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Countless articles have been written over the years on the topic of optimizing PCs that run Microsoft Windows in order to make them run faster.
Many of those articles offer a number of good tips, but they almost always include one that I don’t recommend: Optimizing the Windows Registry.
If you’ve started noticing a lot of unusual and intrusive activity on your Mac, chances are you’ve fallen victim to some type of malware.
One common type, in particular, is spyware which can be incredibly sneaky and difficult to notice. So, unless you have a Mac spyware remover installed on your device, you will have to detect and remove this malicious software yourself.
Here’s everything you need to know… [Read more…]
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Question from Sheila: I recently saw some Microsoft Surface laptops on Amazon that said they come with Windows 10 S.
The ad didn’t give any details about this version of Windows 10. What does the “S” on the end mean? [Read more…]
By default, Windows constantly checks to see if your hard drive is running low on unused storage space. If it determines that your drive is almost full, it’ll let you know by popping up a warning message.
While all of this checking for low disk space can be beneficial if your PC has a small hard drive/SSD or you tend to use up all available storage space.
The problem is, it comes at a cost in the form of a performance hit.
The fact is lots of modern Windows PCs have large hard drives and/or spacious SSDs and there’s a good chance that all of that vast storage space will never be used.
If you think you’ll likely never run low on storage space you can speed your PC up a bit by disabling ‘Low Disk Checking’ with a simple Registry tweak. [Read more…]
Do you love the “old-style” games like Solitaire, Hearts, FreeCell and others that you used to be able to play with Windows 7, but can’t find them in Windows 10 or Windows 11?
Well, those beloved old-style games were removed from the most recent versions of Windows and replaced with “modern” versions that you have to download from the Windows Store.
I happen to prefer the old-style games myself. If you prefer them as well, you can get them back! [Read more…]