Posts under Troubleshoot tag.

Troubleshoot: Windows can’t find wireless devices connected to a Network

Most Windows 8 PCs these days have a wireless (Wi-Fi) network adapter. It is visible in the form of an icon. In Windows 8 you can see it under the Settings charm. Whenever there’s any wireless networks in range, Windows [...]

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Reset BootExecute registry value to fix Windows Shutdown & Startup problems

I use a laptop just to test software and engage in some bug fixing. Recently I ran into an issue where I was unable to shut down my Windows 8 laptop. Whenever I pressed on shutdown, nothing happened. I had a [...]

Fix: Windows explorer crashes or freezes

The Windows Explorer or the File Explorer in the Windows operating system, helps us browse our files, folders and other data on our computer. You may face a problem at some point of time when you find that your Windows [...]

Fix : Error Code 0x8024600e When Trying To Install Or Update Windows Store Apps

Windows 8 introduced to us the concept of Modern App. Users can access the Windows Store and install their favorite apps. But there may exist some scenarios when you will just be unable to install or update Windows Apps. Different error [...]

Fix: Windows 8 | 7 Hangs or Freezes

If you find that your Windows 8, Windows 7 or Windows Vista is freezing or crashing randomly, the reasons could be many, and the solutions many too! Having your Windows computer freezing often can be really irritating. This post will just [...]

CheckSUR: System Update Readiness Tool to repair Windows Update

System resources, such as file data, registry data, and even in-memory data, can develop inconsistencies during the lifetime of the operating system. These inconsistencies may be caused by various hardware failures or by software issues. In some cases, these inconsistencies [...]

Change Smart Card Logon to Password Logon, to allow Troubleshooting

If you have configured your Windows system to allow only smart card logon, and you need to troubleshoot some Smart Card logon problems which your computer users may be facing, then you need to change this setting, and allow Password Logon, so [...]

Fix: NumLock is not active on startup or reboot in Windows 7 | 8

A relatively common issue being faced by some Windows users, is finding that their Numeral Lock key or NumLock is not enabled, is turned off or inactive on startup or reboot in Windows 7 or Windows 8. I researched about this issue [...]

Fix: Windows 8 | 7 will not shut down

When you click on the Windows shutdown button, you find that your Windows will not shutdown It may go as far as the teal colored screen, where it displays “Shutting Down … “ and then remain there. In other words, [...]

Fix: This app needs your permission to use your camera on Windows 8

You may be running into this issue where, when you open your Camera application on Windows 8 you may get to see this error message: This app needs your permission to use your camera – You can change this in the [...]

Fix: No Sound in Windows 8 apps like XBOX Music or Video applications

You may run into a situation, where normal system sound may work fine, but you may be unable to hear the sounds from any Windows Store apps, including XBOX Music or Video applications. No Sound in Windows 8 apps The reason [...]

Fix: Unable to turn on Windows Defender in Windows 7 | 8

When I browse through forums I often find this question asked many times – I am unable to turn on Windows Defender in Windows 7 or Windows 8. In this post I’ll list some common issues that can affect Windows [...]

Fix: Windows Update not working or page blank

It is a different thing to fins that Windows Updates just fail to download or install in Windows. But what can you do if Windows Update or Microsoft Update itself do not work or the Windows Update or Microsoft Update page [...]

Fix: ChkDsk or Check Disk will not run at startup in Windows 7

Whenever we need to detect and fix file system or disk corruption, we run the built-in Windows Check Disk tool. The Check Disk utility or ChkDsk.exe checks file system errors, bad sectors, lost clusters, and so on. If the disk [...]

Fix: Windows Updates fail to install in Windows 7 | 8

Sometimes, some Windows Updates fail to install, and just refuse to get installed on your computer even when you try a couple of times. If you face this problem where Windows Updates will not install, this tutorial will help you identify [...]

Toubleshoot: Missing Windows Installer Cache files

The Windows Installer cache folder is a hidden system folder located at C:\Windows\Installer. Whenever you install a software using the Windows Installer, a copy of changed system information is placed in this folder. The Windows Installer cache contains the saved [...]

Fix: The Windows Security Center service can’t be started

If you receive a The Windows Security Center service can’t be started error message in Windows 8, Windows 7 or Windows Vista, then this article may be able to help you troubleshoot the problem. You may try these troubleshooting steps in [...]

Fix: ABBYY FineReader Add-in causing Office Programs to crash

Recently I installed Office 2013 on one of the machines running Windows 7. After the installation, during the first run itself, it started to crash and was not able to even start. All the Office Programs seemed to be affected [...]

Fix: File xlive.dll is missing in Windows 8

Once on a forum, I came across this error posted by a member where he was not able to get the Games working on Windows 8 Pro. You may find that you are unable to play some of your favorite Games [...]

RuntimeBroker.exe in Windows 8

RuntimeBroker.exe is a small 32KB system file in Windows 8 that is located in the System32 folder. If you open your Task Manager, you will see Runtime Broker running. RuntimeBroker.exe in Windows 8 The file RuntimeBroker.exe runs only when you [...]

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