Sometimes, you may need to turn off the paging file on the OS partition for testing or when shrinking the C drive. After turning off the paging file (“pagefile.sys”) on the OS partition and enabling it on another drive or partition, Windows keeps creating a temporary paging file on the OS partition.
The following notification appears at startup.Read more
After installing or uninstalling a game app, two strange startup entries may appear in the Startup tab of Task Manager. One entry may be a random Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) string, and the other may be a number.Read more
After installing and uninstalling TeraBox, the Terabox entry may remain under “Devices and drives” on This PC. It may look like a ghost storage entry, as in the following screenshot.Read more
When you open This PC, one or more of your partitions may have a yellow exclamation point. You wonder if a problem with the hard drive causes this or how to remove the exclamation point icon.Read more
The previous versions feature in Windows allows you to restore a previous version of files. It sources the files from Restore Points, File History, and Windows Backup. When you right-click on a file, folder, or drive, you’ll see the “Restore Previous Versions” option. This article tells you how to remove “Restore Previous Versions” from the right-click menu and the file/folder properties.Read more
When you attempt to run an installer package in Safe Mode or Safe Mode with networking, one of the following errors may occur: 0x80070641 – The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. Please fix the issues and then retry setup. (or) The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. This can occur if you … Read more
When you shut down or restart the computer, the netsh.exe error may appear. The full error message is below:
netsh.exe - Application Error The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000142). Click OK to close the application.
When you run Microsoft’s PC Health Check app to check if your system is compatible with Windows 11, the following message appears: Your organization manages updates on this PC Also, when you open Windows Update in Settings, the error “Some settings are managed by your organization” appears. Clicking “View configured update policies” shows the list … Read more
You may have downloaded a file weeks ago and want to find out where it was downloaded from. You may determine that by reading the alternate data streams for that file. When you download a file and save the file in an NTFS volume, the zone information for the file is stored in the NTFS alternate data streams (ADS).Read more
When you install a software package that uses the Windows Installer technology, the error code 0x80070652 appears. The entire error message is below: Setup Failed 0x80070652 – Another installation is already in progress. Complete that installation before proceeding with this install. This error may occur even though no other installation windows are open. Cause The … Read more