Windows guides
Calibrate Your Display with Display Color Calibration in Windows 7 and 8 — Historical Guide
Historical Windows 7/8 guide to using Display Color Calibration for gamma, brightness, contrast, color balance, and ClearType.
FOUNDER & AUTHOR
Shantanu Kaushik
241 articles · Page 11
More articles
Troubleshooting
Fix Frequent 'Not Responding' Messages in Windows 7 and Vista — Historical Guide
Historical Windows 7/Vista troubleshooting for applications that frequently stop responding, with resource, disk, memory, driver, and system-file checks.
Troubleshooting
Fix: No Wireless Networks Available in Windows 8, 7, Vista, or XP — Historical Guide
Historical Wi-Fi troubleshooting for Windows 8/7/Vista/XP when the wireless adapter is off, missing, disabled, or unable to see nearby networks.
Windows guides
How to Connect to a Hidden Wi-Fi Network in Windows 7, Vista, and XP — Historical Guide
Historical steps for manually creating a wireless profile for a hidden SSID in Windows 7, Vista, and XP.
Troubleshooting
Fix UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME (0x000000ED) in Windows 7 — Historical Guide
Historical Windows 7 recovery guide for the UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME 0xED blue-screen error, using file-system checks, Startup Repair, and hardware diagnostics.
Troubleshooting
Fix Antivirus Still Showing Out of Date After Updating — Windows 8/7/Vista/XP (Historical)
Historical troubleshooting for antivirus products that downloaded definitions but still reported an outdated status on older Windows releases.
Troubleshooting
Fix Picture Thumbnails Not Showing in Windows 7 — Historical Guide
Historical Windows 7 guide to restoring image thumbnails in File Explorer by checking folder settings, view mode, cache, and file associations.
Troubleshooting
Fix Drag and Drop Not Working in Windows 7, Vista, or XP — Historical Guide
Historical troubleshooting for drag-and-drop failures in Windows Explorer and applications on Windows 7, Vista, and XP.
Troubleshooting
Fix Alt+Tab Not Working Correctly in Windows 7 — Historical Guide
Historical Windows 7 troubleshooting for Alt+Tab switcher problems, including keyboard checks, Explorer restart, visual settings, clean boot, and system-file repair.
Troubleshooting
Fix Hardware Devices Not Detected in Windows 8, 7, Vista, or XP — Historical Guide
Historical device-detection troubleshooting for older Windows versions using connection checks, Device Manager, OEM drivers, and hardware diagnostics.
Windows guides
Guide to Dead and Stuck Pixels on an LCD Monitor
How to distinguish dead, stuck, and transient pixels, test a display safely, and decide when warranty or panel replacement is appropriate.
Troubleshooting
Unable to Sync Outlook.com in the Windows 8 Mail App — Historical Workaround
Historical Windows 8 Mail-app troubleshooting for Outlook.com account synchronization, with current status of the retired Mail app and service changes.
Troubleshooting
Fix Brightness Controls or Hotkeys Not Working in Windows 8, 7, Vista, or XP — Historical Guide
Historical troubleshooting for laptop brightness sliders and function keys that stop working on older Windows versions.
Troubleshooting
Fix an External USB Hard Drive Not Detected in Windows 8, 7, Vista, or XP — Historical Guide
Historical external-drive troubleshooting for older Windows versions, emphasizing safe cable, power, Device Manager, and Disk Management checks without risking existing data.
Windows guides
The Roadmap of Internet Explorer — Historical Archive
A historical look at Internet Explorer's evolution, preserved with context that IE 11 desktop support has ended and Microsoft Edge is the supported browser path.
Troubleshooting
How to Troubleshoot Thermal Shutdowns on a Laptop or Desktop PC
Practical, safety-focused steps for diagnosing overheating and thermal shutdowns, including airflow, fans, dust, firmware telemetry, and professional service.
Troubleshooting
Fix an Empty Device Manager in Windows 7, Vista, or XP — Historical Guide
Historical troubleshooting for Device Manager opening with no devices listed, using service checks, system-file repair, System Restore, and profile testing without broad registry ACL changes.
Windows guides
SSD Performance Tips for Windows 8, 7, Vista, and XP — Historical Guide
Updated historical SSD guidance explaining AHCI, TRIM, Windows drive optimization, indexing, write caching, and what not to disable on modern SSD-aware Windows releases.
Windows guides
SSD/HDD Partition Alignment in Windows 8, 7, Vista, and XP — Historical Guide
Historical explanation of partition alignment, why modern Windows setup normally aligns partitions automatically, and why destructive DiskPart realignment should not be routine maintenance.
Troubleshooting
Fix File or Folder 'Access Denied' in Windows 7, Vista, or XP — Historical Guide
Historical guide to diagnosing NTFS ownership and permission errors after reinstalling or moving drives, with encryption and file-system cautions.