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How to Use Event Viewer to Troubleshoot Windows Problems
There is a lot going under the hood of a Windows computer. Using the Event Viewer, it’s possible to track...
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How to Boot into Safe Mode in All Versions of Windows
If your computer is acting up, Windows Safe Mode can help you troubleshoot problems that interrupt or prevent Windows from...
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How to Reset Your Computer Password If You Lock Yourself Out
Being the administrator of a computer or computer network is important. You’re the person whom everyone goes to when they...
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14 Command Prompt (CMD) Commands Windows Users Should Know
The Command Prompt has been a core part of the Windows operating system for a long time. Some commands are...
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Change from Public to Private Network in Windows
In Windows, when you connect to a wireless network, it will either register it as a Public network or a...
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Transfer Files from Windows XP, Vista, 7 or 8 to Windows 10 using Windows Easy Transfer
Whether you plan to upgrade your Windows XP, Vista, 7 or 8 machine to Windows 10 or buy a new...
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Join a Windows XP Computer to a Windows 7/8/10 Homegroup
Once you have setup a homegroup using Windows 7/8/10 on your network, the next step is to fine-tune it so...
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How to Delete the Windows.old folder in Windows 7/8/10
If you have tried upgrading your Windows PC and it has failed a couple of times due to various annoying...
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How to Configure a HomeGroup in Windows
A homegroup in Windows makes it easier to share files and printers on a home network. You can share pictures,...
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Fix File System Errors in Windows 7/8/10 with Check Disk Utility (CHKDSK)
Check Disk (chkdsk) is a tool used to verify file system integrity and is also used to locate bad sectors...
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Fix Scheduled Task Won’t Run for .BAT File
If you have a .BAT file and you’re trying to get it to run automatically using Task Scheduler in Windows,...
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Guide to Network and Sharing Center in Windows 7, 8, 10
The Network and Sharing Center in Windows 7, 8 and 10 is one of the more important and useful Control...
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How to Change the Clock To Military Time in Windows
Most people probably don’t care, but the default time display in Windows is 12 hour format, not military time. However,...
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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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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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Refresh, Reinstall or Restore Windows 8
In Windows 8, you actually have three main options for recovering the operating system: refresh, reinstall and restore. While all...
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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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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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Should You Upgrade to Windows 8?
Over the past few months, we’ve covered a significant amount of tips and hints regarding Microsoft’s upcoming operating system, Windows...
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Add Shutdown and Restart to the Right-Click Context Menu in Windows 8
In Windows 8, now that the Start Menu is now gone and replaced by the Start Screen and Charms bar....
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Fix Windows 8/10 “We weren’t able to connect to the Store” Error
I have loaded Windows 8/10 on a couple of home PCs and I’ve been running into occasional issues here and...
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Change Default Media Player and Photo Viewer in Windows 8
I’ve been running Windows 8 for a few weeks now and I recently ran into an issue when trying to...
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Turn on Fast Startup Missing in Windows 8/10 Power Options?
If you have a PC running Windows 8 or Windows 10, you definitely want to make sure your machine is...
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Fix NT Kernel & System Process High CPU Usage in Windows
I recently ran into a strange problem where a process called System (NT Kernel & System) was using about 15...
