Creating a bootable USB stick
8 December 2007 by Snakefoot | No Comments » | Trackback OffHow to make a DOS bootdisk on a USB pen drive.
Category: Windows Vista » Troubleshoot »
Configuration of the boot manager entries
30 October 2007 by Snakefoot | No Comments » | Trackback OffDescription of the Boot Configuration Data (BCD) used to store the configuration of the boot manager.
Restore boot manager when it is missing or compressed
30 October 2007 by Snakefoot | 14 Comments » | Trackback OffWindows Vista will fail to boot if it cannot find the files used to load the boot manager.
Windows Recovery Environment
30 October 2007 by Snakefoot | 1 Comment » | Trackback OffWindows Vista includes a Windows Preinstallation Environment, which allows easier and more advanced system recovery.
No boot device found or available
29 October 2007 by Snakefoot | 2 Comments » | Trackback OffComputer cannot start if no proper boot device exists, or if the active boot device fails.
Perform clean install using Windows Vista upgrade
28 August 2007 by Snakefoot | No Comments » | Trackback OffInstalling Windows Vista without needing to install an older version of Windows first.
Extend Windows Vista activation period
2 July 2007 by Snakefoot | No Comments » | Trackback OffWindows Vista Software Licensing Manager makes it possible to extend the period before activation is needed.
Installing NTBackup in Windows Vista
24 April 2007 by Snakefoot | No Comments » | Trackback OffWindows Vista does not include the NtBackup utility by default.
Open Command Prompt during the install phase
23 December 2006 by Snakefoot | No Comments » | Trackback OffIt is possible to open a command prompt during the GUI part of the Windows install.
Rebuild icon cache to fix incorrectly displayed icons
4 July 2003 by Snakefoot | 1 Comment » | Trackback OffThe icon cache can become corrupted and lead to icons being garbled.
Control disk check at boot after incorrect shutdown
1 August 2001 by Snakefoot | No Comments » | Trackback OffWindows NT will perform a chkdsk at boot time after an improper shutdown.
Configure and troubleshoot Windows Management Instrumentation
23 July 2000 by Snakefoot | 6 Comments » | Trackback OffDescription of how to repair the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) repository.