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How to Fix Windows AERO stopped Working

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AERO gives your desktop a transparency or glass look which something everyone want to have on their windows Vista or Windows 7. If you AERO stopped working it is due to several reasons and each of them requires different method to fix. here I will list out what you can do to fix it. 1. Restart the Theme and AERO services. Click start and type SERVICES.MSC on the search box, and then press enter. Look for Desktop Windows Session Manager - Right click and select properties Click stop and then click start, on startup type select automatic. Now look again for THEME and do the same thing - stop, start and set to automatic. Make sure to click apply to make the changes. 2. Uninstall recently installed updates Windows updates is one of the culprit, if your Aero stopped working after Windows automatic updates installation, uninstall the updates. For example one of the updates that cause this is KB2670838 ( Platform Update for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2) To do this go t...

Windows 10 ISO Technical Preview is Now Available

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If you are looking to see what the new Windows 10 has to offer, you can download the technical review ISO file which available on Microsoft Website: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview-iso Windows 10 first look  What you need to know before Installing Windows 10: 1. A technical preview simply is an unfinished project, which released to gain feedback from users. 2. It is for you if you know how to back up your data, installing windows from scratch, work with hard drive partition and troubleshooting problems. 3. It is better to install on a secondary computer, not you main or everyday computer. Do expect crashes and bugs, this is normal for technical preview release. 4. Mouse, keyboard and touch should work properly but touch screen user are expected to have few problems when interact with Windows and Apps. 5. Make sure you know how to work with ISO file, and how to burn disc image, or how to use disk image to create a bootable USB or DISC.

Run Two or Multiple Operating System at the Same Time

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It is not impossible to run 2 or more operating system at the same time by just using one computer. This can be done on any computer which have the Virtualization Technology. Most current computers and laptops support this option and you can check if your computer support Virtualization Technology by using Microsoft Detection Tools . Running Windows 7 and Windows 8 at the same time This technology allow you to install any operating system and run multiple operating system at once by using Virtual Box. I use Virtual Box to run Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows 8/8.1, Windows Vista, Mac OS - Lion, Linux Mint, Chrome OS, Ubuntu, Pearlinux and currently I'm waiting to install Windows 10 because Microsoft skip Windows 9. For this tutorial we will install Ubuntu inside windows 7 by using Oracle VM Virtual Box. STEP 1 : Install Virtual Box which can be downloaded from here: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads . Select the installer base on your current operating system. STE...

Volume shadow Copy Service used by system restore is not working

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If you are having trouble when trying to make a system restore or to create a restore point, and that problem is "Volume shadow Copy Service used by system restore is not working" with event log (the error code display in bracket. There are 2 Method you can use to solve the problems: Method 1 : Set the following component as automatic Volume shadow copy  Multimedia Class Scheduler  Remote Procedure Call (RPC)  DCOM Server Process Launcher - Plug and Play.  Instruction: Click the Start button, and in the search box type in: Services. Press 'Enter' to open Services window. Find related services that are listed above, and check the Status (started) and Startup Type (automatic). Double click the service to change the status to started and set startup type to Automatic. Method 2 :  Check Corrupted files using System File Checker Scan(SFC).  System File Checker is a utility in Windows that allows users to scan for corruptions in Windows sy...