troubleshooting
Productivity

RMPrepUSB Turns A Spare USB Drive Into A Multi-OS Boot Disk

Windows: If you have a spare USB drive or SD card lying around, use RMPrepUSB to turn it into a PC troubleshooting tool or a way to install a new OS without burning a disc. You can use the tool to format and partition any storage device, load it up with ISOs or other disk images, and then multi-boot when you need to.

24 May 2013

Productivity

Keep Windows’ Blue Screen Of Death From Automatically Restarting

In the event of a serious problem with Windows, a blue-screen error code can help you figure out what’s wrong. If your system reboots too quickly to see what the code is, disable automatic restarts.

3 May 2013

Communicate

Google Hangouts Get Remote Desktops To Make Troubleshooting A Breeze

Google has added a new remote desktop feature to Hangouts. This means you can video chat, troubleshoot and control a friend’s computer right in the same window.

Productivity

How To Troubleshoot The Four Most Common ‘Oh S**t’ Mac Problems

Like any computer, a Mac is prone to serious problems over the course of its life. A wide variety of things can go horribly, horribly wrong. From a complete failure to start, to that terrifying kernel panic screen, here’s how to troubleshoot (and hopefully fix) what’s plaguing your Mac.

25 April 2013

Money

Soluto Ranks The Best Laptops Based On User Experience

PC troubleshooting and reporting tool Soluto is taking all the information on its users’ crashes, blue screens of death and long boot times to report which laptops perform the best. If you need help knowing which which laptops are the least problematic for users, Soluto is the way to go.

17 April 2013

Productivity

Reboot Restore RX Saves Your PC’s State After Every Reboot

Windows: Reboot Restore RX is a free utility that makes restore points and session saves every time you reboot your computer. If you run into problems, you can restore your system settings to the last time you rebooted and get up and running again quickly.

23 March 2013

Productivity

How To Boot From A CD Or USB Drive On Any Computer

If you’re troubleshooting your PC or installing a new operating system, you’ll occasionally have to “boot it from a disc” or USB flash drive. Here’s what that means and how to do it.

22 March 2013

Organise

How To Create A Recovery Flash Drive For Windows 8 (And Free Up Space)

Whenever Windows 7 had problems, you could just insert your Windows 7 installation CD and run its recovery tools. Most Windows 8 users, however, don’t have an installation CD. Here’s how to make a recovery flash drive and delete the space-hogging recovery partition that came with your Windows 8 PC.

16 March 2013

Productivity

How To Boot Into Linux From Your Android Phone

Android (rooted): Whether you’re troubleshooting a problematic PC or you just prefer working in your own OS, keeping a Linux boot CD or USB key is a great way to take a customised system with you anywhere you go. With DriveDroid, you can use the gadget you carry with you all the time anyway: your Android phone.

28 February 2013

Cloud

AWS Diagnostics Tracks Virtual Windows Server Performance

Amazon Web Services can run a number of Windows Server platforms (including Windows Server 2012) as virtual machines. A new automated diagnostics tool helps troubleshoot Windows Server VMs, letting managers check a range of parameters that might cause server or application performance issues.

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