What Is Chkdsk Command & When to Use it?

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Computer users may sometimes get a notice from Windows to run Chkdsk command to fix problem. Here comes several questions:

  • What is Chkdsk command?
  • What problem does it fix?
  • When to use Chkdsk command?

What is Chkdsk command?

Chkdsk is a command in Windows to bring up the process of examining disk space and disk use for the file allocation table (FAT) and NTFS file systems. Chkdsk provides information specific to each file system in a status report. The status report shows errors found in the file system. If you run chkdsk without the /f command-line option on an active partition, it might report spurious errors because it cannot lock the drive. You should use chkdsk occasionally on each disk to check for errors.

 

What problem does it fix?

Chkdsk find errors in your disk by checking the disk use and space. After that, it fixes the disk errors automatically. The errors including partition errors in hard drive, system not being able to recognize disk, empty disk suddenly being fully occupied, etc.

 

When to use Chkdsk command？

Normally, Windows will remind you to run chkdsk command when any disk error is causing problems.  Some programmes also has remind function when the software is detecting disk error thaat prevents it from installing or running.

 

Apart from these notices, users can also run Chkdsk to check disk regularly to avoid errors. Checking disk can help reduce the space that is occupied, and defrag the disk. Running disk checking regularly can keep the hard drive healthy and clean, and fix errors promptly.

 

There is only one disadvantage of Chkdsk command. It has to be run in a dos window. For beginners, this is relatively difficult because they don’t even know how to bring up the command window. I will suggest junior users check their disk and system with a system optimizer. It has all function of error cleaning as well as disk fixing and defragging. More over, it is so easy to use. For the best system optimizer, you can view this page for more information.

How to Fix Trustedinstaller.exe High CPU Usage

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Many Windows Vista users have ever faced or been facing an issue -  trustedinstaller.exe occupies much CPU resources and stalling Windows.

 

This article will explain what this process is, what it does, and how to resolve the issue of high CPU usage by this process.

 

TrustedInstaller is used by a service called “Windows Module Installer” in Vista system. It is used for installing Windows vista system modules which include automatic Windows Update that scans your system for available updates and hotfixes. So when scheduled Windows Update is performing a scan on your system to check for updates, the TrustedInstaller.exe process will appear in task manager and  increases the CPU usage.

 

Although this process is causing high CPU usage and a slow computer, it is safe and essential for windows system to update itself and run properly.

 

However, sometimes if you have urgent work to be done, and there is no time to wait for Windows Update to complete, you may want terminate the process and run it another time. In such case, you have two ways to stop the process trustedInstaller.exe:

 

Method 1 – Turn off Automatic Windows Update

  • Open Control Panel from Start Button
  • Click System and Maintenance.
  • Click Turn automatic update on or off.
  • Select this option: Never check for updates
  • Click OK.

Method 2 – Disable Windows Installer Module from service list

  • Open Control Panel from Start Button
  • Click Administrative Tools.
  • In the right pane of the corresponding window, double-click Services.
  • Locate and double-click Windows Module Installer.
  • Click the General tab.
  • Select Manual from the Startup Type drop down menu.
  • Click Apply.
  • Click OK.

 

After this, you shall not get trustedinstaller.exe high CPU issue anymore. If you still receive this error, it is suggested that you use a system optimizer to scan your system and fix errors. Virus and malware can corrupt the registry and cause numerous problems in your computer, including the trustedinstaller errors. Remember, 90% of the computer problems are caused by registry issues. So it is always recommended that you install a system optimizer to consistantly protect your system.

Protect Your Account From Email Scams

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Question: I keep getting E Mails saying that I have to pass information about my Hotmail Account otherwise it will be shut down. Is this a scam?

Some computer users have reported that they are getting such mails recently. Is such mails issued by the mail server? Or are they scams?

One thing can be sure is, the mail company, for example, hotmail.com, will never ask users to send password. Why would they do that? They already have the passwords in their servers. Sending mails with passwords is very dangerous, because these mails may be stolen or viewed by other people. If these passwords are stolen, the mail company will also have big troubles in their credit. So, never trust a mail asking for your private account passwords.

Here I will list a scam email sample:

Email Scam : Verify your account now to avoid it being closed!

