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Find out what Apps and Software are Slowing your PC

Sometimes your PC can just run very slowly. When this happens it could be something using all your processor time, using too much of the PC’s memory, or reading and writing large volumes of data to the hard disk. If it happens regularly though you…

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Find out what Windows Version you have

If you need help and support for your PC you’ll often need to know what version of Windows you’re using, be it Windows 10 Home, Pro, Pro in S mode, or another edition. Fortunately it’s really quick and simple to find out this information. In…

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Install Windows Feature Packs on Low-Storage PCs

Twice a year Microsoft release a Feature Pack for Windows 10, these are the equivalent of Service Packs for older versions of Windows. The difference is that where new features would come along every three or so years with a new version of Windows, and…

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Diagnose and Troubleshoot Problems with Process Explorer

If you ever need to know exactly what’s going on at any time on your PC, the Microsoft utility Process Explorer should definitely be your first choice tool. Part of their Sysinternals Suite it displays details about everything that happens on your PC. The main…

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Manage and Troubleshoot Windows Startup with Autoruns

Managing Startup apps and programs on a PC is useful, but what do you do if you suspect that a startup service, codec, driver, task, or Registry item is causing a problem or a slow-down, or if malware might have infected the PC. This is…

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Manage Your Browser Favourites with Edge Manager

We’ve become used over the last few years to our Internet Favourites and Bookmarks automatically synchronising between all the devices we use. It doesn’t matter which browser you use, synching is supported in them all in no small part because the major browser companies, Google…

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Uninstalling and Delaying Windows 10 Feature Packs

The semi-annual feature packs for Windows 10 bring new features and functionality at the end of every April and October, but they can also change some of the ways in which Windows works on your PC, and sometimes this can slow down or intrude on…

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Troubleshoot your PC with Safe Mode and Diagnostic Mode

If you find that your PC is becoming unreliable, unresponsive, or perhaps even just won’t start there are a few things you can do to fix it and get it working properly again. Let’s say you need to uninstall a driver, or an update that…

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Removing Problematic Windows Updates in Windows 10

Windows Update is essential, it keeps your PC safe and secure from malware, exploit hacking, and it keeps things stable, reliable and up to date. However not all updates install without a problem, and this is because as there is a virtually infinite number of…

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Get Windows Working again with System Restore

Sometimes a change can be made on your PC that causes Windows to become unstable, or corrupt. When this happens it can seem difficult, even impossible to fix, but in reality it’s very easy to roll back the change and get your PC working again. …

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