Windows Administrative Tools

Question
What are the kinds of administrative tools i can use in windows?

Answer
Click Start -> Run.
Enter one of the following as desired and wala....

Command	Description
%windir%\system32\comexp.msc	Component Services
%windir%\system32\compmgmt.msc	Computer Management
%windir%\system32\odbcad32.exe	Data Sources (ODBC)
%windir%\system32\eventvwr.msc	Event Viewer
%windir%\system32\iscsicpl.exe	iSCSI Initiator
%windir%\system32\secpol.msc	Local Security Policy
%windir%\system32\perfmon.msc	Performance Monitor
%systemroot%\system32\printmanagement.msc	Print Management
%windir%\system32\nfsmgmt.msc	Services for (NFS)
%windir%\system32\services.msc	Services
%windir%\system32\msconfig.exe	System Configuration
%windir%\system32\taskschd.msc	Task Scheduler
%windir%\system32\WF.msc	Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
%windir%\system32\MdSched.exe	Windows Memory Diagnostic
%SystemRoot%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -NoExit -ImportSystemModules	Windows PowerShell Modules

HP computers show bad performance with Flash Player 10.x

Problem:
Some HP computers show very bad visualization performance with any flash enabled applications, especially from Flash 10 onwards.

Cause?
This is an inherent problem with several HP computers i have tried on. I have no idea why this is so.

Solution:
Follow this link to the solutions. It may not be for your series of desktops but it works.
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c02509418&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN

Altering BIOS setting

There's a specific issue with HP Desktops which happens with Flash Player 10.x, lots of users solve their FlashPlayer problem with this

"In order to have the issue resolved, the value "Idle Power Savings" from the system BIOS menu has to be modified (Press F10 at the time of reboot to access to the BIOS Menu, Power, OS Power Mgmt) from the default value "Extended" to the value "Normal". Then savings the changes into the BIOS menu and rebooting the machine. As soon as the unit is rebooted and the OS loaded, access the websites that are equipped with Adobe's Shockwave Flash plugin's, the issue will not be shown anymore."