When Windows OS crashes (Blue Screen of Death or BSOD) it dumps all the memory information into a file on disk. This dump file can help the developers to debug the cause for the crash. The default location of the dump file is %SystemRoot%memory.dmp i.e C:\Windows\memory.dmp if C: is the system drive. Windows can also capture … Read more
If you want to look up registry key database to fetch computer name/domain name, then this post helps you find the key that has this information. Open registry editor with the command regedit Navigate to the node HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ComputerName\ComputerName On the right side pane, look for the value ComputerName. This would show you the computer name. … Read more
Learn how to modify windows update controls using registry keys. Windows auto update can be enabled/disabled using these registry settings. Location of Windows updates registry keys The registry keys that control Windows update settings are located in the below registry key. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update This key has several registry values under it. Out of these, the … Read more
My new laptop Dell Latitude E7450 has Broadcom fingerprint scanner. The OS image that I received with the laptop did not have the updated drivers installed for this device and I had trouble in configuring finger print based login. When I opened bio-metric device settings in control panel, it was showing unavailable status as below. … Read more
Recently I had to switch to a new laptop at my workplace. I had to return the old one before I can get the new one. I had saved all bookmarks, passwords and other preferences information to my sync account provided by Firefox. I saved the username and password of the account and also the … Read more
We can copy phone contacts, messages, photos from a Nokia basic model phone to Nokia Lumia Windows phone by doing the following steps. The steps are verified to be working for Windows 8.0 First thing you need to do is to enable Bluetooth on both the mobiles. Now perform all the below steps on your … Read more
If you want to access your OneNote notes from multiple computers, you can store them on Microsoft Skydrive. The setup is very simple, it does not any additional steps compared to storing the notes on local computer. Creating OneNotes on web/skydrive 1. First thing you need to do is create a new note book. Click … Read more
PuttyCM is a multi tabbed ssh/telnet client for Windows OS. Download Putty connection manager Install the above and Windows 8 setup will automatically download the required versions of .Net Framework. When I installed it on my system, it downloaded 2.o initially and then later downloaded version 3.5 also. It requires these versions even though the … Read more
I’m sharing one very useful tip for Outlook users. When you are sending an email to bigger audience, you might not want the recipients to do ‘Reply all’ on the email. Otherwise it might create lot of spam which the other recipients of the email would not want to receive. And surely you would not … Read more
When we install Windows on a computer, the installation time is recorded in the system. We have multiple ways to find the installation date. Using Systeminfo command Run the below command from Windows command prompt. systeminfo | findstr /C:”Install Date” C:>systeminfo | findstr /C:”Install Date” Original Install Date: 2/16/2013, 2:57:47 PM As you can see … Read more