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Best Ways to Quickly Hide Windows Applications
You’ve probably run into the situation at home or at the office where you were doing something confidential on the...
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How to Remotely Shutdown or Restart a Windows Computer
This article will show you how to use the remote shutdown command tool in Windows to remotely shutdown or restart...
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How to Print a List of Files in a Windows Directory
Recently, I had to send a friend a list of all the files and folders in a particular directory on...
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How to Extract Icons from EXE, DLL, OCX, and CPL Files
Wish you could extract all of icons stored on your computer? Have you ever wondered where all those icons you...
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Fix “This device can’t use a Trusted Platform Module” When Enabling BitLocker
I recently tried to enable BitLocker on an old Windows 10 PC at home and got an error message that...
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Windows Defender vs. Security Essentials vs Safety Scanner
Microsoft loves to confuse their users as most people have found out using Windows 8. Not only was Windows 8...
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5 Windows Alternatives to the Linux sudo Command
If you’ve ever used Linux or know someone who uses Linux, then you’ve probably heard of the sudo command. The...
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Fix Windows 10 App Opens Then Closes
Are some or all of your Windows 10 apps not working properly? Previously, I wrote an article on how to...
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Fix Windows 8/10 Live Tiles Not Updating
Recently, I had a client come in with a Windows 10 PC that had live tiles that were not updating....
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Fix Can’t Adjust Brightness after Upgrading to Windows 8.1/10
After upgrading an older Lenovo laptop to Windows 10 recently, I ran into a very annoying problem. For whatever reason,...
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Ultimate Troubleshooting Guide for Windows 10 Not Going to Sleep
Previously, I had written an article about Windows 7 not going to sleep mode properly. One would think this problem...
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Fix Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) Missing from Services
Back in the day, I wrote an article about the BITS (Background Intelligent Transfer Service) service not starting and how...
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Install .NET Framework 3.5, 3.0, 2.0 on Windows 8/10
With Windows 8/10, .NET Framework 4.5 comes installed by default. Since .NET 4.5 is an in-place upgrade of 4.0, you...
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Fix Base System Device Not Found in Device Manager
I recently did a clean install of Windows 7 on my PC and downloaded all the drivers from the manufacture’s...
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HDG Explains – Swapfile.sys, Hiberfil.sys and Pagefile.sys in Windows
In previous versions of Windows, you probably remember the good old paging file. It is used when physical memory becomes...
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How to Fix “We Weren’t Able to Connect to the Store” in Windows 11/10
Seeing "We weren't able to connect to the Store" in Windows 11/10? Start with wsreset.exe — it clears this in...
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Automatically Move, Delete, or Copy Files in Windows
Previously, I had written about a program to automate file management tasks in Windows, but unfortunately, the program was very...
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Fix Black Screen on Windows 10 Laptop with Intel HD Graphics
If you have been playing around with Windows 10 recently and tried installing it on a laptop that has Intel...
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Device Association Framework High CPU Usage in Windows 10?
If you have recently starting using Windows 10, you may have run into an issue where everything starts to run...
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How to Fix “Turn on Fast Startup” Missing in Windows 10 and 11
"Turn on fast startup" not showing in Windows 10 or 11 Power Options? Hibernation is disabled. Here's how to fix...
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How to Tell if a Folder Is Shared in Windows 11 or 10
Windows no longer marks shared folders with a special icon, making it hard to tell what's shared. Here are 4...
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8 Ways to Fix NT Kernel & System High CPU Usage
System (NT Kernel & System) hogging 15–30% CPU at idle? Here are 8 fixes for Windows 11 and 10, from...
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What Happened to Disk Defragmenter in Windows 10 and 11?
Can't find Disk Defragmenter in Windows 10 or 11? Microsoft renamed it to Defragment and Optimize Drives. Here's how to...
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How to Run Disk Cleanup in Windows 10 and Windows 11
Free up drive space with Windows' built-in Disk Cleanup in Windows 10 and 11. Three ways to open it, plus...
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Install Purchased Apps from Windows Store on Another PC
I’ve been using Windows 10 for a while now and one thing that I have done is purchased a few...
