http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-troubleshoot-your-windows-with-the-msconfig-utility/ Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-troubleshoot-your-windows-with-the-msconfig-utility/#comment-382259 Saikat Sat, 11 Apr 2009 06:52:42 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=15444#comment-382259 The idea is to get background applications out of the picture and otherwise create an environment where your applications don't clash with any of the background processes. This is a basic problem solving technique. Sometimes you might be installing or uninstalling a software and failing. It just might be interfering with one of the background startup processes. Try out a clean boot and see if the problem gets resolved. A game might be crashing frequently because it interferes with the one of the device drivers. A clean boot might help to resolve the problem. Sometimes, updating drivers doesn’t go as smooth as it should, clean Boot might help you solve that problem. The idea is to get background applications out of the picture and otherwise create an environment where your applications don’t clash with any of the background processes. This is a basic problem solving technique. Sometimes you might be installing or uninstalling a software and failing. It just might be interfering with one of the background startup processes. Try out a clean boot and see if the problem gets resolved. A game might be crashing frequently because it interferes with the one of the device drivers. A clean boot might help to resolve the problem. Sometimes, updating drivers doesn’t go as smooth as it should, clean Boot might help you solve that problem.

]]> http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-troubleshoot-your-windows-with-the-msconfig-utility/#comment-382257 Bill Guinee Sat, 11 Apr 2009 05:50:39 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=15444#comment-382257 This is an interesting article, but I am not clear about when you would do this procedure. What conditions, exactly, is it supposed to fix? This is an interesting article, but I am not clear about when you would do this procedure. What conditions, exactly, is it supposed to fix?

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