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If you want to leave the public cloud, run key services at home, and regain control of your data without paying subscription fees, you no longer have to assemble a server from scratch and become a full-time sysadmin. A new generation of ready-to-run Linux server projects packages privacy‑first...

Microsoft’s recent servicing changes have quietly moved the Settings > System > Storage page behind a User Account Control (UAC) elevation, and while that single line in an update note reads like a minor tweak, it changes who can see and remove system-level storage items — with real consequences...

A low‑level storage change quietly arriving in Windows Server 2025 has opened a backdoor for enthusiasts to unlock a dramatic boost for NVMe SSDs on Windows 11 — by switching on a native NVMe I/O path that bypasses decades of SCSI emulation. The capability is real and measurable in Microsoft’s...

Other World Computing (OWC) has pushed the limits of portable RAID storage again, announcing a ThunderBlade X12 expansion that doubles the device’s maximum capacity to 192TB while retaining Thunderbolt 5 performance and SoftRAID-based RAID flexibility—an audacious move that aims to put...

Enable and Use Storage Sense to Auto-Clean Disk Space on Windows 10/11 Difficulty: Beginner | Time Required: 10 minutes Running low on disk space can slow down Windows updates, reduce performance, and cause apps to misbehave—especially on smaller SSDs. Fortunately, Storage Sense is a built-in...

I used six simple, free Windows 11 tricks to stop a sluggish PC from limping through everyday tasks — and you can do the same without buying new hardware or installing sketchy “cleaner” utilities. Background Modern expectations have shifted: AI can generate images and answer questions in...

Microsoft’s ReFS (Resilient File System) remains a powerful — yet partially gated — option in the Windows ecosystem: it delivers advanced integrity checks, Storage Spaces repair capabilities, and theoretical petabyte-scale volumes, but everyday Windows 11 users will not see ReFS offered as a...

Pocket‑lint’s short checklist of three simple Windows 11 toggles — Storage Sense, Clipboard history, and the new End Task jump‑list entry — is an unusually high‑signal set of changes: they’re built into Windows, reversible, and deliver immediate productivity and reliability wins without...

If your Windows 11 PC has started to lag, freezing up during routine tasks or taking forever to boot, the first and safest place to look is the pile of temporary files and caches Windows accumulates by design—these small stores of data can become corrupted, balloon in size, or simply get in the...

I found nearly 20 GB of recoverable storage in a hidden Delivery Optimization cache and reclaimed it the easy way — Disk Cleanup — then stopped Windows from rebuilding the pile by turning off peer-to-peer update sharing and tuning Storage Sense. Background / Overview Delivery Optimization is a...

Microsoft quietly shipped a compact but consequential Canary‑channel update — Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 28000.1340 (KB5072032) — that combines a small set of general stability improvements with a targeted storage reliability repair and a temporary experiment change to the Administrator...

Modern Windows maintenance is far less ritual than it used to be — and five long‑standing chores many users still perform are, in 2025, either redundant or actively risky. Background / Overview Windows has evolved from an era when users regularly tweaked IRQs, swapped memory managers, and ran...

Microsoft has released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 28000.1340 (KB5072032) to the Canary Channel — a compact but strategically important update that patches a high-impact storage reliability issue, temporarily toggles an experimental Administrator Protection test, and begins re-enabling...

Microsoft has pushed a compact but strategically significant Canary‑channel update — Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 28000.1340 (KB5072032) — that combines a handful of general quality fixes with a targeted storage reliability repair and the temporary disabling of an admin protection test...

Microsoft has pushed a narrow but important Canary-channel flight — Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 28000.1340 — that includes a targeted reliability fix addressing Storage Spaces and Storage Spaces Direct cluster creation failures, a change with outsized importance for administrators...

Clean Up and Organize Your Downloads Folder Automatically in Windows 10/11 Difficulty: Beginner | Time Required: 20 minutes Keeping your Downloads folder tidy can be a constant chore. Over time, it fills up with installers, PDFs, images, and random files you only needed once. This makes it...

Windows maintenance has become less about ceremony and more about choosing the right, automated tools — and after years of habit I stopped doing five chores that used to feel essential but now either offer no benefit or carry real risk. Background Windows has evolved from a world where users...

Over time even well‑kept Windows PCs accumulate hidden junk — temporary caches, update leftovers, and stale driver packages — that quietly eat storage and can complicate driver updates or create security blind spots; cleaning them safely with the right tools and a cautious workflow frees space...

Create a Windows 10/11 Maintenance Routine with Built-In Tools Difficulty: Beginner | Time Required: 20–30 minutes Keeping Windows 10 or 11 healthy doesn’t have to mean installing lots of extra utilities. Windows already includes excellent tools to keep your PC fast, stable, and clean—if you...

Windows 11’s built‑in Storage Sense paired with OneDrive’s Files On‑Demand is one of the simplest — and most underused — ways to free up disk space without losing access to your files, and when configured correctly it can keep a small SSD from becoming a bottleneck for everyday work and Windows...