WinPatrol – Free Security Monitor & multipurpose utility
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WinPatrol is a robust Security Monitor that will alert you to hijackings, malware attacks and critical changes made to your computer without your permission or knowledge. WinPatrol uses a heuristic behavioral approach to detecting attacks and violations of your [...]
How to add Safe Mode to Windows Boot Menu
Accessing Safe Mode is a rarity and only when you have problems to troubleshoot. However, accessing safe mode can get a bit tricky wherein you have to wait for the POST to go through and keep hitting F8 to enter the Startup menu and you may still miss the Startup Menu. A simple option would [...]
Fix System32 folder at Windows Startup
Sometimes when you log into the Windows XP or Windows 2000, you may see the System32 folder opening up at the startup. This could be due to an incomplete or an invalid entry in the Windows Startup registry key. This could be for example a null value (””) or a string value with only one [...]
Autoruns – Track all startups on your Windows PC or Server
I used to use MSCONFIG utility in Windows to control the startup options, applications, services in Windows XP, Windows 2000 (not installed by default) and always appreciated what it offers. But, look at Autoruns from Sysinternals (now Microsoft owned), you cannot find another more comprehensive application that looks in and shows all the startup items [...]
How to Create a BootLog in Windows 2000/XP and later
When you are troubleshooting a problem with your Windows especially a Windows Start up problem, the best place to start would be to create a Boot Log. This would create a file named Ntbtlog.txt in the C:\Windows directory with the list of drivers that tries to load. It adds entries for every successfully loaded driver [...]
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to Windows Reference RSS feed Thanks for visiting!
WinPatrol is a robust Security Monitor that will alert you to hijackings, malware attacks and critical changes made to your computer without your permission or knowledge. WinPatrol uses a heuristic behavioral approach to detecting attacks and violations of your [...]
Accessing Safe Mode is a rarity and only when you have problems to troubleshoot. However, accessing safe mode can get a bit tricky wherein you have to wait for the POST to go through and keep hitting F8 to enter the Startup menu and you may still miss the Startup Menu. A simple option would [...]
Fix System32 folder at Windows Startup
Sometimes when you log into the Windows XP or Windows 2000, you may see the System32 folder opening up at the startup. This could be due to an incomplete or an invalid entry in the Windows Startup registry key. This could be for example a null value (””) or a string value with only one [...]
Autoruns – Track all startups on your Windows PC or Server
I used to use MSCONFIG utility in Windows to control the startup options, applications, services in Windows XP, Windows 2000 (not installed by default) and always appreciated what it offers. But, look at Autoruns from Sysinternals (now Microsoft owned), you cannot find another more comprehensive application that looks in and shows all the startup items [...]
How to Create a BootLog in Windows 2000/XP and later
When you are troubleshooting a problem with your Windows especially a Windows Start up problem, the best place to start would be to create a Boot Log. This would create a file named Ntbtlog.txt in the C:\Windows directory with the list of drivers that tries to load. It adds entries for every successfully loaded driver [...]
Sometimes when you log into the Windows XP or Windows 2000, you may see the System32 folder opening up at the startup. This could be due to an incomplete or an invalid entry in the Windows Startup registry key. This could be for example a null value (””) or a string value with only one [...]
I used to use MSCONFIG utility in Windows to control the startup options, applications, services in Windows XP, Windows 2000 (not installed by default) and always appreciated what it offers. But, look at Autoruns from Sysinternals (now Microsoft owned), you cannot find another more comprehensive application that looks in and shows all the startup items [...]
How to Create a BootLog in Windows 2000/XP and later
When you are troubleshooting a problem with your Windows especially a Windows Start up problem, the best place to start would be to create a Boot Log. This would create a file named Ntbtlog.txt in the C:\Windows directory with the list of drivers that tries to load. It adds entries for every successfully loaded driver [...]
When you are troubleshooting a problem with your Windows especially a Windows Start up problem, the best place to start would be to create a Boot Log. This would create a file named Ntbtlog.txt in the C:\Windows directory with the list of drivers that tries to load. It adds entries for every successfully loaded driver [...]
