The "Watching Process CPU Usage" sidebar illustrates how you can monitor process CPU cycle usage for yourself by using the Process Explorer utility.Multimedia Class Scheduler ServiceUsers expect multimedia applications, including music and video players, to offer a seamless playback experience. However,...
The question to ask yourself is, "Will I be deploying Windows XP on any systems with less than 512MB of RAM or that don't support the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) with Windows Vista?" If the answer to either part is yes, you'll need Windows PE 1.6, and you'll...
If you don't consider yourself a pro-computer user and you're not familiar with command-lines, don't worry. There are graphical-based solutions to help you remove write-protection from your hard drives, USB drives, and even SD cards....
You can see some of these yourself using tools like Regmon and Filemon from SysInternals. Is every one of these really a LUA bug? It depends on how the application responds to the failure. The responses I have seen can be categorized into three groups:...
Before looking at the templates, first ask yourself what real-world problems you’re going to solve by upgrading. Game developers, who primarily work with XNA, might want to switch to Direct3D because XNA is no longer actively being developed by Microsoft. You still have the option to create...
The "Watching Process CPU Usage" sidebar illustrates how you can monitor process CPU cycle usage for yourself by using the Process Explorer utility. Multimedia Class Scheduler Service Users expect multimedia applications, including music and video players, to offer a seamless playback experience. Howeve...
In the event you can't figure out the issue yourself, you can share the trace with a coworker and they can look at exactly what you're looking at. This can allow for easier collaboration than live debugging, as the recorded instructions are the same, whereas the address locations and cod...
Cannot copy folder and files because the access is denied! If you get the access denied error while copying files, try changing its ownership or get the proper permissions, run CHKDSK, or you can recover your data from that folder. Follow the try-and-tru
How to Make Yourself (or Another User) an Administrator in Windows 11 or 10 via netplzwiz Netplzwiz is the dedicated user accounts tool in Windows 10 and Windows 11. By opening it directly and cutting out the middleman, you can very quickly give the administrator permission to a...
Unfortunately, Windows Update is no stranger to causing problems that make it harder to get said updates. Thankfully, no problem is without a solution, so if you find yourself stuck downloading a new Windows update, try these steps.