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It’s the second Tuesday of the month—a day known to seasoned Windows warriors as Patch Tuesday, when Microsoft’s well-meaning engineers unleash a monthly rollercoaster of updates, fixes, and, let’s be honest, the occasional gremlin. For most users, letting Windows Update do its automatic thing...

Windows 11 Pro boasts a suite of advanced features tailored for business and power users. However, many of these functionalities can be replicated on Windows 11 Home using free third-party tools. This approach not only saves costs but also offers flexibility in customizing your system. Below, we...

Below is an in-depth exploration of how savvy Windows Home users can bypass expenditure on Windows Pro’s add-ons by employing a suite of free tools. The discussion examines key differences between Windows Home and Pro, outlines alternative software solutions that mirror Pro functionalities, and...

Are you still on Windows Home and dreaming of the added features of Windows Pro? Maybe you’re craving Remote Desktop, BitLocker encryption, or the ability to join your PC directly to a domain. Whatever your motivation, upgrading your Windows Home operating system to the Pro edition unlocks a...

My Windows 11 pc has suddenly slowed down to a snail’s pace. It takes two or three times as long to boot up, applications open very slowly, etc.. I ran a Malwarebytes scan which showed one minor PUP error but no other problems. I also ran an SFC /scannow and a DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image...

In a significant move to bolster security for its users, Microsoft has announced that BitLocker device encryption will be the default setting for all Windows 11 users, including those operating the Home version. This change comes as part of the latest Windows 11 24H2 update and aims to protect...

Creating a Windows ISO can be an essential task for IT professionals and enthusiasts. This guide will take you through the process step-by-step using UUPDump. Step 1: Access UUPDump 1. Open your preferred web browser. 2. Go to the UUPDump website: UUPDump 3. Alternatively access or visit our...

Hello to anyone reading this. Thanks for your interest. I'm trying to help the aunt of a friend of mine. She doesn't remember her account password (I know) and would like to get back into her account. There's a lot of back story to this that I won't bore you with. The computer is a desktop Asus...

Hello, I'm wanting to upgrade from Win10 Home to Pro, so I went to the start area and entered Update, then clicked "Check for updates". The screen that popped up had a few icons in the upper right-hand corner, one being Windows Update. Below those words I see Attention needed. When I click...

Can't get the datemodified: trick to work in my windows explorer. It doesn't show the promised calendar, parameters such as "thisweek" give nothing. Is WIndows 10 a bunch of crap? Never had this and a hundred other problems with 7 but it seems we're forced to use this OS or migrate to Linux...

Hi, My question is if it is possible to change my Windows version between two computers, and if so, how to do it? I want to be able to use the Windows Sanbox Mode, so I need to have Windows Pro to do so, at least thats what i have been reading. I do have Windows 10 Pro in my PC, but it does not...

I was really excited by the prospect of the clipboard manager when I read about it, but it is not working on my machine (Dell XPS13). Pressing windows +v does nothing. I have looked in system, but there is no clipboard option. Windows Home version 1803, OS build 17134.376 Windows reports...

I just installed Windows 10 Home on my PC and left it to get updated. After sometime when I checked it showed no updates available and it was updated to build 1803. But when I enabled dark theme it wasn't applied to Explorer. How can I enable it? Every suggestions are appreciated...

A new version of Windows 10 Pro will be introduced around 2019 called Windows 10 S: Reference: Link Removed Reference: Confirmed: Windows 10 S will evolve into a 'mode' of Windows 10 in 2019

I have read lots of comments about the upcoming Windows 10S and I would like to be certain that it does not install on my system. I currently have Win home Ver. 1607 running on a Hp machine that was originally purchased with Win 8. I have been trying to find the path to turn off auto-updates and...

Hi! I just did a clean install of Windows 10 Anniversary Update. After the OS had finished installing a few updates it began downloading and installing some useless games (Candy something something and others). I have a slow internet connection so I had to wait for ~30 mins for all the games...

I bought a PC with Windows 8 Home and performed the update to Windows 10. The only problem I had with Windows 10 was the unannounced and automatic update process. I would start a backup and find Windows would be doing an update, or I would shutdown in the middle of an update. I upgraded to...

Hello. Since I have installed win10 on this notebook, ASUS K45VM, weird things started to happen. Sometimes, after the logon, the following message appears on tray: "Windows cannot connect to group policy client service...". This is complete random. When this happen, I cant open anymore Google...

I have a problem since I installed windows 10 every time i go to move a window with the mouse soon as i click on the window to be moved the window completely disappears I move it and let go of the mouse button the window reappears where ever I moved it too. Is there a way to fix it so that you...

There are a number of old posts regarding this problem and some people were able to fix their problem using the guidance provided. However, many people, including myself, were tearing their hair out because none of the provided suggestions worked. The suggestions included: ensuring Volume...