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Microsoft tech troubleshooter extraordinaire Gov Maharaj and I help walk you through troubleshooting solutions to your tech support problems. If you have a problem you want to send us, you can use the Problem Step Recorder in Windows 7 (Link Removed for details on how) and send us the zip file...

Cleaning a PC is more than just uninstalling a few apps and wiping off the case. Here's how to defeat dust, gunk, and other unmentionable material that gets lodged inside your desktop system. This article is not responsible if you turn your computer into a massive paperweight after trying one...

In this edition of the Windows Desktop report, Greg Shultz introduces you to WindowTabs and shows you how to configure the application to add a tabbed interface to Windows Explorer. More...

A master of all things Windows 98 has shown how it was done back in the old days! Forgot your Windows 98 password? No problem. - Imgur

You can get a lot more mileage out of Windows 7 if you perform a few tweaks and tap into some timesaving tricks. Here's a collection of 10 popular Windows 7 Quick Tips. Link Removed

Freeware verses crapware: Optimization programs. Hello everyone, Starting today, I’ll be writing a series of articles on the comparisons of freeware, crapware and commercial software, and how freeware often times comes out on top. For my first article, I decided to compare the...

# windows7 Windows 7 SP1 has arrived on Windows Update , and after installing it, you may be tempted to claim back some of your hard drive space—and many tech sites advise you on how to do so. The How-To Geek suggests waiting a while on that , mostly because you won't know right away if any bugs...

Can't locate your files? Missing that important photo? Come learn about Windows 7 libraries which help you organize your files, music and photos - never misplace another file! Link Removed

I'm running Widows 7 64 Bit Pro. I go to the control panel and then I select Printers and devices. There are 3 printers in there that I have had. I got a new printer and I added the new printer and made it the default printer. Well there is still those other 2 printers that are gone now...

I've already talked about why you should switch to Windows 7 if you haven't yet (Mac users, spare me the sarcasm). Windows 7 is without a doubt the best Windows version yet, and hence the sooner you get started with it, the better. More...

I recently bought a new PC (Intel Core2 Quad, 6GB ram, Sata with 300GB HDD) and installed a new (OEM) version of Windows 7 Home Premium (64bit) Everything was running fine until I decided I'd physically add the old 'primary' drive from my old Pentium 3 as a secondary/backup. It's only 120GB so...

Greg Shultz shows you how to remove Favorites from the navigation pane in Windows 7's Windows Explorer by editing the registry. More...

Greg Shultz shows you how to use Windows Task Manager to track down detailed information about any process running in Microsoft Windows 7. More...

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Get the most out of a powerful new system with this system building tutorial. With careful precision, and the right parts, you can have a new future-proof system up and running within anywhere from 2-4 hours or less. Link Removed

Here is something you can do to keep track of the page file usage with System Monitor. Once completed and running you can analyze the data using the prescribed formula (in the article) to increase or decrease your page file. This is not a downloaded program, it is a Page File Console that you...

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I have the following desktop: Link Removed My “MO” is generally to keep things “default” unless there is a good reason why I should change the way something is set up. An example is that I read SSDs wear out over time so it is better to put the paging file on a separate disk. Hence, I...

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