Troubleshoot Windows 8 System Crash with Windows 8 Log Collector

System crashes are hard to prevent especially when it’s Windows Operating system. Worst it is even more difficult to fix them without log files. Hence most IT admins often rely on log files to detect and fix system crashes or conflicting hardware, however it becomes very cumbersome task when you got hundreds of computers on network and manually collection all log files.
What if you can have tool which can automatically collect all the log files on Windows OS, do you think will be help for you?? If you answer is yes then here is freeware tool Windows 8 Log Collector.

How to Reset Windows 8 Setting to Factory Default

With Windows 8, its now far more easy to get your computer to previous state. You now no longer need to reinstall windows from the beginning to get the settings to factory default.  Reset Your PC option in windows 8 will help you restore the settings to the default. Caveat: You will lose all your documents and files stored in the drive you’ve installed windows 8.

• Insert the Windows 8 DVD into the drive / a bootable windows 8 USB Drive.
• Open up “ Control Panel ” from the main Mero Window.
•  Click on ” General ” and you could see the ” Reset Your PC & Start Over ” option on the right panel.

Optimize & Speedup Windows 7 with EnhanceMySe7en Freeware Utility

I am sure all those users who have used Windows 7 Beta or Windows 7 RC will accept the fact that performance of Windows 7 is superior to Windows Vista or XP. However a big issue with all windows operating system is performance degradation over period of time.
Here is handy freeware utility EnhanceMySe7en with which you can tweak, optimize & control many aspects of the windows 7 with maximum convenience. It has all necessary features for maintaining Windows 7 in a perfect condition.
EnhaceMySe7en has tools that take care of the registry, disk space and its defragmentation, installed software, HDD temperature and all sorts of things related to system’s health. Also there are lots of other options helping to boost your system’s performance.

Features of EnhaceMySe7en for Windows 7

View Programs & Files Loaded After Windows Boot with After Boot File Viewer

We are sure you would have noticed that machine with freshly Installed Windows boots faster than the one which has Windows running for past six months to year. The reason for this is as you start installing programs and applications many of the files are added to Windows boot process to load at startu and this is what causes the slowdown in Windows boot process.
If you can control & remove those unnecessary files and programs added to Windows startup then you can reduce the windows boot time significantly but unfortunately Windows doesn’t provide any way to let us know which programs are loaded in startup. To solve this problem here is free utility After Boot File viewer.

View Windows 7 Startup Program List with Startup Discoverer

Windows 7 has several ways to start applications & programs automatically commonly referred as startup locations. A tight control over startup programs can save you from viruses & malicious programs. Manually keeping check of windows 7 startup locations could be cumbersome task and many don’t know all Windows 7 startup locations.

Here is nifty app Startup Discoverer which can retrieve list of programs added into startup locations of Windows 7. You can view program list based on startup category like machine runs, user runs etc.

Startup Discoverer

Speedup Windows 7 Startup with My Startup Delayer

Windows exhibits typical characteristics of system slow down, slow startup and frequent crashes as the time passes after fresh installation of Windows operating system. Though Microsoft has significantly improved the booting time from Vista to Windows 7 but there is no control over the applications which adds entry to startup process list in order to auto start with every Windows boot.
This could be very frustrating, especially when you want to quickly go online for some reason and patiently waiting for your System to startup. Not any more, My Startup Delayer is here to rescue you. As the name suggests, this is small application designed to help in removing or delaying the applications which auto starts with Windows there by increasing overall Windows boot time.
My Startup Delayer has simple user interface and multiple options to adjust delay of application launch on startup as per your need. It also offers option to either delay or completely disable selected application from Windows Startup.
My Startup Delayer is portable app, so it doesn’t need any installation. Simply download and run My Startup Delayer. You will notice that when you run this app, it provides you the list of all the application currently added into Windows Startup process list.

Ultimate Windows Customizer, a must utility for Windows 7 Users

If you are the one who loves to tweak Windows, taking it from default Windows to highest customize and personalized level then the utility which we will be discussing today is must for you. Ultimate Windows Customizer, as the name suggest is the tool with which you customize most visual & hidden settings of Windows 7.
The utility comes from TheWindowsClub member Lee Whittington. You might have come across many small portable utilities which lets you to customize one or two features but Ultimate Windows Customize is way too ahead and includes tons of options for customization. For reference following are broader categories under which many tweaks and customization are provided by UWC,
Windows Explorer, Context Menu, Libraries, Logon Screen, Start Orb, Taskbar, Settings & Extras, Windows Media Player & Miscellaneous.

Download Windows 7/Direct3D 11 (DirectX 11)

Microsoft has been continuously evolving DirectX to implemen latest graphics technologi features and to support wide varieties of games, Display devices. After making DirectX 10 available for windows Vista here is next version DirectX 11 with Direct3D 11 which is available for download as technical preview.
Windows 7/Direct3D 11 Technical Preview is part of DirectX SDK and contains Technical Preview of Direct2D, DirectWrite, DXGI 1.1. Good news is, it is not only available as Technical Preview but also as DirectX End-User Runtimes.
Windows 7/Direct3D 11 (DirectX 11) is supported on Windows 7 and Windows Vista only. Windows XP users cannot install DirectX 11.

