I know how Tech Support Techies work hard in troubleshooting various windows and security related problems on a daily basis. For helping us, various vendors are coming up with certain tools to make the job little bit easier. Microsoft, a Technology Giant will always find new ways in exploring and bringing up new tools and resources to help users to fix their own problems in Windows.
Microsoft Fix it is an online automated troubleshooting solution to diagnose common windows problems in Vista SP2 and XP SP3. It doesn’t support the latest Windows 7 and Server side OS, they came with automated troubleshooting by default when something goes wrong.
Fix It fixes common system problems like CD/DVD read/write errors, printing errors, problems with sound devices, maintenance and performance issues. This step from Microsoft is to automate manual steps in KB Articles so it will easy for the end-user and the troubleshooting expert to fix problems quickly.
This Automated Troubleshooting services will scan the PC and find out the causes of the problems and automatically fixes it. If the problem isn’t fixed it also provide other resources to fix it.
You can find some common resolved issues here for all products and also try Fix it in the Vista Sidebar Gadget too.
What is God Mode: Its a simple hack which is hidden in Windows 7 & Vista where you can easily access almost all the control settings for customizing and administer the operating system in one place. Its just a folder where you can find all the shortcuts to every settings change in Windows 7 and Vista. All the tools shortcuts are dumped in one location for easy access. Its like a Control Panel’s Big Boss.
How to access God Mode in 2 simple ways:
1. Create a new folder and rename it as below
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
You can see the icon changed similar to a control panel, double-click to open it and access all the settings in one store.
2. Download the portable tool created by Windows Club and access the same settings in God Mode.
Windows 7 God Mode Creator
Even though it works good for Vista machines too, it is advisable not to create it in Vista 64-bit OS as it crashes the Windows.
User Account Control is a feature in Windows Vista that can prevent unauthorized changes to your computer. It will ask for Administrator permission whenever some settings are to be changed. By verifying this actions UAC prevent malicious programs from installing it. Microsoft recommends strongly NOT to disable it or else you have to risk your computer to unauthorized changes by viruses and malwares.
For people who think the message pop-ups from UAC is annoying we got awesome applications where you can tweak UAC to run it quietly in the background. Is the "quiet" mode of UAC less secure?
1. UACcontroller
This standalone tool has the option to choose quiet mode where the UAC will be enabled without the Administrator approval prompt. This free UAC tweaking tool will also has options to disable and enable UAC without the option of touching the registry.
2. TweakUAC
TweakUAC is also a portable tool which allow users to switch UAC to a quiet mode, in which you will be elevated to administrator privilege, which means that the UAC prompts pops will be suppressed. This is ideal when you are up to perform an administrator task such as computer maintenance, un-installation of programs, etc. No installation is required to work with TweakUAC.
3. Norton UAC Tool
Norton UAC tool replaces only parts of the Windows Vista’s standard UAC, it continues to utilize the standard security features with more informative interface. This tool also recommends any action of a pop up based on an assessment of your actions which was impossible in the default standard UAC.
Screenshots of the above 3 apps are given below:
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