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How to Fix “System Restore does not appear to be functioning correctly on this system”

July 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Is system restore not working in Windows 7 and showing an error related to Volume Shadow Copy Service component, here is the fix. System Restore is the crucial feature in Windows that lets you restore your system to earlier time.

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Troubleshooting
Avast Behavior Shield Settings

Windows 8 Showing Black Screen Due to Avast [Fix]

June 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Avast Behavior Shield Settings

Are you encountering Black screen with Avast on Windows 8 machine?, here is the manual fix until Avast finds the solution. In the past, we’ve covered fix to BSOD issue with Avast on Windows 8, now recently some users reported

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Google Chrome
Chrome disable extensions command line switch

How to Disable all Extensions when you can’t open the Chrome browser?

May 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 2 Comments
Chrome disable extensions command line switch

Sure, there is an extension available that lets you disable all Chrome extensions with a single click, but this extension will only be helpful when you able to launch the browser. But if Chrome browser denies to load and crashes

Posted in: Google Chrome, How to, Troubleshooting
Google Chrome

How to remove Google Chrome if you can’t uninstall it?

March 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

If you’re not able to uninstall Google Chrome browser from Control Panel then you can manually remove it so that you can able to reinstall Chrome on your computer. When you want to uninstall Chrome to reinstall new version if

Posted in: Google Chrome, How to, Troubleshooting
How to
Uninstalling Avast 8 with its uninstall utility

How to Uninstall Avast 8 Beta from your Computer

February 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 3 Comments
Uninstalling Avast 8 with its uninstall utility

Few users of XP reported on Avast forums that yesterday released Avast 8 beta version causing their system to slow down, if you’re facing any issues with this right now you can easily uninstall Avast 8 beta and reinstall Avast

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Download Uninstall Tool for Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition

January 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

If you’re not able to uninstall Bitdefender Antivirus free edition from your Computer don’t  worry! Bitdefender is offering uninstall tool for the same. We’ve already covered how to uninstall recently released Bitdefender Antivirus free edition, that method as usual involves

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Disable ActiveX filtering that may resolve flash issues

Fix Flash Issues in Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8

January 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Disable ActiveX filtering that may resolve flash issues

If you’re not able to play rich media content through Flash Player that has been embedded or integrated into Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8, follow these steps. How to Fix issues with embedded Flash Player in Windows 8 FYI

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