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Troubleshooting applications

Troubleshooting applications

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Troubleshooting applications

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- Probably one of the more challenging issues when it comes to troubleshooting Windows is, Windows has booted up, you've logged in, you're at the desktop, and now ugly things start to happen. So I'm going to break this down into three big areas. Number one: Your system's running slow. Number two: There's some application that keeps blowing up on you. And number three: Problems with services. So let's start with the first one, system running slow. Now, before I say anything else, if you've got a slow-running system, I immediately go, "Malware, malware, malware," which is like 90% of the repairs I do on systems. However, for this particular one, we'll pretend that the anti-malware fairy has come down and I guarantee you (laughing) that it's running slow, but it ain't malware. So just suspension of disbelief here for just a moment, because it's probably malware if you're running slow, but let's say it isn't. And you've tested for your malware. So the first thing I'm going to be doing if…

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