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Microsoft has announced a significant extension to its Windows 10 support lifecycle, offering users a 12-month security update program to address concerns over the operating system's impending end of life. This initiative provides Windows 10 users with additional time to transition to newer...

As the countdown to October 2025 ticks ever closer, millions of Windows 10 users are confronting a looming dilemma: with official support set to expire, what’s next for the vast installed base running Microsoft’s ubiquitous operating system? For many, particularly those with older hardware that...

For anyone facing the daunting task of setting up a new Windows installation, the path from a blank slate to a fully functional machine is often both time-consuming and tedious. Whether you’re upgrading, downgrading, switching Windows flavors like LTSC, or recovering from a system failure...

When faced with the need to reinstall Windows—whether switching to the Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) edition or simply starting fresh—Ninite emerges as an indispensable tool that can streamline the lengthy and often tedious process of app provisioning. Though simple in concept, Ninite...

Hello. I helped a family member do a Windows Refresh on Windows 8.1, and thousands of her personal files have been removed. According to Microsoft, "you can refresh your PC without deleting any of your personal files or changing your settings." This was not the case for her. I have searched...

The very latest Nvidia cards (1080/1070 ) coupled with driver version 368.22 have a new form of Vsync called Fastsync. Fastsync basically is like an improved version of Triple buffering. ''Fast Sync: As of the 368.22 GeForce drivers, Nvidia has introduced a new form of VSync called Fast Sync...

Hi, I have a big problem getting my Alienware MX14 to work with Windows. A few days ago, Windows forced me to upgrade to 8.1 which I did and it was working fine… then shut down my computer that night and booted it up the next day and it would freeze at the login screen every time, no matter...

A number of days ago audio on my laptop suddenly vanished. When I click the sound icon, which is accompanied by the red 'mute', a troubleshooter opens and fails to fix the problem. I've scoured the internet regarding fixes (the run services solution will not work - an error comes up proclaiming...

So, after a shortage, Windows decided that it would simply not start anymore. So I did the Refresh option it gave me because the option said that it would try to keep as much as possible (the other option was Reset which said it would do exactly that, reset everything). Now, the only thing it...

I had a program called StartIsBack installed on my computer, and after deciding that it was not needed, I removed it. Recently, when I log in, I can see that there are updates available to Windows. However, when I try to enter Windows Update in Control Panel it either does not load and crashes...

Hi While I'm somewhat undecided about how I'm going to update to Windows 8.1, I started wondering about how the update process works. The last thing I do before I update will be to make an image of my C:\ drive, so I can experiment a little. If I just run the update from the Windows update...

Hi I've been thinking about the Windows 8 recovery option, mostly because I can't start the Windows Firewall. And Windows Recovery won't do what I want it to do. I want to do essentially what you could do in Windows 7, replace the operating system while retaining your installed software and...

Hi guys i have a vostro 1700 dell laptop And the problem is its very slow :S opening stuff and dragging windows for example if i drag a window it moves but then the box refreshes which is annoying and its just generally slow Now its a 1 GB Ram but i have even tryed windows 7 - then vista and...

Hello, I have windows 7 x64 on my home computer, I recently installed bf2 and started playing, The game starts o.k and it aloud me to register to my user,and even play, but after 3-8 minutes the game crashes to windows. I have read all the threads about screen refresh rate, changed it to 60,and...

Hi all, I have the RC 7100 build of W7. Every night I need to RDC into 12 different servers to do some backups. This process works quite well in Vista, XP, etc, however in W7 it is painfully slow. If only one RDC window is open, there is about a 2 second delay on any keystrokes or mouse...

I'm having a big problem with 7048 and RDP'ing into Windows 2000 Terminal Servers. The screen does not refresh after you minimize the screen. In other words, after you go back to it, it's black screen and you have to force a refresh to get parts of the screen to redraw. Also, I get random...