Sample:

From: @hotmail.com

Subject: Hotmail Warning (Verify Your Hotmail Account now To Avoid It Closed)
‏‏
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:28:54 +0000

Dear Account User

This Email is from Hotmail Customer Care and we are sending it to every Hotmail Email User Accounts Owner for safety. we are having congestions due to the anonymous registration of Hotmail accounts so we are shutting down some Hotmail accounts and your account was among those to be deleted. We are sending you this email to so that you can verify and let us know if you still want to use this account. If you are still interested please confirm your account by filling the space below.Your User name, password, date of birth and your country information would be needed to verify your account.

Due to the congestion in all Hotmail users and removal of all unused Hotmail Accounts, Hotmail would be shutting down all unused Accounts, You will have to confirm your E-mail by filling out your Login Information below after clicking the reply button, or your account will be suspended within 24 hours for security reasons.

* Username: …………………………

* Password: …………………………..

* Date of Birth: ……………………….

* Country Or Territory: …………….

After following the instructions in the sheet, your account will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Thanks for your attention to this request. We apologize for any inconveniences.

Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his/her account after two weeks of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.

Again, never, never trust such mail scam. It will take away your passwords, and change your password to another. Send another scam to your friends and family members in your mail contacts. The result is serious. Not only your account may be stolen, other people’s account may be stolen as well.

To avoid email scams and malware from stealing your account and sending such fake information to your mail, I will suggest you download and install an system optimizer. It will keep your computer from being attacked by these scams.

Solution to “MessagingApp.exe has stopped working” Error

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MessagingApp.exe is an important file within instant communication tools, such as windows messanger and Yahoo messanger. If this file has stopped working, you will not be able to run the programmes.

 

Cause of the error:

The most possible cause of this error is virus attack which has corrupted system files and causes the messagingApp.exe to stop running. You will find the error suddenly occurs in the system, which gives no sign before.

 

To fix this error, there are several ways:

First, scan system with an antivirus software

As this error is very possibly caused by virus attacks, it is necessary to remove the virus from the system. Most computer users shall already have an antivirus to protect the system, but in case if you don’t have one, you can download and install Microsoft security essential to scan and remove the virus.

 

Second, run a system files check to fix the corrupted files.

  • Open start button
  • Click run button or click the search box
  • type cmd and press enter
  • type SFC /SCANNOW in the command window
  • Press ENTER.

 

Third, check if the computer date and time is correct

Virus can change computer date and time setting, causing malfunction of some programmes which rely on correct date and time to communicate with internet. If the computer date is set back to several years ago, the programme will not be able to recognize data and may also be recoginized as danger by internet server. Thus it is necessary to put the computer date and time correctly.

 

Fourth, scan and fix registry errors

The most terrible case is that the virus has corrupted the registry and disabled some programmes from running. System optimizer can detect and clean these registry issues for you. Any delay will lead to unimaginable more serious issues. Remember, 90% of the computer problems are caused by registry issues. So it is always recommended that you install a system optimizer to consistantly protect your system.

Solution to “windows live mail not displaying contacts list”

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In windows live mail, when you click “contacts”, it is supposed to show a list of the contacts. But you may just get a blank pane on the left hand side of the screen. This problem simply occurs when you open windows live mail one day. It may never happened before. The cause is still not clear yet.

 

To solve this issue, there are several suggestions:

 

First: Sign out of windows live mail and sign in again.

This works for some users in solving no contacts list problem. It is assumed that the issue is caused by a temperary display problem. By signing out of the account and signing in again, the mail system will reload all the data including the contacts list. The issue is then resolved.

 

Second: Decline the invitation in webmail

If the issue persists even in your webmail, it may be possible that a Pending Group Invitation is causing this issue. To resolve it, you have to decline to the invitation. The instructions are stated below:

  • 1. Click Contacts.
  • 2. Click View
  • 3. Click on Groups
  • 4. Click No, thanks.

 

Third: Check your auto-complete suggestions settings.

  • 1.  Go to Options, then More Options.
  • 2.  Under Customizing Hotmail, click Advanced privacy settings.
  • 3.  Under Auto-complete suggestions select Only suggest people in my contact list.
  • 4.  Click Save

 

Fourth: Optimize your system.

.Virus and malware can corrupt the registry and cause numerous problems in your computer, including the windows live mail error. System optimizer can detect and clean these registry issues for you. Any delay will lead to unimaginable more serious issues. Remember, 90% of the computer problems are caused by registry issues. So it is always recommended that you install a system optimizer to consistantly protect your system.

