You know the feeling: your computer randomly reboots, freezes, and barfs up blue screens of death (BSOD) errors like it’s suffering in anguish. If your computer is beset with more problems than Lamar Odom right now then you should probably check out the Memory Diagnostic Tool. The good thing is that once you become conversant with these tools you’ll have less reason to download third-party software and you’ll have more ammunition to impress your friends. I’ve swashed through the command sludge for you and extracted five gems that I’ll share below. Windows has a prodigious list of commands but only a few are ever used and even fewer have any value. But the old is gone and today, average users are savvy and are learning the value of knowing the in’s and out’s of their systems.Ī few weeks ago, I unveiled five Windows 7 tricks most people aren’t aware of and now I want to augment that list with a few more that I think are imperative. Windows has a myriad of esoteric utilities and tools that used to be the pride and glory of basement dwelling, retainer wearing, eye-glass bearing geeks.

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