I ran across an error when launching task manager in Windows 7 which was “c:\windows\system32\taskmgr.exe  The parameter is incorrect”.  You can see a screen shot of the error below .  When I first received this error I was stumped as I had never had an issue with task manager in my life.  I then started thinking back to what I had done in the past few days and remembered what I had done.  I had enabled process explorer from sysinternals to replace task manager.  This is no big deal, but if you move the process explorer executable to a different location it is a problem.  I had been doing some house cleaning and moved the exe to another location.  To fix the problem all I had to do is launch process explorer again and under options select restore task manager.  When I had completed this process task manager started up without a problem.  Hopefully this post comes in handy to somebody else running into the same problem.

Error Displayed When Launching Task Manager

Error When Launching Task Manager

 

Windows 7 adds a great new security feature called UAC.  There are certain situations where you have to disable UAC which you can do by following the below steps.

1. Open control panel by going to the start menu -> Control Panel

2. From the control panel select User Accounts And Family Safety

Windows 7 Control Panel

3. Select User Accounts

User Control Panel

4.  Select Change User Account Control Settings

Make Changes To User Account

5. Move slider bar to the bottom so it is at never notify.  Then click OK.

UAC Slider

 

There are allot of great things about Windows 7 and one of them is that it has a built in disk defragger that runs in the background and just gets the job done.  The only problem with this is that some people prefer to use their own tool of choice.  If you want to do this you must turn off the built in defragger.  Use the following steps below to turn of Windows 7 defragmenter

1.  Go To Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Defragmenter

Screnshot of Windows 7 Defrag Menu

2.  Select Configuration Schedule

Windows 7 Main Disk Deframenter Menu

3.  Deselect Run On A Schedule And Click OK

Windows 7 Disk Deframenter Schedule

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