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Speed up your Windows PC by disabling ‘Low Disk Checking’

Posted on April 8, 2022

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…]

Q&A: Which version of Linux should I replace Windows with?

Posted on January 22, 2022

Question from Ed:  I have a Lenovo IdeaPad Z570 laptop that came with Windows 7 preinstalled.

The hard drive died and I had to replace it and my co-worker recommended that I install Linux on it.

The thing is, there are so many Linux versions to choose from that trying to pick one is about to make my head explode.

Which version of Linux do you recommend for a system that was running Windows 7 previously? [Read more…]

Q&A: Does Linux need a bigger hard drive than Windows?

Posted on December 23, 2021

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Question from Marla:  I have an older HP laptop with Windows 7 that’s got really slow over the years.

I read your post about replacing Windows with Linux and since Windows 7 is no longer safe to use I’d really like to do that.

I don’t use this laptop for anything but Facebook so I believe it’ll work out just fine.

The thing is this laptop only has a 320GB hard drive in it. Is that enough space to hold Linux or will I need to replace the hard drive with a bigger one?  [Read more…]

Q&A: Can I make money buying and reselling used Windows licenses?

Posted on November 1, 2021

Question from Marsha:  I have a question about Windows licenses and I know you’ll probably be able to answer it.

I received an email from a man who said he has collected over 1,000 Windows 7 license codes from junked PCs over the course of several years.

He’s offering to sell all of those licenses to me for only $5 each. He said I can sell them online for at least $20 each.

What I’d like to know is does this deal sound legit to you?  [Read more…]

Q&A: Why are some of the keys on my keyboard producing strange characters when I press them?

Posted on August 28, 2021

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Question from Phillip W.:  Rick, I have a Dell laptop with Windows 7 on it and I need your help fixing a problem I’m having with it.

I downloaded a game from a free games website and now some of the keys on my keyboard produce strange characters when I press them.

The letters look normal but they have various punctuation marks added to them almost like I’m typing in a foreign language. How can I fix this?

Rick’s answer:   [Read more…]

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