October 29, 2009
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Diagnose what is preventing your computer from entering sleep mode, or wakes it prematurely.
December 25, 2008
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When the media is filled with bad sectors, then one can still try to recover the good bits.
October 4, 2008
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Windows Vista will automatically optimize the boot times, but there can be situations where the boot times remains very slow.
December 8, 2007
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How to make a DOS bootdisk on a USB pen drive.
October 30, 2007
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Description of the Boot Configuration Data (BCD) used to store the configuration of the boot manager.
October 30, 2007
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Windows Vista will fail to boot if it cannot find the files used to load the boot manager.
October 30, 2007
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Windows Vista includes a Windows Preinstallation Environment, which allows easier and more advanced system recovery.
October 29, 2007
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Computer cannot start if no proper boot device exists, or if the active boot device fails.
August 28, 2007
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Installing Windows Vista without needing to install an older version of Windows first.
July 2, 2007
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Windows Vista Software Licensing Manager makes it possible to extend the period before activation is needed.
April 24, 2007
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Windows Vista / 2008 does not include the NtBackup utility by default.
December 23, 2006
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It is possible to open a command prompt during the GUI part of the Windows install.
July 4, 2003
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The icon cache can become corrupted and lead to icons being garbled.
October 12, 2002
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Description of ghost devices and how they can be removed in safemode.
August 1, 2001
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Windows NT will perform a chkdsk at boot time after an improper shutdown.
July 23, 2000
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Description of how to repair the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) repository.
July 23, 2000
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How to reset the transaction log for the Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) and reinstall MSDTC.