I’ve written about many strange errors in Windows before and I recently ran across a new one. When trying to shutdown or restart, I would get the following error message:
Windows is currently working with a file. Either wait for Windows to finish, or close it before you quit Windows
The heading for the dialog box would [...]

In Windows 7 and Windows XP, the default behavior of the operating system after a system crash or blue screen is to simply restart. Sometimes an automatic reboot can fix the problem and you don’t have to worry about the actual error.
However, most of the time once your system crashes or if you get a [...]

Does Windows hang when you try to shut it down? On one of my laptops, I ran into the problem where Windows would just hang while saying
Windows is Shutting Down
Sometimes it would eventually shut down, but it could take anywhere from 4 minutes to 10! The laptop is brand new and was running Windows 7, [...]

Formerly known as Microsoft Antispyware, the software giant released Windows Defender in 2006 to protect its number one operating system at the time, Windows XP, from spyware. Simple to use and supported in Windows Vista and 7, Windows Defender is well-known for its reliability and stability.
Unfortunately, Windows Defender does occasionally become corrupted and must be [...]

Recently, I setup a Windows 2003 Server with SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, along with ISA Server. When I tried to connect to the SQL Server from a remote machine, I was presented with the following error:
A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or [...]

Cryptic Windows errors are about as common as fish in the sea. I’ve previously written about many strange Windows errors, such as:
Unsupported wireless network device detected. System Halted
Instruction at referenced memory could not be read