Windows provides a variety of configuration tools tailored to meet the needs of different users. These built-in tools facilitate your device's customization and monitoring, allowing you to change Windows' configuration to suit your preferences and requirements with precision.

To run a Control Panel tool in Windows, type the appropriate command in the Open box or at a command prompt. NOTE: If you want to run a command from a command prompt, you must do so from the Windows folder.

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Windows includes a tool called Microsoft System Information (Msinfo32.exe). This tool gathers information about your computer and displays a comprehensive view of your hardware, system components, and software environment, which you can use to diagnose computer issues.

There are different ways to remove apps and programs, so if you can't find the one you're looking for, you can try another location. Note that some apps and programs are built into Windows and can't be uninstalled. You can try to repair a program first, if it's just not running correctly.

Use the System File Checker tool to repair missing or corrupted system files. When critical Windows system files are missing or corrupted, some Windows features may stop working correctly or Windows may stop responding altogether.

Describe an issue in which you cannot access the Performance Monitor (Perfmon.exe) on a remote computer.

Screen flickering in Windows 10 is usually caused by a display driver issue or incompatible app. To determine whether a display driver or app is causing the problem, check to see if Task Manager flickers. Then, based on that information, you'll need to update, rollback, or uninstall your display driver or update or uninstall the app.

To find the correct driver package for your device: Select your Surface device from the dropdown menu, then click the link to visit the Official Microsoft Download Center page for your Surface model. If you’re not sure what Surface model you’re using, look in the Surface app. For more info, see Find out which Surface model you have.

To manually download the update package, go to the Microsoft Update Catalog, and search for "Microsoft Monitoring Agent." Available updates will appear in the search results. For example, this update package is listed as follows: Update rollup for Microsoft Monitoring Agent (KB 3165492)