Download Windows 7/Direct3D 11 (DirectX 11)

Download Windows 7/Direct3D 11 (DirectX 11) (SDK)
Download Windows 7/Direct3D 11 (DirectX 11) (Web Installer)

Troubleshoot Windows 8 System Crash with Windows 8 Log Collector

Sistem crashes are hard to prevent especially when it’s Windows Operating system. Worst it is even more difficult to fix them without log files. Hence most IT admins often rely on log files to detect and fix system crashes or conflicting hardware, however it becomes very cumbersome task when you got hundreds of computers on network and manually collection all log files.
What if you can have tool which can automatically collect all the log files on Windows OS, do you think will be help for you?? If you answer is yes then here is freeware tool Windows 8 Log Collector.

How To Remove Windows Genuine Notification

I recently again came up with the situation that Windows Genuine Notification popped up because Windows Update again installed it via Automatic Updates. It pops up while a user logs in to windows, displays a message near the system tray and keeps on reminding you in between work that the copy of windows is not genuine. It has been reported since its first release that even genuine users are getting this prompt, so Microsoft has them self release instructions for its removal. When I searched on Google about this issue, I landed up on pages which were providing many methods of its removal including those patching up existing files with their cracked versions which I would highly recommend avoiding them as they might contain malicious code and can be used to get you into more trouble.
I found out this method of removal of Windows Genuine Notification :

How to Install Windows 8 from Bootable USB Flash Drive without Windows 8 DVD

Back in Windows 7 days we had cover how to install Windows 7 from USB Drive and it turned out quite popular guide amongst early Windows 7 adopters. The main reason of making bootable Windows 7USB drive is either you got laptop & PC machine without DVD drive.
Now that Windows 8 is in development and first Windows 8 build 7850 is already leaked we are back with similar guide for Windows 8. You might argue why not mount Windows 8 ISO and straight way start Windows 8 installer, well it is not possible for Windows XP Users, since direct upgarde to Windows 8 from XP is not supported.

How To Reset Windows 7 To Original Factory Settings [Complete Guide]

We all know that the next version of Microsoft Windows OS – Windows 8 will have an immensely handy option to reset Windows to original state, also referred to as, restore system to original factory settings. Many Windows 7 users feel that it’d be better if there is any tool or system recovery utility which can effortlessly revert the system running Windows 7 back to its original state (provided you have not made a recovery disk). As far as Windows 7 is concerned, there are lot of methods available online, claiming to bring back the original settings of Windows 7 with default set of pre-installed programs, application compilers, and software packages, but sadly, all the contrived methods seem tiring and require a lot of effort, leaving user with no other option than to manually reset Windows to original settings.

How To Install Windows Visual Style File For Win XP / 7: Android Theme

Android Theme can used for the OS Windows XP and windows 7, android theme A please choose one of them to install on your desktop or laptop. But before you use it first saw the screenshot Android Theme for windows xp below

Android Windows X Theme

10 Reasons why Application didn’t open on Windows and their Solution

Two mouse clicks and the program you just installed does not open. Or another opens, but displays an error a few seconds and then closes or disappears suddenly. And you stare at the wallpaper, which is nice, yes, but not it’s any consolation.

The reasons why an application quits unexpectedly, sometimes taking others with them, are many, but can be grouped into a few categories. You know put it on the track of the error and its solution.

1. Essential Dependency / DLL, Plugin Missing

Many Software are programmed on a platform that they require some base dependency to start. These can be .NET Framework, Java Runtime Environment, Adobe AIR, Flash or Microsoft DirectX. It’s not about just 1 or 2 application but install all those mentioned as many application often requires their support in backend.

If there is an error of Missing DLL or Component then probably, the file is corrupt or installer didn’t had permission to write that file on installation directory. So, Re-installation is only solution in this case.

2. Incompatible with Operating System or Processor

Probably, you are trying to run a 64 Bit Program on you 32 Bit (x86) Windows Installation.

If you see an error message related to the Windows version, do not despair: you can still CONFIGURE on the Compatibility tab of the executable and Windows will pretend to be an older version to run that executable file.

Get Windows 8 Explorer with Ribbon Interface and Toolbar in Windows 7

In the last article we covered how to get Windows 8 Visual Elements on Windows 7. Today we’ll be moving towards an aspect that isn’t just visual but quite handy for amateur users. I think all of you must have heard about the amazing Windows 8 Explorer toolbars (Also known as the infamous Ribbon Explorer)

Windows 8 Explorer and Toolbar has been designed considering productive user experience which gives you the ability to copy or move to with just a click to the icons in the toolbar, not only that you can even open folders or drives in tabs, can view properties of file or folders, paste, rename, clone tab, and close tab.

You can all the above mentioned features in Windows through BExplorer (Better Explorer) file browser. Please note that this software doesn’t change your actual Windows Explorer, you have to open BExplorer separately to open the Windows Explorer having the above mentioned features.
BExplorer has two sections namely Home and View. The Home tab consists of verbose copy, cut, paste, close tab, rename, and rename tab options.

On the other hand View tab provides you with the option to sort items by date, size, time, format, etc.

Get Windows 8 Visual Elements on Windows 7 with Windows 8 UX Pack

Every one of you out there is aware of the Metro UI of Windows 8. Microsoft recently released their Windows 8 Developers to give a sneak peak of their newer version. This version of Windows 8 is actually meant for developers to test out there applications. So until Microsoft launches the final release of Windows 8, you can get almost all the UI features of Windows 8 with Windows 8 UX Pack.

Windows 8 UX Pack gives you the entire Windows 8 UI interface with no changes to your system settings. You are even offered with Windows 8 themes and application to make your system look more like Windows 8. Another good feature about this application is that it changes aero glass effect according to your wallpaper.
In the beginning of the installation you are prompted to choose from three interfaces Metro, M3, and developer preview. Same goes for the themes.
You can even configure your aero settings from the Aura icon in your system tray.