These are some common issues faced by Windows users and luckily, the solutions to most of these tiny but annoying programs are hidden inside the Windows registry and can be found with a simple “google search”.

However, if you don’t like to fiddle directly with the registry and need something more simple, check out Fixwin.
This is a free utility for Windows that, as the name suggests, can repair a few dozen Windows annoyances and problems with a single click. It works on both 32-bit and 64-bit version of Windows Vista and Windows 7.
Fixwin weighs less than a MB and it requires no installation so you can carry it on a USB drive.