It is a common thing to have crashes on the desktop’s operating systems. This is unavoidable especially when using software that has a high complexity level including Microsoft. There are many forms of system crashes such as having a hibernated computer refusing to wake up or having a wireless network that does not work. Drivers are also known to cause system breakdowns if they are applied or written to an unsupported hardware. Installed programs also overwrite settings of some other applications and this makes them have an abnormal behavior and in turn cause system breaks.

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Potentially malicious programs are software that might be genuine but they can cause serious damage to the computer system and data, if used with malicious intent. Because these programs are useful to computer users, they cannot be classified as being 100 per cent dangerous or even 100 per cent harmless. In most antivirus software, such potentially malicious programs are not automatically identified. Instead, the user must classify the program as malicious or not. Potentially malicious programs can be classified into three categories, namely; adware, riskware and pornware.

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Cracking the WEP and WPA wireless networks successfully resembles some networking terminologies and principles and the command-line tools. The fact that there is a basic similarity with Linux systems is also helpful. Once the command line programs are in place, the process of cracking the WEP and WPA encryptions can begin in a number of steps as follows:

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Sometimes, though not that often, one comes across files that require conversion from one format to another to be able to exploit their full potential, or to make them functional on different hardware types, a good example being converting a DVD movie into Windows Media (.avi) or MPEG (.mpg) format. One can also convert image files, such as conversions from true colour to grayscale. Other file conversions can be applied to office file formats (word-processors) and audio file formats.

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The windows Registry is a type of database comprising of all Windows settings and installed applications. It stores options and settings for the Microsoft Windows operating system. The registry consists of hardware settings and information, software for the operating system, most of the non operating system software, and a wide range of user settings.

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Have you ever faced an error while running Windows® operating system on your PC that says something like, “A Fatal Exception error [some error name] has occurred at [some memory address]”? When you click on the big OK button in the message window, the computer either shuts down or some program terminates instantly. The cross mark in red on the window distinguishes the error as a critical error. But why do these occur? Let’s find out.

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Temp files are created by computers for many uses but generally they are needed when memory is not enough and cannot be allocated for a program’s tasks. In the Windows Vista Operating System, the main location where temp files are situated is in the C:\windows\temp folder. This location can act as virtual memory for large sums of data in an operating system. Many operating systems have shared memory which is utilized for passing data through programs.

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