How to Improve Computer Shut Down Speed

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If your computer is slow in shutting down, it can be caused by but not restricted to below reasons:

 

  • some programmes are stuck and refuse to close;
  • windows update is updating your system;
  • Registry errors
  • corrupted system files
  • too many junk files in system

 

Slow shutdown problem is a problem that almost every computer user will encounter. It can be caused by many reasons so there is no fixed solution. If your computer cannot be shut down or become slow when being closed, you may try below suggestions to fix the problem:

 

1. Uninstall some unneccessary programmes from your system

To avoid problems stuck in the shutdown process, it is always important that you delete some unused programmes from system. Some corrupted programmes are running backstage and will result in system’s repeated attempt to read the missing files. In such case, the computer will never be able to shut down.

 

2. Close the automatic Windows Update

Windows Update is important to keep your system safe and stable. But some updates will not be able to update through Windows Update center, and it will continue trying to install all the time, causing computer to be slow and unable to shut down. In such case, you will have to close the Windows Automatic Update center, and download the failed update from Microsoft download center.

 

3. Clean junk files

Not many people know how to do this, but it is actually a good way to keep the system and hard drive clean and healthy. Windows system already comes with a disk cleaning function.

Start button, all programmes, accessories
open system tools, find the disk cleaner
Follow the steps to clean the disk.
You can also use a registry cleaner to clean the junk files. Such tools are more helpful in removing those corrupted and unused items.

 

4. Use a system optimizer to clean and improve system performance

Virus and malware can corrupt the registry and cause numerous problems in your computer, including the shutdown error. System optimizer can detect and clean these registry issues for you. Any delay will lead to unimaginable more serious issues. Remember, 90% of the computer problems are caused by registry issues. So it is always recommended that you install a system optimizer to consistantly protect your system.

 

Solve RoxWatchTray12Oem.exe-System Error

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When you boot up in windows 7, you may get an error as below:

 

RoxWatchTray12Oem.exe-System Error                                                                            The program can’t start because LayoutDll12Oem.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem

 

Cause

You are receiving this error because the Environment System Path was changed by a previous installation. It changed the path from

  • C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;
  • %SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;
  • %SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared;
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Roxio Shared\DLLShared\;
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Roxio Shared\OEM\DLLShared\;
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Roxio Shared\OEM\DLLShared\;
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Roxio Shared\OEM\12.0\DLLShared\;
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Roxio\OEM\AudioCore\
  •  

to

 %SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem

 

Solution 1: Edit the system path

Right-Click on Computer in Start window or on your Desktop and choose Properites.  In the properties dialog choose Advanced system settings and on the Advanced tab click the Environment Variables button. This dialog will list all the environment variables and the Path should be listed in the bottom window. Select it and click the Edit button. 

You may want to formulate your new path in notepad because the edit window isn’t very big.  You can merge my path statement on the previous post with the remnant of yours, if you don’t have your original path; it is for a new installation of Windows 7 Home operating system.

 

Solution 2: Remove Roxio from your computer.

  • Click start button, control panel
  • Click add and remove programmes
  • Find roxio and click remove

 

Solution 3: Remove registry errors from your computer.

It is recommended that you download a registry cleaner to help eliminate the registry errors from your computer. It will also clean other system errors and programme misfunction, which will greatly reduce system errors and improve your system performance and speed.

 

 

 

Fixing 0×80040702 Error

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Error 0×80040702 usually occurs when you try to install software in your computer. There is no fixed solution for this error. The solution differs from different situations.

 

Symptom One

When you install coreldraw to your computer, you may receive an error resemble that:

Error 0×80040702: can’t locate dll: swcusten (CorelDraw 11-File Not Found)

This error message indicates that the certain dll is not found in the system, thus the installation cannot continue. To solve this error, the missing dll needs to be restored. To do this:

 

  1. Click the Start button and select the Search command.
  2. Here, click All files and folders.
  3. In the All or part of the file name box, type SWcustEN.dll and select the Local Hard Drives option in the Look in list.
  4. If file is shown in the search results, copy and paste it in the Windows\System32 folder.
  5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for the MCsetup.dllfile.
  6. Insert the installation disk of CorelDRAW11 to proceed with the installation.

