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How to avoid installing buggy Windows updates

Posted on February 11, 2023

As you probably know, Microsoft has released a lot of buggy Windows Updates in recent years.

In fact, numerous Windows 10 PCs were rendered either unstable or unable to boot up into Windows just by one recent buggy update.

I still recommend installing critical security updates as soon as possible in order to quickly patch “zero-day” security holes before hackers have a chance to exploit them to break into your system.

However, I no longer recommend installing non-critical updates until Microsoft has had time to squash any bugs that might be in the updates’ code.  [Read more…]

Q&A: How can I add the Registry Editor to the Start Menu on my Windows PC?

Posted on December 20, 2022

Question from Kyle:  When my computer was running Windows 7 I had an icon for the Registry Editor (Regedit) on my Start Menu.

But after I updated my computer to Windows 10 I noticed that it’s no longer there.

Can you tell me how to get it back?  [Read more…]

How to enable the F8 key for booting Windows 10/11 into Safe Mode

Posted on December 16, 2022

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In Windows 7 (and earlier versions) we could easily boot our computers into Safe Mode by repeatedly pressing the F8 key when Windows first started loading.

Starting with Windows 8, Microsoft disabled that option in order to help speed up the boot process. Personally, I have never been very fond of that change.

If you miss being able to press F8 to boot into Safe Mode on your Windows 10/11 machine, you can easily enable it with a simple command line entry.  [Read more…]

Q&A: How do I stop the Microsoft Store from freezing up on me?

Posted on October 1, 2022

Question from Elian:  Every time I open the Microsoft Store and try to search for an app it freezes up on me.

The only way it will close is if I kill it with the Task Manager.

How can I fix this? [Read more…]

Q&A: Why is the new SSD I just installed so slow?

Posted on September 30, 2022

Note: The links in this post are affiliate links.

Question from Robert:  About a year ago I built a new gaming PC and installed Windows 11 on it.

A few days ago I installed this Samsung 980 Pro 2TB NVMe M.2 SSD thinking it would be a LOT faster than the hard drive.

Well, it isn’t. It actually takes forever for some games to load.  [Read more…]

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