run excessive programs, it may leave little memory to other programs. So, please shut down all the files except those using ones and exit the programs you don not use currently.
Then, restart your computer. Sometimes, if you just exit the program but not restart the computer, this program is unable to give the memory resource back to the system. Therefore, it is advisable for you to restart your computer before running any important application so as to free up enough resources to run it smoothly.
Third, do remember to defragment and clear up hard disk. As computer has been working for you for a long time, it is unavoidable to produce tons of junk in hard disk or on the Internet. Therefore, you should try to get rid of them completely since they are the main cause of low memory. You can defragment disk by using the programs in the Windows or turn to third-party tools. As for removing junks, cleaning up C disk should come to front because it restores many useful programs and useless junks as well. It is the place that you can find tons of temporary and swap files. Delete them without hesitation.
And then, reduce the number of automatically-running programs. When running too many programs automatically, it can not still provide enough memory to support others even restarts the computer. You can clean up some unnecessary system starting programs in the “Configuration Properties”.
Last but not least, reinstall the broken programs. If the system reminds that memory is too low when you just run certain program but others work well, the running program may have been broken. On such condition, you can attempt to remove and reinstall this program and then re-run it to see whether the memory is insufficient or not.
All in all, sincesufficient memory is really quite important for running computer smoothly, you should form a good habit to manage your computer orderly so as to leave little room for any problems that can lead to low memory.
Low Computer Performance—How to Improve Computer Performance
Dec 18th
Are you annoyed that your computer performance is not as good as before? Even you have used anti-virus or disk defragmentation, the computer performance is not improved obviously. Well, in this article, I would like to introduce some methods for you to improve computer performance.
First of all, delete system backup files. Windows system can record some information of certain hardware configuration and registry. As a matter of fact, it is unnecessary to restore that. If the system freezes up, you can use the GHOST to restore the backup. You can click “Start” > “Run” and type “sfc.exe” and press “Enter”. It can save hundreds of disk space.
You can also delete the drive backup in the directory of “windows\driver cache\i386”. Such backup files are useless for your computer if you have GHOST backup files. You can feel free to get rid of them so as to improve computer performance.
And set system variable. You can switch “My documentary” and Internet Explorer temporary files to other partitions which is good for improving system and hard disk speed. If you are using double systems, you had better put the Internet Explorer temporary files into the same folders which can save more disk space and speed up computer.
And you should change virtual memory to other disks which mean you can put the temporary files in the same partitions so as to facilitate disk defragmentation. Besides, it is better for you to put applications to other disks as well because it is good for reinstalling system.
Last but not least, close down the unnecessary service. Click “Start” > “Control Panel”, double-click “Management Tools” > “Service” and then you will find a list of serving items of which some have been started up while some have not. Right-click the serve you want to configure and click “Properties”. In the “General” tab, there are three choices for you: automatically, manually and disable. Automatically means Windows can startup this service voluntarily. Manually means you have to start it up by hand while disable shows that it is not allowed.
In the actual configuration, it is advisable for you to choose “manually” or “disable”. However some serves are indispensable for Windows running. If you close them down, the system may go crash probably. As for the function of every service, you can check it by double-clicking it. Choose the service and right-click it—“Properties”—“Stop” and change “Startup type” into “Manually” or “Disable”.
Low computer performance is really a head ache for most users. That is why you should learn more in order to keep your computer performance always in good state.
Optimize Windows 7— How to optimize Windows 7 by cleaning up the system junk files
Dec 18th
It is known to all that we can optimize Windows 7 in many ways. But have you even found that a large amount of disk space in C drive has been taken even thought you have not installed any program on it? Actually, it is the unnecessary files on the hard disk, which make this trouble. Here, you will get solutions on how to optimize Windows 7 by cleaning up the system junk files.
Normally, Windows 7 system junk files are stored in two main areas: one is in the folder; the other is in Windows registry. So when trying to optimize Window 7 by cleaning up the system junk files, please do not forget this point.
Junk files stored in folders include: (suppose C drive is the system drive)
1) Junk files in “My Documents”: C:\Windows\Recent
2) Temporary files come when installing new programs or editing files: c:\windows\temp
3) Files that were deleted into recycle bin: C:\RECYCLED
4) Temporary files when surfing the internet: C:\WINDOWS\History; and
C:\Windows\Temporary Internet Files
5) Cookies after surfing websites: C:\WINDOWS\Cookies
Junk files in Windows registry include:
When using the computer, the registry will be read and written to frequently, which will leave down kind of trash information, for example, missing shared DLL files, unused file extensions, type library, fonts, application paths, help files, obsolete software. All of these will leave down some useless/invalid entries in Windows registry, bloating it and then cause system slowdowns, freeze-ups, and crashes.
So to optimize Windows 7, it is necessary for you to regularly clean up the useless system junk files from your computer. Normally, it will be very easy to take it out by using the built-in disk cleanup utility: go to Start, All Programs, Accessories, and System Tools. Here, you can simply launch the Disk Cleanup and then select the file types you want to delete. In this way, large amount of system junk files like temporary files, download files will be deleted.
But when taking about the a cleanup of the Windows registry, it is recommended that you can scan the computer with a professional registry cleaner rather than delete it manually for once there is something wrong with the Windows registry, the computer will run improperly. Nowadays, with the development of the Internet technology, it will be very easy for you to get access to some free registry cleaner from the website, but please do remember to first back up the Windows registry before every scan.
After cleaning up the system junk files both from the folder and the Windows registry, you can easily optimize Windows 7. But please note that a simple disk defragmentation can not be miss after the two actions because it will help to quickly reassemble the files on the hard disk, making them always stay close so that easy to be reached when necessary. Hence, it will speed up the computer and then optimize PC performance.
