1. Uninstall AVG (if installed). Reboot.

2. Uninstall VC++ Redistributable in Control Panel – Programs and Features (If 2 copies, uninstall both). Reboot.

3. Install Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package again from : Click Here

4. Reboot and check if you still get the error.

Follow the above steps and hopefully the error should be gone.

Error : Svchost.exe seems to be eating up unnecessary bandwidth and also consumes memory.

Solution : Disabling the BITS (Microsoft Background Intelligent Transfer Service) service should help.

Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) is a component of modern Microsoft Windows operating systems that facilitates prioritized, throttled, and asynchronous transfer of files between machines using idle network bandwidth.

To disable, Open Msconfig > Service and Disable from there.

Filenames or Foldernames are hidden in Thumnail view in Windows Vista when you press Shift+Ctrl and change the View Type.

Do the following :

Keep holding Shift + Ctrl and click on View and change views multiple times. You should get back your Foldernames.

Even if that didn’t work for you. Perform a Scan of the Drive wherein this anomaly occurs. To do that goto My Computer > Right Click on the Drive > Properties > Tools > Check now. Restart your System.

Most people are skeptical about switching over the the x64 version and I too am of the opinion that the market is just not ready for 64-Bit.

The most biggest advantage of x64 architecture was that it supported more than 4Gb of Physical Memory.

But now this limitation can be circumvented and a Patch is available which allows you to use more than 4Gb of RAM in the 32Bit version of Windows 7.

This Patch Supports the RTM build of Windows 7 – 7600 so it should support the Final version which is out now. It’s been created by a Russian Group which explains the Non-English language.

Download the Patch from : Click Here

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How to Fix “Could Not Connect to the System Event Notification Service” Error

1- Login to Windows. Ignore the Error.

2- Press Windows Key+R (Win+R) to open up Run. Type in “cmd” and press Enter.

3- Navigate to C:WindowsSystem32

4- To do that follow the screenshot below and Enter commands line by line as shown.

5- Type “netsh” and press Enter. The prompt will change to netsh>

6- Type “Winsock reset“. Press Enter once more.

7- Reboot your PC.

As seen from the above image, the Tabs size is too small.

Soluton :

Follow these steps :

1. Open registry editor. Start > Run > Type “regedit”

2. Navigate to the following key : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics

3. Now on the Right hand side you’ll see a String value called “MinWidth”.

4. Now you can either Delete that String or just Modify its value to say 180.

Solution :

The best way to fix this probem is to modify it and run Chrome without Sandbox.

1. Right Click on Chrome Shortcut > Properties.

2. In the Target field, put a space after Chrome.exe and paste this text “--no-sandbox”

Writing Speed of your DVD\CD Writer is stuck at 2x inspite of having a high speed Drive.

Cause :

This problem is caused when the Transfer Mode of IDE is changed from DMA to PIO.

Solution :

Change the Transfer Mode of the IDE Device.

Download the following File : resetdma.vbs

Right Click on Link and click ‘Save As‘ then open it from Windows.

This will reset your Drive Mode to DMA and allow you to utilize full speed.

Cannot find copy.exe. Make sure you have typed the name correctly and then try again.

Solution :

This Problem is caused due to a Virus which Modifies your Autorun.inf file.

The best solution is to Cleanup your PC using Microsoft Security Essentials.

Download it from : http://www.microsoft.com/Security_essentials/

Alternatively you can also remove it using this free tool : Smart Virus Removal

This type of problem normally occurs because some virus called ‘PET32.exe’  which makes unauthorized changes to the registry.

Solution :

1. Open Start >> Run or (Window Key + R) , this will open the Run Prompt.

2. Type “regedit” ( without quotes ) and press Enter.

3. Navigate to key

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell

4. Double the registry key named Default and set the value to none.

This should pretty much restore normal functionality, but if it doesn’t follow below :

If search opens when you double click on any windows drive, then try this

1. Open Start >> Run or press Window key + r

2. Type “regsvr32 /i shell32.dll” ( without quotes ) and press Enter

After the command run successfully, you will see a message saying DllRegisterServer and DllInstall in Shell32.dll succeeded.