Microsoft has not become the richest company in the world with tricks and deceptions, but with the development of a system that makes it easy for everyone, even the less experienced, to use the computer, while providing countless functions and utilities for daily use. The errors happen and are also frequent, because there are many inexperienced people who use it, because the bugs in the software never fail and then because Windows, unlike the Mac, is a system that can be installed on any computer, with several pieces and hardware components.
What can instead be criticized by Microsoft is that such ease of use makes problem solving difficult, since the tools to make corrections, if any, are often hidden or difficult to understand.
The usual errors of a PC are the daily ones that can happen to many people every day, who see their computer go suddenly slower, who see error messages or particular anomalies such as videos that are not seen, audio that is not hear, the cd that does not work, the usb sticks that are not recognized, the disk that makes strange noises and so on.
In this article we therefore summarize the manual corrections to all possible PC errors (let's say almost all ...), within reach and free for everyone .
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1) Internet errors
The problems related to the internet are the most varied and in this blog we have examined many of them.
For example, it may be necessary to correct configuration errors for the wifi connection and the router.
In some cases it is possible to restore the connection manually if the PC does not connect.
It may also be necessary to reset the browser (Chrome, Firefox or Internet Explorer) to correct errors, crashes, malfunctions or even if too much advertising appears.
2) Security and malware errors.
There is an entire security section that talks about malware, viruses and how to prevent and cure them on each PC.
So I do not dwell on the question; just know that it is (almost) always possible to remove viruses and malware on your PC for free, without paying any technician.
Among the security errors of a Windows PC, a usual and annoying one is that of the UAC user control which blocks many simple operations and prevents installing programs.
As seen in another article, UAC can be limited or completely disabled (highly discouraged).
3) The PC freezes or is very slow
Sometimes the pc freezes with an hourglass or a blue dot that turns and no one understands what it is "thinking" to do.
For example, it may be that it slows down a lot when you open a folder with many files (see here how to open Windows folders faster) or it may be that the contextual menu of options that appears by pressing the right button on an icon or on the empty.
In this case, you can disable unnecessary items from the Windows menus to make them faster.
In other articles, the problem of Windows freezes has been addressed, explaining how:
- Solve Windows 7 problems: freeze and random and frequent freezes
- Analyze Windows crashes
4) PC update errors
One type of warning that can be annoying on every PC is that of Windows Update which requires you to restart your computer continuously after an automatic update .
So we saw how to disable these automatic restart warnings forever after an update.
In two other articles we also talked about how to fix Windows Update errors when the system does not update and how to install Windows updates
5) Audio is not heard, videos are not seen
On this I wrote a precise guide with all the possible corrections to the Audio and Video problems on Windows PC.
6) Writing errors and keyboard problems
If we talk about spelling mistakes in texts, they can be automatically corrected in Word, in Chrome and on any other writing program with the Tinyspell PC spelling checker.
If instead we talk about errors in the keyboard, which does not respond as well as we would like, we have seen, in another article, how to solve the most common keyboard errors on the PC
7) Software compatibility and program installation
On Windows 7 and Windows 8, it may happen that when you install a new program, a warning appears about incompatible software .
You can then disable the program compatibility troubleshooting service. (go to Start -> run -> Services.msc or Start -> Programs -> Administrative Tools -> Services ) and stop the related service).
Or, better especially in Windows 8, right-click on the program icon, go to the properties and, in the Compatibility tab, press the troubleshooting button or try compatibility for Windows XP if it is an old software.
Another article instead explains how to solve Windows Installer errors, installation and uninstallation of programs
8) PC that does not start, remains with a black screen or does not turn on
This is the worst of a PC's errors so we have provided several guides in addition to those mentioned in point 3 of this summary post.
You can then use the event log to analyze Windows problems, use MSConfig to do a clean boot and find external software errors, such as fixing the black screen error when starting your PC.
In general, we have collected all the possible errors of a computer crashing or freezing on startup.
9) Errors with the hard disk, with corrupt or not found files and with registry keys
You can fix errors with the hard disk using the scandisk, the usual tool present in every version of Windows.
Since the disk is the most fragile computer component, you can also check the integrity and performance of the hard disk with external programs.
For the various errors that can be reported by Windows in file operations we have seen some troubleshooting guides:
- Resolve missing DLL errors or missing system files
- Solution "file not found or corrupt" if Windows does not work: SFC
- Repair damaged and corrupt files that no longer open
- Restore files and system settings after a virus or malware
- recover deleted files on PC
- Correct errors and improve performance on Windows from registry keys
- Find solutions to Windows errors with diagnostic startup
As mentioned at the beginning, many and different errors can occur on a PC, some stupid and easy to solve, others instead much less understandable and mysterious in the causes.
If you don't know what to do and can't figure out what's wrong, there are automatic programs that analyze problems and tools that try to solve them semi-automatically.
We talked about these in two articles:
- Programs to fix Windows errors and fix PC problems including Microsoft Fix It
- Programs to fix computer errors quickly
Obviously, with Windows, Mac or any other computer, it is always possible to restore the system configuration if the PC does not work today and thus solve any mysterious problem, hoping it will not recur.
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If you have other boring problems, which are not errors but you like to solve the same because they annoy you, let us know!
