Category: Troubleshooting

  • Analyze And Troubleshoot Blue Screen Of Death(BSOD) Errors In Windows

    Blue Screen Of Death is the most famous and most annoying error of Windows because the Operating System just ceases to work suddenly giving a blue screen and some technical error code. The most annoying thing is that you wanted to see what was the error message but the system automatically restarted. So you don’t…

  • How To Delete Remembered Network Passwords In Windows

    A user asked in the forums about how to delete a cached password that is stored in Windows. When we want to access another computer (specifically Windows), sometimes if the remote computer requires a password to access its resources like files and printers, we have to give the username and password once and then it…

  • Portable System Information Tool

    As a systems administrator, I have to hop from one system to another and I have to keep an eye on the system information and configuration while I’m working on that system to better understand the way it is configured and troubleshooting also gets easier. In this mobile environment I need to have a portable…

  • Test The Reliability Of Your Computer Hardware

    A friend of mine asked me that he wants to buy a new system and that I should help him buy one. I was confused as to how to test the system if we had to buy from another guy unknown to us. I searched for a software that could help me determining the reliability…

  • Windows Domain Logon Takes A Long Time

    I have been encountering this problem right from the start when I started systems administration. The problem is after adding a computer in a domain, when the computer is restarted and the logon screen appears (usually it’s the classic logon screen) and we want to change the logon domain. As soon as we click the…

  • Solution: Remove Ahsan’s Computer Virus Infection Completely

    Yesterday a Technize reader mailed me that he was having a virus in his computer which had renamed My Computer to “Ahsan’s Computer” and My Documents to “Ahsan’s Documents”. I have already fixed this virus in my friend’s computer. What this virus does in addition to renaming My Computer and My documents is it renames…

  • Solution:Windows Asks For Password On Shared Folders On The Network

    This is the most common problem that I encounter when we make a home network using Windows Workgroup that Windows starts asking for username and password when we try to access a shared folder across the network. The worst condition comes in when Windows asks for only the password. The user name is defaulted to…

  • Solution: Quick Launch Disappears After Restart In Windows

    I got a mail from a Technize reader asking me about his problem. The problem was that every time he enabled the quick launch toolbar and then restarted the system, the toolbar had gone and had to be re=enabled again. Actually when Windows shuts down, it saves all the settings in the user profile including…

  • Solution: Windows Automatically Logs Off – Login Log Off Loop

    Chiranjib, a regular member of Technize came up with another question today. This is what he asks: The booting process of windows XP goes all right till the welcome screen then displays desktop wallpaper but with no icons just for 1 sec. Then it logs off the user and the displays the log on screen…

  • Solution: The Windows Installer Service Could Not Be Accessed Error In Windows

    When you try to install a program which uses the built in Windows Installer service, it gives the following error: The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. This can occur if you are running Windows in safe mode, or if the Windows Installer is not correctly installed. Contact your support personnel for assistance.