About ShyamS@TWC

Shyam aka “Captain Jack” is a Microsoft MVP and a Windows Enthusiast whose area of expertise is Crash Dump Analysis and Advanced Windows troubleshooting. He has developed Windows based Tools like SF IE Restorator for troubleshooting Internet Explorer issues and SF Diagnostic Tool for collecting Crash dump files for troubleshooting purpose. He blogs at captaindbg.com.

Windows Surface Scanner – Scan and Fix Hard Drive Bad Sectors

I often used to help people in forums, where they mentioned that their hard drive had crashed and that they had lost all their data, just because they did not check the health of their hard drive – and nor did they have any backups. [...]

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Xleaner: More than just a Cleaner – A junk cleaner on steroids!

I recently came across this nifty little utility called Xleaner. Xleaner is not like any other PC cleaner. It’s little more advanced. Most of us are familiar with CCleaner, the popular Windows cleaner and CCEnhancer, the CCleaner add-on that lets [...]

Troubleshooting Assembly Issues by switching to Folder View

In this article I’m going to sharing my experience while troubleshooting an assembly related issue in Windows. My client came with an issue where he was not able to get an Outlook add-in to work on his Windows computer. He [...]

Fix: Outlook.exe remains in Memory and Task Manager after closing Outlook

I came across this situation a couple of times, where the client was complaining about Outlook.exe process continuing to remain in the Task Manager, even after closing the program. Each scenario was different, but I managed fix ita couple of [...]

Windows 8 Log Collector: Collect Error Log files quickly and easily

Often there are situations, when IT support, system administrators or even in Windows Forums, people ask you for your system specifications and/or logs like Event Viewer logs or MSINFO32 files and even dump files to troubleshoot various system crashes and Blue Screens. Sometime it’s [...]

FIX: Access is denied error while installing software on Windows 7

If while installing a new software on Windows, you receive an Access is Denied error message, this article may help you in trouble-shooting the issue. This is one of the most common error we get, when we try to install [...]

Fix: Google Chrome Freezing or Crashing on Windows 7 computer

Google Chrome is one of the most popular browsers these days, due to low foot-print and good performance. But there may be times when you find that your Chrome browser crashes or freezes randomly on your Windows 7 computer, while browsing, opening [...]

Stress Testing for CUDA-enabled and OpenCL-enabled GPUs

One of my colleagues posted a thread in a forum about MemtestG80 and MemtestCL. MemtestG80 and MemtestCL are a software-based testers to test for “soft errors” in GPU memory or logic for NVIDIA CUDA-enabled or OpenCL-enabled (of any manufacturer) GPUs. This is a good [...]

Fix: Unable to Change Default Program Extension on Windows 7

Today, I’m going to show you a way out, if you ever face a situation, where you are unable to change the default program extension in Windows. I was helping out a client of mine. His operating system had somehow changed the [...]

Comodo Cleaning Essentials – A clone of SysInternal’s Tools?

Today I came across a set of tools called Comodo Cleaning Essentials. Looking at its features, I decided to download it. I was surprised to see the programs they included in it. Here is the reason! Comodo Cleaning Essentials is a [...]

Benchmark your CPU and system components with OCCT

OCCT or OverClock Checking Tool is a CPU stability testing program to test your CPU’s stability under various conditions. Often on Windows we encounter random freezes and lags, while gaming or performing intensive work. The problem may continue to exist, [...]

ExifTool: Read, Write, Edit Meta information

I was searching for a good EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format) tool to view a complete meta information for jpeg pictures after long search I found this nice little application “ExifTool” a pearl based command line application which gives us [...]

D7 – An advanced portable Windows tool for IT Professionals

D7 is an advanced tool for IT Professionals and PC technicians. This tool is meant ONLY for advanced users, and not for beginners. The functionalities in this tool can damage your system, so please be careful with testing with this [...]

Boxie: Multi-purpose minimalistic application for Windows, to do everyday tasks

Today, I happened to find this standalone application called Boxie. Boxie is a multi-purpose minimalistic application for Windows that can do a variety of everyday tasks with ease. You don’t need to install the application. It just runs out of [...]

Script batch programs and compile them into .exe file with Batch Compiler

Today I came across this software called Batch Compiler. Batch Compiler is an advanced software for scripting batch files and compiling them into EXE files. The free tool offers you a work space where you can write your batch scripts. If [...]

Create a MultiBoot USB Flash Drive using YUMI Multiboot USB Creator

Most of IT professionals carry a bootable USB with recovery software, Antivirus scanners, Bootable Linux, etc. But the problem is that they need multiple USB drives for each of these images. Well, here is a solution: Use YUMI, a Universal Multiboot [...]

Learn how to use Windows 8 Task Manager as an IT Pro

One of the best features of Windows 8 which I like is the Task Manager. The humble Task Manager has evolved oyer the years and now the new Windows 8 Task Manager, offers a lot of information – more like [...]

IEDiagCMD – Inbuilt Tool to Diagnose and Troubleshoot Internet Explorer 9 problems

IEDiagCMD.exe is a small utility that generates logs requires to troubleshoot issues with Internet Explorer 9. It is typically located under C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer on a x86 OS install and C:\Program files (x86)\Internet Explorer on an x64 OS install and [...]

Fix: Metro Tiles are not responding in Windows 8

Some users, using Windows 8 are finding that their Tiles on the Start Screen, do not work or respond. One of the most common issues some of them have encountered, is when you try to click on a Metro tile nothing happens i.e. it won’t [...]

How to Repair Install or Refresh Windows 8

You might have encounter a situation where you system is not acting normally - like few system application might be crashing it etc. In such cases we may need to repair your OS. We have already seen how to repair install [...]

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The Windows Club covers Windows 8, Windows 7, tips, tutorials, how-to's, features, freeware and more. It is created by Anand Khanse, a Microsoft MVP.