 

Symptom Two

 The error 0×80040702 can occur when you are trying to reinstall a programme that has been previously installed in your computer. The cause of this error is that some files from previous installation has left in the system and prevent the new installation from being completed.

However, you may have already uninstalled the programme and now you don’t know what to do next. Actually, the add and remove function in windows, in such case, will not be able to remove the old files thoroughly. You will have to refer to professional registry cleaner or uninstaller to get all the old files from your pc.

 

 

 

 

 

How to Solve “Active Desktop Restore” Problem

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Active Desktop is a function in windows system that stores personal settings for a user’s desktop in HTML format. Active Desktop occasionally crashes and turns the whole desktop into a blank page. In such case, the html(htt) file that stores the setting is corrupted and a new file needs to be stored. Active Desktop automatically creates the HTT file when the old one is renamed or deleted and the desktop is refreshed.

 

When the Active Desktop Restore happens, you will find a button on desktop. Click it to restore the desktop, it will always works. If not, there are several solutions that may solve the problem:

 

Solution ONE: Run an auto fixit from below:

If you receive the Active Desktop Restore error after you install Internet Explorer 7, you can try to run a Microsoft Fixit from below.  The tool is released by Microsoft

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929200

 

Solution Two: Delete the desktop.htt from your computer.

When you click on ”Restore my Active Desktop“, you will get an error message resemble that:

URL: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Setting…et/Desktop.htt 

Since this file is automatically generated by windows, the best fix is to delete the old one and let windows create a new one. To do this,

  1. open an explorer window,
  2. go to tools > folder options > view, and uncheck hide protected opsys files.
  3. Search your system drive (usually c: ) for desktop.htt, or other file name that indicated in your error message.
  4. If you have found the file in Docs and Settings\User\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer, delete it.
  5. Close the explorer window, right click your desktop and click Refresh, and then go back and RECHECK that box. you really don’t want those special files exposed all the time!!

 

Solution Three: Clean registry errors in your computer.

If above solutions fail to fix the problem for you, it is suggested that you download and install a registry fixer in your pc to clean out the registry errors. The existance of registry errors will cause serious problems such as blue screen, freeze or crash, and of course, active desktop error. You will find it easy to use and quick to solve the error.

 

 

 

How to Solve JavaScript Error On Internet Explorer

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JavaScript is a programme language that determines how a website works with internet; it helps to display all the visual effects, animations and other webpage functions. Without it, the website will not be fully functional and some pictures or videos may not be visible. However, you may receive a JavaScript error when you browse some WebPages, which is caused by not valid entries from the website.

 

It is quite annoying to receive this error, but luckily we have solutions for it. You will find it quite easy to solve a JavaScript error.

 

First step: Disable script debug of your internet explorer:    

 * 1   Open and run your Internet Explorer browser by clicking on its desktop icon.

* 2   Click the “Tools” option, which is located on the top menu bar. Click “Internet Options” in the drop-down menu.

 * 3   Select the “Advanced” tab in the “Internet Options” dialog box.

* 4   Browse the “Settings” list. Remove the check from the option box entitled, “Disable Script Debugging.” Also, remove the check from the option box entitled, “Display a notification about every script error.”

 * 5   Click “Apply,” located at the bottom of the dialog box.

 * 6   Click “OK” and close the “Internet Options” dialog box.

 

Second Step: Download a different browser.

This will correct the issue most of the time, especially if the first step has not corrected it yet. You can download Firefox or Safari on the official websites of the developer. Launch the new browser and try to connect back to the desired website. It should load without any issues

 

Third Step: load the webpage on another computer

You can also try another computer and see if the error still occurs. If yes, then the website may have some programme and cannot be viewed at the moment. You will have to wait till the web holder solves the problem on his side.

 

Fourth step: Clean your registry errors

JavaScript error may possibly be caused by corrupted registry file as well. Since registry is a part of system that controls the operation of all programmes, if there is corrupted registry, the system may have JavaScript errors, as well as computer slowdown and system crash. If you are an expert on registry, you may find the errors and fix the problem manually, but if you are not familiar with registry, I won’t suggest you do this by yourself, as improper handle of registry may result in serious system problem.

 

You can download a registry cleaner from internet to help you solve the problem. You will find large numbers of such software that will automatically detect and fix the problem for you. It is quite easy to use and very powerful in registry cleaning.

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