Windows

Method 1
1. Click 'Start,' then click 'Control Panel.' Click 'Performance and Maintenance,' then 'System.'
2. Click the 'Hardware' option, 'Device Manager,' then locate and right-click on 'Device Driver.'

3. Click 'Properties,' then click 'Policies.' Uncheck the 'Enable write caching on the disk ' box, click 'Ok,' then click on 'Device Manager,' then 'Exit.'
Method 2
4. Click 'Start,' then click 'Run,' type 'regedit' and then click 'OK.'
5. Click 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE' 'System' 'CurrentControlSet' 'Control ' 'Session Manager,' then 'Memory Management.'
6. Double-click on 'SystemPages,' then look in the text box under the label 'Value Data' for 'c6800.' Delete 'c6800' and type eight lowercase 'f' characters, then click 'OK.' Close the 'regedit' window and restart your computer.

1. Click the Start menu button in the lower left-hand corner of the Windows XP screen.
2. Select 'Run' in the pop-up Start menu.

3. Type 'CMD.EXE' (without quotation marks) in the dialog box that appears. Click 'OK.' This launches the Windows XP Command Prompt window.
If you are using a Windows XP installation that is modified by a service pack upgrade, type 'rundll32 wbemupgd, UpgradeRepository' (without quotation marks) instead. This will automatically detect and repair a corrupted WMI installation. Close the window and restart your PC.
If you are using a Windows XP installation that is not modified by a service pack, continue to Step 4.
4. Type 'net stop winmgmt' (without quotation marks) and press the 'Enter' key on your keyboard. This opens the Windows Management Infrastructure window and the source folder for the WMI data. Note the location of the folder on your hard drive. Its default location may differ per computer and Windows XP installation.
5. Click the Start menu and select 'My Computer.' Double-click the C:\\ partition on your hard drive. Navigate to the folder displayed in Step 4. Rename the folder to 'Repository.' Close the window.
6. Return to the WMI dialog window in Step 4. Type 'net start winmgmt' (without quotation marks) and press the Enter key on your keyboard. Type 'EXIT' (without quotation marks) and press the 'Enter' key on your keyboard. Close the dialog window. The WMI infrastructure has now been repaired on your Windows XP installation.

1. Download the Windows Memory Diagnostic (See 'Resources').
2. Copy the program to a blank USB flash drive. Leave the flash drive plugged into the USB port.

3. Restart your computer. It should boot from the USB drive. The Windows Memory Diagnostic will run through its first pass. If the first pass detects errors, something has damaged your hardware. Otherwise, it will run additional passes indefinitely.
4. Exit the test during a later pass. According to Microsoft, the subsequent passes rarely find errors if the first does not.
5. Remove the flash drive and restart your computer.

1. Go to the Start menu and select 'Control Panel.' If necessary, switch your Control Panel to Classic View when it opens.
2. Double-click on the 'System' icon to open the System dialog box.

3. Click on the 'Advanced' tab, and then the 'Error Reporting' button.
4. Select 'Disable Error Reporting' in the pop-up dialog box. Click 'OK.'
5. Click 'OK' again to close the System dialog box.
6. Restart your computer after making this change, if prompted to do so. This will depend upon your system configuration.

1. All functions in Windows Vista are best accessed through the 'Start' button. Unlike previous versions of Windows, it is not easily located under 'Programs.' Left click the Vista button and select 'Computer.'
2.

Right click on the hard drive you wish to scan, and a drop down menu will appear. Scroll down to 'Properties' and right click.

3.

Select the tab across the top that says 'Tools' and a menu will appear. Select the menu which says 'Error Checking.'
4. Dependent on your user settings, Vista may ask you for permission to continue to run a program. Grant permission for the program and then another window will open. The window will send a message that Windows is unable to run the program at that time. It will ask you to either restart immediately, or to schedule for a future time.
5. Reboot the computer at the desired time and Vista will perform a scandisk check.

First Method
1. Double-click the desktop's Internet Explorer icon to run the Web browser.
2. Go to the Web page that is giving you the problem and click 'Tools.' Select 'Manage Add-ons' and click 'Enable or Disable Add-ons.' This will open the 'Manage Add-ons' dialog box.

3. Find either the 'Microsoft Terminal Services Client Control ActiveX' control or the 'Microsoft RDP client Control ActiveX' control.
4. Click the control to select it and click 'Enable.' Click 'OK' to close the dialog box and to save recent changes.
Second Method
5. Click the 'Start' button on the desktop and click the 'Run' icon.
6. Type 'regedit.exe' into the 'Run' text box and click the 'OK' button. The Microsoft registry editor will open.
7. Go to the left-side pane of the registry editor and navigate to the following entry:'HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Ext \ Settings'
8. Double-click the 'Settings' option. The entry will expand.
9. Right-click on '{7584c670-2274-4efb-b00b-d6aaba6d3850}' and click the 'Delete' option. Confirm by clicking 'Yes.'

1. Press the 'Ctrl' 'Alt' 'Delete' keys to launch 'Task Manager.' Click the 'Processes' tab. Scroll down the list and locate programs that are listed with 'Not Responding' status. Single-click each of them and select 'End Process.'
2. Click the 'Start' menu and select 'All Programs.' Choose 'Windows Update.' Click the option that says 'Check for Updates' on the left pane. Follow the on-screen prompts to complete installation. Reboot your computer.

3. Click the 'Start' menu and select 'Run.' Type 'MRT' without the quotes and press 'Enter.' This will open 'Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool.' Click 'Next' and choose 'Full Scan.' Follow the on-screen instructions to complete scanning and remove any malware that may have entered your computer.

1. Click on the 'Start' button from your desktop and then click on the 'Network' option. Click on the 'Network and Sharing Center' option.
2. Click on the 'Diagnose and Repair' option and allow time for the repair process to complete. Close out of your Network and Sharing Center window.

3. Click on the 'Start' button again if the error still occurs and then enter 'cmd' into the 'Search' box. Press the 'Enter' key on your keyboard.
4. Right-click on the 'cmd.exe' file and then click on the 'Run as administrator' option. Click on the 'Continue' option.
5. Enter 'netsh winsock reset' into the command line and then press the 'Enter' key. Type 'exit' into the command line and the press the 'Enter' key.

1. Hit the 'Start' button and launch a command prompt with elevated privileges. In the search box on the 'Start' menu type in 'Command Prompt'. When this appears right click the program and click on 'Run as Administrator'.
2. Wait for the prompt to open, and when it does type in 'net stop winmgmt'. This will stop the WMI so we can fix it.

3. Navigate to 'C:\Windows\System32\wbem' and right click on the folder 'Repository' and rename it to something like, 'Repository_bad.'
4. Go back to the command prompt you used earlier and type in the command, 'net start winmgmt'.
5. Re-register the WMI by typing the following command into the command prompt, 'winmgmt /salvagerepository.' This command will make Vista assess the WMI folder and when it can't find it, (due to your renaming it earlier) and it will automatically fix all the errors caused by the old WMI files by creating new WMI components.

1. Find the 'My Computer' desktop icon and right-click it. A pull-down menu will appear. Select 'Properties.'
2. Click on the 'Advanced' tab. This will load a new page of options.

3. Select the 'Visual Effects' tab at the top of the window and deselect 'Animate Windows when minimizing and maximizing,' 'Fade or slide menus into view,' 'Fade or slide Tool Tips into view' and 'Fade out Menu items after checking.'
4. Click 'OK.' This will remove most if not all of the Sysfader effects, at the same time correcting related errors that used to come up during opening a new file or program.