USB devices, including external USB hard drives, are meant to be hot-pluggable — you can plug or unplug them when Windows is running. However, some processes may have a lock on the files in your external hard disk and won’t release them that easily. This prevents you from ejecting the drive typically using the Safely … Read more
Software developers compile separate executable files (.EXE or .DLL) for 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) systems. The 64-bit version of the program is usually denoted by suffixing 64 or x64 with the filename — e.g., sigcheck.exe vs. sigcheck64.exe. In some cases, the bitness notation may be missing, and you may be wondering if the executable is … Read more
Many Windows system files, registry keys, and services are owned by the SYSTEM (a.k.a LocalSystem) account, which has a high privilege level. If you need to modify a registry key owned by the SYSTEM account, there are at least two options. The first option that comes to your mind is to take ownership of the … Read more
When you try to open a folder, you may see the message “You don’t currently have permission to access this folder. Click Continue to permanently get access to this folder.” Clicking on the Continue shows the message “You have been denied permission to access this folder. To gain access to this folder you will need to use … Read more
At regular intervals, you may see an unprompted “Save a Theme” error message dialog on your Windows 10 computer. When you dismiss the prompt by clicking either “Yes” or “No,” the pop-up may reappear. Save a Theme Windows can’t find one of the files in this theme. Do you still want to save the theme?
When you attempt to delete a file or folder on your Windows computer, the “Item not found” error may appear. Here is the full error message: Could not find this item. This is no longer located in [folder path]. Verify the item’s location and try again. This article explains how to fix the error when … Read more
When attempting to open the Task Manager in your Windows computer, you may receive the following error: Windows cannot find ‘C:\Windows\system32\Taskmgr.exe’. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. This error occurs no matter which method you use in order to launch Task Manager. Running taskmgr.exe with the full path via Run … Read more
Many of you would have come across situations where you can’t delete a file or folder no matter how you try. This article discusses the ways to delete files or folders that are stubborn or undeletable using normal methods.
Does your hard drive LED in the computer’s chassis show non-stop disk input or output activity? If the I/O operations occur at an alarming rate, sometimes even at 100% disk usage, find the process and stop it from running, especially if you’re using Solid State Drive. If you’re wondering which process is thrashing your hard … Read more
Does your webcam indicator LED get turned on automatically without you doing anything? Are you’re worried if you’re being spied upon by some malware? Or, are you seeing the error “Your webcam is currently being used by another application” when using Skype or other messaging application? The built-in Camera app may throw the error 0xa00f4243 … Read more
