The Windows Fix

A Simple View of Windows Programs Auto Starting

There are several different places that Windows looks to find programs starting automatically. There’s a couple of different places in the registry, services and of course the Windows Start-Up folder. You can of course modify these files and registry entries manually, but you can also do it with built-in Windows apps such as MSCONFIG. These [...]

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Close Inactive Programs with JustCloseSomeTasks

As programs build up throughout the day, they tend to go unnoticed and begin eating up lots memory and resources. Cleaning these up on your own becomes quite annoying and it would be nice if some type of automated process would close some of these off on its own. Enter JustCloseSomeTasks…

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Analyze Windows DMP Files / Crash Dumps with WhoCrashed

Windows troubleshooting can be a serious pain. Booting into safe mode, normal mode, msconfig, registry edits, bad hardware, on and on and on. Sometimes it rolls into a huge continuous loop with no sight of an end. This is especially true when it comes to the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). A quick flash of [...]

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Problems Ejecting USB Drive ??? Use EjectUSB

USB flash drives are a must these days. Now that floppy drives have gone out the backdoor, a flash drive is required to transfer any kind of data between PCs. This is of course unless you do it via the web. Although security is always an issue.

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Optimize your Windows PC Easy with Glary Utilities

There are several utilities out there that advertise that they can clean-up your temporary internet files, your Startup applications or quickly clean-up your registry, but usually they come in separate programs and each require their own scan. Having something all inclusive with the whole ball of wax, that works without any lingering problems, is the [...]

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DriverBackup! 2.0 is a Great Tool for Export/Import of System Drivers

It happens many a times. Your computer is loaded with Malware, viruses, whatever, and it just needs to be wiped clean. Many times, you find that you simply want to clean off a brand new machine as well. Lots of these new machines come bombarded with lots of ‘crapware’ that do nothing but eat up [...]

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