How To Make Windows 7/10 Run Faster.

1> Go to Power option
   >choose high performance
2> Run > msconfig > Disable all unwanted startup program and services.
3> Go to Defragment and optimize Drives on all Drives.
4> Run> %temp% and delete all Unwanted Files and Folders
5> Run> temp and delete all Unwanted Files and Folders
6> Run> prefetch and delete all Unwanted Files and Folders


7> Select C Drives> Properties> Disk clean and Clean the disk
8> Run> regedit> HKEY_CURRENT_USER> Control Panel> Mouse> Mouse Hover time> Set it to 10
   Now select Desktop> MouseShowDelay> 10
9> Go to Computer Properties> System> Advanced System Settings> Performance Settings>Adjust For Best Performance.

Restart.

How to find the Windows 10 Spotlight photos or Lock Screen Photos

Windows 10 is keeping your lock screen sexy with its curated, personalized slideshow of images in Windows Spotlight (assuming you have Windows Spotlight turned on), but what about your desktop background? You're probably wondering where you can find some of those pretty Spotlight images for personal use -- after all, they must be stored on your device somewhere, right?

On your computer

As you might have guessed, Windows Spotlight photos are saved on your hard drive -- they're just tricky to find. There are easier ways to nab the Spotlight photos you love for your desktop background than finding the files on your PC, but if you really want to root around in the hidden files of your Assets folder, here's what to do:

1. Open File Explorer and navigate to the Assets folder. You can do this by pasting the following address into File Explorer's address bar: %LocalAppData%\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\Assets

(You can also find this folder through simple click through navigation -- C: > Users > [your username] > AppData > Local > Packages > Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy > LocalState > Assets -- but you'll need to make hidden files visible.)

2. In the Assets folder, you'll see a bunch of files with long, not-very-user-friendly names. Select all of these files and hit Ctrl + C to copy them.

3. Open another folder -- one that you can easily find again -- and hit Ctrl + V to paste your copied files into this new folder.

4. Some of these files are images -- the Spotlight images you're looking for -- and some are not. To see the images, you will need to change the file extensions to .jpg. You can do this individually (just click on a file and change its name to pic.jpg), or you can use the Command Prompt to change all the file extensions at once.

To change all the file extensions at once, open the folder you saved the files in and click File > Open command prompt > Open command prompt.

A Command Prompt window with the file path to your files will open. In this window, type ren * *.jpg and hit Enter. All the files will now be JPEG files.

5. Right-click inside the window and click View > Large Icons.

You will now be able to see all of the images (remember, some files will not be images) that have recently cycled through Windows Spotlight. Delete any files you don't want and wallpaper away!

6. Spotlight images are pulled from Bing and cycle periodically. So you may want to re-check your Spotlight ever so often for new images that Windows has pulled from the Web.

Use an app

If you'd rather skip the extra work of finding and revealing Spotlight pictures on your computer, well...there's an app for that. SpotBright is a free Windows Store app (with in-app purchases -- the premium version will notify you when new pictures are cycled through) that lets you download all of the Spotlight photos that have been featured on Windows 10 lock screens so far.

Just click Fast search and SpotBright will round up images and you can download all of them in one batch.

Download images individually

SpotBright is handy, but what if you don't want to download all 300+ Spotlight images at once? Head on over to this Imgur album of all of the Windows Spotlight images (through February 2016) compiled by Reddit user Fuzsion.

FixWin for Windows 10: Repair problems and issues with a click

FixWin 10 for Windows 10 is a portable freeware that allows you to fix and repair Windows 10 problems, issues and annoyances. This new release of FixWin has an updated UI for Windows 10 and includes a new section to fix Windows 10 common problems and issues specifically.

FixWin for Windows 10

The fixes have been categorized under 6 tabs:

File Explorer: Offers fixes to resolve problems relating to Windows 10 File Explorer.

Internet & Connectivity: Lets you fix Internet problems which yu be facing after upgrading to Windows 10

Windows 10: This new section for Windows 10 offers several new fixes like:

• Reset Settings app. Settings doesn’t launch or exit with error
• Start Menu doesn’t work or doesn’t open in Windows 10
• Wi-fi doesn’t work after upgrading to Windows 10
• Windows Updates stuck downloading updates after upgrading
• Windows Store apps not opening. Re-register all apps
• Office documents do not open after upgrading to Windows 10
• WerMgr.exe or WerFault.exe Application Error.

System Tools: Offers to fix built-in tools that may not be working properly. A new Advanced System Information tab displays some specific advanced information about your system, like the number of threads in processor, number of logical processors, maximum display resolution, maximum refresh rate, etc.

Troubleshooters: This section provides direct links to bring up the built-in 18 Windows Troubleshooters and download links to 4 troubleshooters release recently by Microsoft.

