Windows Error Reporting by Meryl K. Evans
Bet you get the following message from time to time: "The system has recovered from a serious error" message from time to time with two buttons: "Send Error Report" and "Don't Send" regarding sending the report to Microsoft. The error message appears when an application runs into a problem it... You can read Microsoft's error privacy information to get exact details on what Microsoft learns about your computer when getting such reports. ... Error reporting is not just for Microsoft, but pays off for you since it can help reduce the problems with your computer when you get the error...

Basic Diagnosis Guidelines for Your PC by Priyanka Agarwal
Simone is exasperated. She has to work on her university assignment but her PC is not working properly. For example: She would like to open a single Internet Explorer window but a whole series of windows are opening up. Simone is not alone when it comes to this sort of problem. ... For example you get a pop-up box on your screen, a Window message, asking you to send an error report and says the application will be subsequently closed. ... When you get an error message try to analyze the situation in respect to what you were doing when you received it.

Registry Cleaners: Why Do You Need One? by Joseph Tierney
The registry is the place where your computer stores the configuration information about your computer and your installed programs so that your operating system can use them. Maintaining the registry is an important step in keeping your computer healthy. ... Registry problems can include slow performance, computer crashing, and the annoyingh Microsoft Windows error messages. ... Then you absolutely need to be repairing your Microsoft Windows registry regularly! ... Error Nuker works on Windows XP, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT4, and Windows 2000.

Does Your Computer Need A Window Registry Repair Pro? by Lainie Lawson
If your computer is running slower than normal, it may need the services of a window registry repair pro. Registry repairs are available online and worldwide. So it doesn’t matter if someone lives in Peru, for example, they can still access the same online repair service as someone living in the... It means its Microsoft Windows registry needs repairing or cleaning up. ... If your computer crashes frequently, has DLL errors, regular error messages, or is plagued by constant blue screens, it’s trying to tell you something.

Outlook Tips to Boost Your Productivity by Steve Singleton
Most full-time office workers have an employer-provided e-mail account, and chances are, it's with Microsoft Outlook. Many of us send and receive dozens of e-mails per day. Here are some tips about making the most of Outlook's substantial capabilities when you are the sender. ... You might desire, therefore, to repeat the sensitivity or importance message within the message window. ... Here's how to recall a message: Go to the "Sent" folder and open the message from there. ... Have you ever discovered, three seconds after you hit "Send", that your outgoing message has a serious error?

Microsoft Windows: NTFSF or File System Integrity, Security And File Sharing Features by Torre DeVito
NTFS is a Microsoft Windows file system that provides volume consistency by using transaction logging and recovery techniques. NTFS can use its log file and checkpoint information to restore the consistency of the file system. In Windows 2000 and Windows XP, NTFS also provides advanced features... For instance the FAT file system, a file system that utilizes a data structure called a File Allocation Table (FAT) to organize and manage files, is often used as the default file system to ensure compatibility with older operating systems such as DOS; IBM OS2; and Microsoft Windows 3.1, 95, 98...

Malware: The Enemy Within by Drew Pilton
Malware is now a common plague of computers these days and has become more common than the conventional virus. In this article you will find explanations of the different types of Malware, how to remove an infection and how to prevent an infection in the first. ... These popups are usually disguised as Windows error messages asking you to ‘click here’ to remedy the error. ... A message will be displayed demanding the appropriate ransom before giving access to the files. ... Security holes in windows are often found and Microsoft will have patches for these available..

At Home With Windows Vista by Chin Wong
FIRST things first: unlike some bloggers in the United States, I did not get a free, high-powered notebook computer from Microsoft so I could try out and write about Windows Vista. At my request and before the brouhaha over the freebies, they did lend me a notebook so I could get a preview of... I ran it and Sims 2 quit with an unhelpful error message: “Unspecified error.” All I could do was hit the OK button. ... Every window has a glassy, translucent frame and casts a soft shadow on the desktop.

How to Fully Customize your Desktop by Michael Cottier
Customizing your desktop is easy and fun to do. You can change everything from the sounds that your computer makes, to the screensaver that shows up during inactivity. But that’s not all that you can customize. Everything from the colors of your windows to the font that displays a program name... Also, if your computer needs to accommodate the blind, when an error message comes up you can have a voice that says “Error Message” or something like that. ... Now click the “Sounds” tab in the window that pops up.

Should you Care for Your Windows Registry Health? by Ted Peterson
What are Windows registry? Why are they so important for your operating system? What can you do to keep them reliable? According to Microsoft site, registry are "a central hierarchical database used in Microsoft Windows ... to store information necessary to configure the system for one or more... That data include program folder, associated files, various settings that are used by the program, whether it will run on startup (HKCU/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Run/ ) or only at the first startup (HKCU/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/RunOnce/ ).