Around the early 1960’s SPOOL software was used for the purpose of copying a file from one medium to another, such as a tape to printer or punch card to tape, with card-to-card copying also being frequently performed. It wasn’t until IBM introduced the 1401 (which was a more advanced decimal computer) that the use of the SPOOL software began to wane.
Winsock is short for Windows Socket and is an application programming interface or API that is used by developers to create applications that communicate with other computer systems through the TCP/IP protocol. Both Windows 95 and Windows NT come with a DLL file called winsock.dll, it’s this file that does the mediation between the application and the internet protocol.
The generic host process is a service for 32-bit Windows operating systems. Its purpose is to monitor all the services running in the background to ensure the smooth sailing of the OS. If you know what the Windows Task Manager is, then it’s likely that you have encountered the Windows process called svchost.exe.
If your computer starts to deteriorate in system performance, it can be a rather annoying process. It’s at this stage that knowing how to inject an insurgence of life into it becomes a priority of yours. The unfortunate thing is that most performance related issues are due to the registry, however, prodding around in the registry is probably not the most intelligent thing for you to do, especially if you lack the experience and knowhow.
With OLE, editing applications are able to export portions of documents to one another. For example, a photo editing application could export portions of text to a word processor, spreadsheet program or database application using OLE. The primary function and benefit of OLE is its ability to enable users to be able to export data from one kind of application to another kind of application, such as an image editor to a word processor.
A Windows based appcrash error message is well known to trigger confusion in end users who have very little knowledge of computers overall, and have next to no knowledge on how to tackle them. In this post, I intend to discuss exactly what an appcrash is, common causes of them, and ways of tackling them, to the betterment of your computer system.
Wuauclt.exe is the auto update client for Windows Update. It’s a process that runs in the background of your system, constantly checking Microsoft servers for any new updates to the operating system. The amount of times that it may check for these updates depends on is configuration.
The runtime error 216 is a fairly common error that has a holistic affect on your Windows environment. It’s an issue that a great many of us are faced with, but the good thing is that it’s not too difficult to fix. What most people tend to find most annoying about this error, is the fact that it’s not easily identifiable.