HOW TO FIX COMMON WINDOWS 8 PROBLEMS

SAFEBYTES SOFTWARE

Although Windows 8 is a fairly new system with all sorts of upgrades, it is not immune from the occasional problems. Some of them are due to usability such as the interface while others are to do with the way in which the software was designed.

This article gives you a few tips on how to deal with the most common problems that have been associated with this software package:

THE LOST START MENU

• THE UPGRADE MEANT THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO SEE WHERE THE START MENU WAS. DESPITE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS, THE START MENU REMAINED HIDDEN. IN ORDER TO GET ROUND THIS USE THE “APP VIEW” MODE WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO SEE THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE. ALTERNATIVELY YOU CAN USE ONE OF THE THIRD PARTY BESPOKE PROGRAMS THAT RESTORE THE MENU. THESE INCLUDE START MENU 8, START MENU REVIVER, POKKI AND CLASSIC SHELL 4.0. YOU SIMPLY DOWNLOAD THEM AND FOLLOW THEIR RESPECTIVE INSTRUCTIONS.

PROBLEMATIC EXPLORER FILE

• THERE HAVE BEEN FREQUENT REPORTS OF THE EXPLORER.EXE FILE CRASHING LEADING TO IRRITATING MULTIPLE RELOADS. THIS IS THEN FOLLOWED BY A MESSAGE TO THE EFFECT THAT THE PROGRAM HAS STOPPED WORKING. A BUG HAS INTERFERED WITH THE LINKS THAT JOIN THE HARDWARE DRIVER TO THE OPERATING SYSTEM. USE THE “REFRESH MY PC” FEATURE TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM.

• YOU START BY GOING TO SETTINGS AND THEN DRILLING DOWN TO CHANGE THE PC SETTINGS. AFTER THAT SELECT THE OPTION FOR “UPDATE AND RECOVERY”. YOU SHOULD THEN OPEN THE RECOVERY TAB AND CLICK ON THE TAB TO GET STARTED. THIS WILL NORMALLY NOT AFFECT YOUR FILES BUT THE WINDOWS PROGRAM IS RE-INSTALLED. HOWEVER YOU SHOULD ALSO BACKUP JUST IN CASE.

PERFORMANCE THAT IS SLOWED DOWN BY THE SVC HOST

• ONE OF THE LEADING COMPLAINTS IS THE PROCESSOR GETTING SIGNIFICANTLY SLOWED DOWN BY SVCHOST.EXE FILE. THIS IS BECAUSE THIS FILE CONSUMES CERTAIN PROCESSOR CYCLES THAT ARE NOT ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL FOR ITS FUNCTION. YOU SHOULD FIRST DEAL WITH POTENTIAL MALWARE THREATS THAT COULD BE THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM. THIS MALWARE TENDS TO USE THE SVCHOST.EXE FILE AS A MASK SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF THE MOST USED PROGRAMS. DOWNLOAD A REPUTABLE ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAM LIKE SAFEBYTES, AVIRA AND NORTON IN ORDER TO GET RID OF THE MALWARE.

• ANOTHER CAUSE MAY BE THE WINDOWS UPNP SERVICE (A UNIVERSAL PLUG AND PLAY DEVICE). IT TENDS TO SCAN THE HOME NETWORK FOR COMPATIBLE DEVICES. IF IT IS ALLOWED TO CONTINUE SCANNING AIMLESSLY THEN IT COULD END UP USING THE SYSTEM RESOURCES. YOU CAN RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM BY SEARCHING FOR THE “NETWORK AND SHARING CENTER”. OPEN IT IN ORDER TO DRILL DOWN TO THE ADVANCED SHARING SETTINGS. TURN OFF THE NETWORK DISCOVERY OPTION WHEN YOU ARE HERE.

SOFTWARE OVERLOADS

• IF YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT DOWNLOADS EVERYTHING THAT IS ON OFFER, YOU RUN THE RISK OF BRINGING BUGS INTO THE SYSTEM. IT IS THEREFORE A GOOD IDEA TO GET RID OF UNWANTED PROGRAMS FROM TIME TO TIME. THIS WILL ENSURE THAT THE SYSTEM IS NOT CLUTTERED AND THAT YOU GET OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE FROM YOUR SOFTWARE.