Additional Fixes: Offers several other fixes for Windows 10.

How to use FixWin 10

1. We first suggest that you run the System File Checker. The button provided on the Welcome page, will ‘run sfc /scannow‘ and will check for and replace any corrupted Windows system files. It is expected to take anywhere from 5-10 minutes. If asked to, reboot your computer.

2. If you are facing problems relating to the Windows Store or the Store apps, re-register the Store apps. A 1-click button has been provided on the Welcome page that lets you do so easily.

3. If you are facing major issues with Windows 10, running the DISM utility to repair your Windows System Image, might be a real good idea. A button for this too has been conviniently placed on the Welcome page.

4. Next we insist that you create a System Restore Point. The provided button will create one. We always recommend that you create one before making any changes to your system. Should you wish or need too, you can always go back to this Restore Point.

5. Having done that, apply at most one fix at a time and restart your computer. Please check if things are to your satisfaction; and if not, you have the option of restoring back immediately.

6. If you want to know first, what each fix does, click on the ‘?‘ Help button next to the Fix button. A pop out will tell you what exactly the fix does. Double-clicking on it will copy the command to your clipboard, which will be helpful I you want to run the fixes manually.

7. Some problems cannot be fixed with a click. So if you do not find your fix here, click on the Search For More Fixes button on FixWin’s Welcome page, and search and see if you find what you want.

FixWin 10 for Windows 10, has been developed Paras Sidhu, for The Windows Club. It has been tested on Windows 10, 32-bit and 64-bit versions. FixWin may however fail to run if you have modified Windows Image using third party tools, as it may miss some core components required for FixWin to run and thus be the cause of failure.

Why FixWin 10? Why the sudden jump from FixWin 2.2 to FixWin 10? Well if we can have Windows jumping from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10, we thought we might as well follow the trend here. No other reason. 🙂

Windows 8.1 and Windows 8 users should continue to use FixWin 2.2. Windows 7 and Windows Vista users should use FixWin v1.2.

Run DISM to repair Windows System Image and Windows Component Store in Windows 10

This post will show you how to use the DISM Tool to repair a Windows System Image in Windows 10/8.1. The System Update and Readiness Tool or CheckSUR tool will scan your Windows computer for inconsistencies, which may be  caused by various hardware failures or by software issues and potentially fix that corruption. In Windows 10/8 and Windows Server, the Inbox Corruption Repair brings the functionality of CheckSUR into Windows. You do not require a separate download to get the tool.

Windows Component Store Corrupt

Repair Windows System Image using DISM

If a Windows image becomes unserviceable, you can use the Deployment Imaging and Servicing Management (DISM) tool to update the files and correct the problem. In the case of system inconsistencies and corruptions, you can use the DISM tool by using the Cleanup-Image functionality along with these available switches.

Use Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image followed by these switches:

• /ScanHealth: This checks for component store corruption and records that corruption to the C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log but no corruption is fixed using this switch.  This is useful for logging what, if any, corruption exists. Use Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth. This could take 10-15 minutes.
• /CheckHealth: This checks to see if a component corruption marker is already present in the registry.  This is merely a way to see if corruption currently exists.  Think of it as a read-only CHKDSK. Use Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth. This could take less than a minute.
• /RestoreHealth: This checks for component store corruption, records the corruption to C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log and FIXES the corruption using Windows Update.  This operation takes 15 mins or more depending on the level of corruption. Use Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth.

To carry out these operations you have to open an elevated Command Prompt. First, you have to check if there are corruptions and it the corruption or image is repairable. If yes, then you can use the /RestoreHealth switch to fix the corruption.

Inbox Corruption Repair

You can use this:

1. If your System File Checker is corrupted or SFC is not working and the SFC /SCANNOW command is unable to repair corrupted system files because the store is corrupted.
2. To fix Windows component store corruption when the same Windows Updates continue to appear to be available to install even though they already show successfully installed in update history.
3. If a Windows image becomes unserviceable, you can use the Deployment Imaging and Servicing Management (DISM) tool to update the files, correct the problem and repair Windows image. You can use DISM to repair an offline Windows image in a WIM or VHD file or an online Windows image.

Source: Microsoft TechNet.

how to Fix corrupted Windows Update system files using DISM Tool

Fix corrupted Windows Update system files

To fix Windows Update corruptions, open an elevated command prompt window. To do this, type Command Prompt or CMD simply in the Search box, right-click Command Prompt and choose ‘Run as administrator’ option. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password, or click Allow.

Once done, type the following command, and then press Enter to Run DISM:

DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth

Please note that here you need to be patient since the process can take up to several minutes to complete.

When you run the command mentioned above, DISM will replace potentially corrupted or missing system files with good ones. However, if your Windows Update client is already broken, you will be prompted to use a running Windows installation as the repair source or use a Windows side-by-side folder from a network share, as the source of the files.

