Daily I use Virtual Machines to test software or to write tutorials for several cases. To do this quickly and safely I clone a clear VM image so I perform my tests in a clear and stable Windows environment. In other cases when a domain computer needs to be reinstalled,
Teredo Tunneling Adapter is a virtual device that acts as an interpreter between IPv4 and IPv6 networks. At the moment most computers are connected to the Internet using IPv4 connectivity without a direct (native) connection to IPv6 networks.
If your computer takes too long to shutdown, then a running service or application probably takes a long time to close and prevents your system to shutdown. During this behavior, Windows wait some time for the service (or application) to respond and after that time, notify the user that the service is not stopped and prompts him […]
If you want the best performance of Windows, then you have to ensure that you always run only the necessary applications during Windows Startup. This tutorial can be helpful for computers where the Operating System was installed a long time ago, but is also helpful for computers that are recently bought
The Volume Serial Number (also known as VSN) is a unique serial number that is assigned to an optical disk (CD or DVD) or a hard drive after formatting. The Volume Serial Number was added by Microsoft and IBM so that the operating system could recognize if an optical disk or a drive is changed on the system.
Windows 8 uses a new technology called Fast Start in order to start Windows quickly. When you perform a normal Windows 8 shutdown (using the Charms bar), the Fast Startup feature stores the kernel's current session (hibernate) , so the next time you start your computer, the Operating System loads quickly.
In a customer's computer, the following problems appeared after performing a Windows 8 refresh to the factory default state: 1. The user couldn't download (and save) any files from Internet. 2. Programs were not running. Several programs (e.g Word, Excel, etc.) couldn't run normally or they run with problems.
I have seen this annoying problem in several Windows 8 (or 8.1) laptops when performing a computer shutdown: the screen becomes black, but the Processor (CPU) fan stays On and, in some laptops, the power state and Hard disk lights also stay on.
Fast Startup is a new feature of Windows 10, 8 & 8.1 OS, that allows a computer to boot and start faster than before. Fast Startup feature is named also hybrid-boot or hybrid shutdown, because when you shutdown your computer (or log off,) the system saves a part of system drivers and files to a […]
On a Windows 7 Virtual Machine (VM) the following error appears on screen after the first restart during 'sysprep' phase: "Windows could not finish configuring the system. To attempt to resume configuration, restart the computer".