Remote Desktop Keeps Freezing? Turn Off UDP on Your PC
Remote Desktop picture freezes while your typing still gets through? Turn off UDP on the PC you connect from, then try bitmap caching and audio off.
Chrome Search Engine Keeps Changing to Yahoo? Find Why
Chrome search engine flipping back to Yahoo or Bing? Find what changes it first: a security suite, an extension, a policy or a startup task. Then reset.
Microsoft AutoUpdate Keeps Popping Up on Mac? Quiet It
Microsoft AutoUpdate opening on your Mac with nothing to install? Turn automatic updates back on, set two documented preferences, then slow its agent.
Chrome Downloads PDFs Instead of Opening Them? Three Fixes
Chrome saving PDFs to Downloads, or opening them in Acrobat with no Save As box? Two switches cause it: PDF documents and the automatic file list.
Hardware Reserved RAM Too High? Find What Holds It
A big chunk of RAM marked Hardware reserved in Task Manager? Check for 32-bit Windows, clear Maximum memory in msconfig, then test each stick and the BIOS.
Uninstalled App Still in Installed Apps? Remove the Entry
Uninstalled a program and it still sits in Installed apps? Let Control Panel remove the entry, hide the leftover uninstaller, or delete its Uninstall key.
distnoted High CPU on Mac? Find the App It Is Serving
distnoted near the top of Activity Monitor and the fans spinning? It works for another app. Quit the busy app next to it, relaunch Finder, check OneDrive.
RDP Stuck on Securing Remote Connection? Check Port 80
Remote Desktop hangs on Securing remote connection, then connects? Your PC is fetching the root certificate list over port 80. Open it, or import the certificate.
cmd.exe Missing From System32? Restore It With SFC
cmd.exe gone from System32 and Command Prompt will not open? Windows keeps a spare copy. Run DISM and SFC from Terminal as admin, or use Previous Versions.
CDPUserSvc High CPU? Disable the Template, Not the Copy
Connected Devices Platform User Service eating CPU, and Disabled will not stick? Change the CDPUserSvc template in the registry, and know what stops working.