You will then be required to run the following command instead:

DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:C:\RepairSource\Windows /LimitAccess

Here you have to replace the C:\RepairSource\Windows placeholder with the location of your repair source.

Once the process is complete, DISM will create a log file in %windir%/Logs/CBS/CBS.log and capture any issues that the tool finds or fixes.

Close the command prompt, and then run Windows Update again and see it has helped.

Users of Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2008 will have to download the CheckSUR Tool and then run it.

Simple USB Logger to Monitor every USB drive connected to Windows PC

Simple USB Logger

The tool actually acts as a middleware between the USB Driver and the actual USB hardware. You can track traffic and the transactions happening between your computer and the USB drive. This tool can prove to be of a lot of help for some advanced users who are fully able to understand the logs generated by the tool.

To get started with Simple USB Debugger, you need to install the variant corresponding to your system’s architecture. Once you are done installing you need to start a logging session. To start a session, click on the first icon from the menu bar. You can also start a session with customized advanced options, but this post only covers the details about the simple monitoring session.

Once the session has been started, Simple USB Logger waits until a USB drive is connected to your computer. The tool will automatically start logging on a USB connection. The session can be paused or stopped later on at your convenience.

Overall, the application is neatly structured and the main larger window displays details about the URB (USB Request Block) requests after the monitoring session has been started. You can click on any request to display their properties and details in two of the smaller windows below. If you are using this tool for looking into errors, then Simple USB Logger can quickly find packets finished with errors. To move to such packet, you just need to click the button on the toolbar!

Another remarkable feature of this tool is its compatibility with virtual USB drives. So you can even read logs generated by any virtual drive that was created by any other software or tool.

If you encounter a BSOD while using a USB drive, you can use this tool to parse memory.dmp file to actually know about the request that caused that error.

Overall, Simple USB Logger is not that simple to use. You definitely need to understand some of the technical terms related to USB drives and how do they actually work. But it is definitely one of the best tools to understand the underlying principles of data transfer between your computer and a USB drive – if you are aware of the terms. Click here to download Simple USB Logger.

Speaking of USBs, these USB security & antivirus software will help protect your PC from all kind of viruses that can enter through the USB drive.

WinTK: Windows Multi Tool Manager for System Administrators

WinTK is multi purpose utility with some cool features for Windows 8, Windows 7 & Windows Vista. There are a couple of features in this tool that are really helpful – like the one for decrypting the Digital Product ID for Windows operating system and Office products. Also, the ability to backup and modify OEM information is quite useful too. I know there are already a couple of tools that do it, but still it’s nice to have one more addition to our USB toolkit for IT Professionals. The thing that mostly attracted me is the user interface – it’s really clean and beautiful.

WinTK for System Administrators

Here is the list of features that WinTK offers:

• View Office and Windows product keys
• Edit, backup and restore OEM information
• View operating system information
• View your Slic version
• Includes various system tools and custom tools
• View Resource Usage
• Delete stuck or in use files
• Disable unnecessary services
• Automatically check for updates

Now lets see how it works. First we’ll see how it pulls the licensing information for the Windows operating system & Office. When you open the tool, make sure you right-click and run the application as administrator. In order to decrypt the Digital Product ID, we need to manually enter the registry location, which I think could have been avoided since less tech-savvy people may not know the location. For those who don’t know the location, I’ll list the registry locations here:

For Windows OS: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion

For Office: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Registration

I have Office 2013 so it’s 15.0, but it changes according to which version of Office you are using.

• So copy the key and paste in Digital Product ID window.

• Now you can click on Decrypt and view the Product details with Product Key

You can copy it to the clipboard or just export it and save it for later use. I couldn’t test the Office part since Office 2013 is not supported by the tool yet.

The other feature is the OEM Editor.

You have the ability to backup and restore the current OEM information. You can also change the OEM details. It’s fairly simple to use. Then other options are Toolbox where you’ll find links to several Windows administrative tools like Group Policy Editor, MSCONFIG etc. One useful feature in the bunch is “Delete Stuck File”

Once you browse and select the file you have the option to back up the file and then delete it. Under Services +, it gives you a glance of a few important services and the status and ability to start and stop the service. You also have a tool tip for the given services. This will tell you what exactly that service does.

Incase this tool crashes with a message: WinTK has stopped responding, then according to the developer you need to run a command.

• Open the command prompt as administrator
• Type in lodctr –r
• Once this is done reboot the system and test it again.

To conclude it’s a great little tool with some rather useful options. But I have to say that it’s meant more for IT Professionals, rather than an average user because of the way it’s designed. There is a lot of room for improvement. You can download it from here from Softpedia.