Category: .do fix stuff

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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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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Run Apps Blocked by Windows SmartScreen

If you download a program or app from the Internet you need to certain that it’s safe to use, and isn’t malware or has been modified to carry a malware payload. This is why downloading software from Torrent websites is always a bad idea, as malware…

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Fix Common PC Problems with the Windows 10 Troubleshooters

When something goes wrong on your PC it can seem a really difficult, complicated, and technical problem to deal with, and you might throw your arms in the air, call a friend, or even stop whatever it was you really needed to be doing. With…

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Reinstall OneDrive in Windows 10

OneDrive is Microsoft’s cloud storage and file sync utility, it’s built into Office 365, and it’s an incredibly useful feature. Sometimes however you can find that OneDrive becomes corrupt, fails to work on a PC, and can be run at all. Luckily there’s are easy…

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Reset the Networking Stack in Windows

Sometimes networking just seems to either stop working, or stop working reliably on PCs and no matter how many times you restart the PC or disconnect and reconnect to the network nothing seems to get it working again. Networking can become flaky due to a…

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