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Windows 7 Default Services Configuration Startup Type and Log on Account

Did you tweak the Services configuration incorrectly, resulting in a system slowdown or leading to other catastrophe? And you don’t remember the original configuration to revert back? You may find the Windows 7 default Services configuration table below useful.

Note that some of these services may not be found in your system, depending upon the edition of Windows 7 you’ve installed. For example, the BranchCache feature and the corresponding Service are available only in Windows 7 Ultimate and Enterprise Editions. Read the rest of this entry »

How to Determine the Program or Process That Owns an Error Message Window?

Error message dialog boxes usually have title bar text containing the application or process name that generated the error. You may sometimes come across a situation where an error message dialog appearing with no text in the title bar, leaving the user to guess which program caused the error.

Fig 1: Error message dialog with no title bar text.

Fig 2: Error message dialog with title bar text.

Using Process Explorer – "Find Windows’ Process" button

Imagine there are around 25 process showing up in the Task Manager and terminating each one at a time to track down the source process is a difficult task. To track it down quickly, use Process Explorer. It has a "Find Windows’ Process" (target-like) button which lets you know the process name of a window that’s currently open. Read the rest of this entry »

Fix Quick Launch Error “Cannot Create Toolbar” In Windows Vista

When you right-click on the Taskbar, click Toolbars and then select Quick Launch in your Windows Vista PC, the error "Cannot create toolbar" may popup and the Quick Launch toolbar fails to appear.

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Fix Start Menu Shortcuts Open File Security Warning in Windows 7 and Windows Vista

When launching applications via Start menu – Programs, the "Open File – Security Warning" prompt may appear, containing the text "Do you want to open this file?" with Open and Cancel buttons. Clicking Open may launch the application correctly. The confirmation prompt could be the result of incorrect mandatory integrity level assigned for the Start menu.

By default no integrity level label is explicitly assigned for the Start menu\Programs folder, which means that the "Medium" integrity level is assigned (implied). I’m still yet to understand what causes this problem in the first case and I was unable to reproduce the problem. But resetting the integrity level using the ICACLS command took care of the problem in a user’s system running Windows 7. Read the rest of this entry »

Fix Windows Easy Transfer Error “You’re Currently Logged on Using a Temporary Profile” In Windows 7

When you start the Windows Easy Transfer tool in Windows 7, the error "You’re currently logged on using a temporary profile" may pop up and the utility may quit.

This happens if one of the user accounts (not necessarily the current user account) in the system is logged on with a temporary profile. Any customizations that you make in the temporarily profile are lost after you log off the system. When Windows loads a temporary profile for an account, the following notification is shown and a corresponding event is recorded in the Windows Event Log. Read the rest of this entry »