5 Windows Features to Enable Now for Easier Troubleshooting
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Summary
Windows systems can be cumbersome to deal with when they start freezing or crashing often
There are several hidden features that can be enabled to make troubleshooting these problems easier
Enabling verbose status messages makes the startup processes more transparent and helps diagnose the issue when booting problems occur
Adding the ‘end task’ button to the taskbar makes it easier to kill programs taking too much memory without having to open the task manager
Disabling auto-restarts after a Blue Screen of Death allows you to read the error message and diagnose the issue before manually restarting the system
Turning on boot logging creates a log of all the drivers and services that run during boot, which is useful for diagnosing boot problems
Enabling the legacy F8 safe mode menu makes it easier to access safe mode without having to restart and fail repeatedly to enter Windows Recovery Environment
