The System Recovery Options menu Windows Vista contains several tools that can help you recover Windows from a serious error. You can perform repairs to the files that Windows uses to start itself, perform a restore operation using System Restore, and restore your entire computer and system files using backups that you have made previously.
If your computer is downloading Windows Updates automatically and failing on the installation or if you are manually downloading updates and they are still failing on the installation here are a few things you can try to resolve the problem.
Microsoft’s Windows Installer CleanUp Utility tool is designed to remove a program’s Windows Installer configuration information. This may be necessary if you experience installation or setup problems. This can happen when you try to add or remove a component of your program, uninstall the program or reinstall the program. You may find that you cannot [...]
You may encounter problems trying to change your display settings if you have a certain policy set to prevent you from doing so. If you try and run the display control panel applet either by right clicking on the desktop and selecting properties or clicking on Display from Control Panel you may receive the following [...]
You may run into an instance where you use Internet Explorer and a broadband connection such as DSL or Cable and it tries to dial a dialup connection every time you open IE. This is most likely caused by an existing dialup connection that you may or may not be using anymore. There are a [...]
Computers use sound cards to send sound signals from your computer to your speakers. A sound card is a piece of hardware inside the computer that can be built into the motherboard or a standalone card. These cards are usually PCI cards which is the most common add-on card type. There are companies who make [...]
The .NET Installation Cleanup Utility is designed to allow you to manually remove .NET software from your computer in the event of a failed installation or un-installation. You may have experienced problems with Windows Updates failing on .NET installations or service packs or even with manual installations.On occasion it is possible for Windows Installer to [...]
When you print a document or other type of file from within Windows you may have noticed that a small printer icon pops up by the clock in the system tray and then disappears. That is your print manager letting you know that your job is printing. If you are printing a large job then [...]
The Microsoft DirectX Diagnostic Tool provides you with information about the DirectX API components and drivers on your system. It enables you to test sound and graphics output and Microsoft DirectPlay service providers. You can use the diagnostic tool to gather information about your system to use for diagnostic purposes.If you are experiencing problems when [...]
Computer Problems You Can Repair When a computer problem happens, a lot of people reach for the phone to call a professional at the very beginning, but this can be a mistake. There are some common computer problems that you can fix yourself, without needing a technician or computer expert. These problems range from no [...]
