Windows 10 Articles
What is COM Surrogate in Windows 10 and Is It a Virus?
Mar 12th, 2018 by We'll tell you whether you need to worry or not
Fix Missing Windows Default Apps in Windows 10
A few different ways to reset it
For the most part, Windows 10 has been quite successful since it’s release. This doesn’t mean it hasn’t had its share of problems, though. Now that we are getting big […]
What is Msmpeng.exe and Should You Remove It?
The good news it's not malware or spyware
Has your CPU been at 100% utilization lately? If you went to the Task Manager in Windows and looked at your processes tab, you may have noticed a process called […]
How to Add to Windows PATH Environment Variable
Works for Windows 10 or 7
If you’re a coder or programmer, you probably spend a decent amount of time using the command prompt to execute programs or compile code. In order to complete those tasks, […]
Troubleshoot Printer Stuck in Offline Status in Windows
There are quite a few reasons why
If you have tried to print a document in Windows 10, you know that it won’t print unless the printer is online. Usually, this just involves turning on your printer […]
Windows Defender vs. Security Essentials vs Safety Scanner
One of the most head-scratching issues resolved
Microsoft loves to confuse their users as most people have found out using Windows 8. Not only was Windows 8 confusing, but Microsoft keeps changing how the new operating system […]
Fix Windows 10 App Opens Then Closes
We'll show you step-by-step
Are some or all of your Windows 10 apps not working properly? Previously, I wrote an article on how to fix the problem of missing Windows Store appsĀ and recently I […]
Ultimate Troubleshooting Guide for Windows 10 Not Going to Sleep
Everything short of reading it a bedtime story
Previously, I had written an article about Windows 7 not going to sleep mode properly. One would think this problem would be fixed in the latest version of Windows operating […]
Fix Black Screen on Windows 10 Laptop with Intel HD Graphics
It took some time to figure this out
If you have been playing around with Windows 10 recently and tried installing it on a laptop that has Intel HD graphics, you may have been surprised when you try […]
Device Association Framework High CPU Usage in Windows 10?
We'll show you how to disable it
If you have recently starting using Windows 10, you may have run into an issue where everything starts to run really slow. If you ended up looking at the processes […]
Turn on Fast Startup Missing in Windows 8/10 Power Options?
Have your PC boot as fast as possible
If you have a PC running Windows 8 or Windows 10, you definitely want to make sure your machine is booting as fast as possible. By default, Windows 8/10 enables […]
How to Tell if a Folder is Shared in Windows 10
Why did they have to make it so darn complicated?
Starting in Windows 7 and continuing into Windows 8/10, Microsoft has removed the feature whereby when you shared a folder, it would change the folder icon so that you could […]
What Happened to Disk Defragmenter in Windows 8/10?
Same program now under a new name
In Windows 8 and Windows 10, the name for a few features from Windows 7 have changed. For example, Windows Anytime Upgrade is now called Add Features to Windows 8/10. […]
How to Run Disk Cleanup in Windows 10
We'll walk you thru all the different ways
Even though Disk Cleanup is not a very often used tool in Windows, it still does come in handy and I have found that it does a good job of […]
Install Purchased Apps from Windows Store on Another PC
You can do it for up to 10 PCs
I’ve been using Windows 10 for a while now and one thing that I have done is purchased a few useful apps from the Windows Store. If you have ever […]
Enable Windows 10 Hyper-V
You get free server virtualization as well
In Windows 10 there is a new feature called Hyper-V that is basically the same thing as XP Mode in Windows 7. It allows you to run as many guest […]
Log on as Administrator in Windows 10
It's disabled by default - here's how to get in
By default, the local Administrator account in Windows 10 is disabled. There are certain programs that require the user to be logged in using the local administrator account in order […]
Fix “Your PC’s CPU isn’t compatible with Windows 8/10” Error
Be able to install it on these machines
I’ve installed Windows 8/Windows 10 on a couple of machines lately to play around with it and it has installed without a problem on all machines except one. On an […]