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Disable GoogleUpdate.exe Process running in Background

If you are more into process details then you must have come across this process called GoogleUpdate.exe. You must have noticed this annoying process after you have installed Google product like Google Chrome browser or any other Google Product.

What is GoogleUpdate.exe process?
GoogleUpdate.exe is an update process from Google that runs on its own in the [...]

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Manage Startup Services with Service Tuner

Start-up services are the services that run in the background when the computer is turned on. These background services are also responsible for the time taken by the computer to boot.

Thus if you are facing the problem of slow system startup then you need to have a look at these services first. But the simpler [...]

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[Solved] User Name Missing from the Task Manager

One of our readers submitted this problem of not being able to view the names of the users under the User Name tab of the Task Manager while System was listed as usual.

This is very unusual thing and can happen immediately after the system is booted up that is before the system is fully processed. [...]

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Detect and Find Windows Services Running in the Background

Windows make use of lots of services to run properly, thus figuring out which process belong to Windows and which not, is a bit difficult task.
For every function in Windows there is a service linked to it which you can see for yourself by typing services.msc in the Run box. This will open the Services [...]

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[Solved] The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed

The problem was reported by one of our readers who was troubled by this Windows Installer service error. The following error occurred whenever we try to install a program and especially with .msi extension.

According to Microsoft, the error occurs if:
•    You are using Windows XP in Normal mode.
•    The Windows Installer Service that is included [...]

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Steps to Re-enable Windows Audio Service

My friend called me yesterday as he was facing the problem of Audio not working on his computer. On being asked he told that by mistake he disabled all the services of the computer (Quite stupid, I know). But he was having a hard time to solve that problem as the services were not starting [...]

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Steps to Fix Access Denied to gpedit.msc Problem

My PC was working all fine until I figured out that Group Policy gpedit.msc was not opening on my system. I wanted to open the Group Policy editor for some work and I was shocked to find that not only the gpedit.msc, even the other commands with msc extensions, were not working like services.msc, devmgmt.msc, [...]

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