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.
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How to Enable and Boot into Safe Mode on Windows 8 | 7

By default the Safe Mode is disabled on Windows 8 DP. If you have tried to boot into safe mode by pressing the F8 key using Windows boot, you will find that that Windows Recovery Environment is what you get. [...]

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Install Windows 8 from a USB drive

In this article I’ll show you how to install Windows 8 Developers edition using a USB stick. I am assuming that you have already downloaded the Windows 8 Developer Preview. We are going to use Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool [...]

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Install Windows 8 Developer Preview

In this article I’ll show you how to install Windows 8 DP on your Computer. Windows 8 Developers Edition is a pre-beta from Microsoft for testing and development purpose. It not recommended installing it on a production computer. If you’re [...]

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How to fix common problems streaming video content in Windows 7

We might encounter situations where the video streaming won’t work properly. For example, in YouTube the full screen won’t work or the  video might get stuck or there might be only sound but no picture. In this article I’ll suggest few [...]

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How to create a Rescue Disk on USB Flash Drive

I would say Rescue Disk is something which all the computer users must have.  You don’t know when you will need it. One day or the other you might end up with a situation where your Windows computer won’t boot! Now [...]

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Fix: Bootmgr is Missing in Windows 7

This is one of the most common boot issue you might come around, in the Windows operating system. In this article I will tell you how you can fix the Bootmgr is Missing error message in Windows 7. Step 1: [...]

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How to Install Windows 7 from USB easily

There are few methods to do this, most of them involve running disk part commands and partitioning USB drive etc. which I think it makes harder for technically challenged people. Using this method it makes it very simple and can [...]

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5 must-have software for Windows IT Professionals

As an IT professional, I am sure that you must be having your favorite set of must-have software which you cannot do without. Here is my list of some software I think an IT Pro must have at all times.

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How to Install and Run Linux on Windows 7 easily

I’m not very good with Linux but I wanted to install Linux to learn more about it. But when I read through the installation manual I found it to be a difficult. Then I found this little program called Wubi.

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FIX: Explorer.exe server execution failed on Windows 7

You might at times, get this error message on Windows 7: Explorer.exe server execution failed. This might happen because the Shell folder values might be incorrect or they might be missing. In this article I’ll suggest you few methods to [...]