While Windows has improved over the years, there are still issues that irk users on the system. Luckily, there are utilities you can use that solve some, if not all, annoying problems that you may ...

Setting up a new Windows PC is an exciting time, until you need to start installing the apps that make a computer truly yours. Over the years, I've developed a bit of a starter pack—a list of ...

These five tools will help you get more out of your new OS (and also bring back some of those much loved Windows 10 features). Reading time 4 minutes Windows 11 is here, which means that third-party ...

If you troubleshoot Windows PCs for fun or profit, then chances are you've used one or more tools from Sysinternals. Microsoft bought the company and its amazing library of diagnostic, troubleshooting ...

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

Mod your system with these easy-to-install utilities for Windows 10 and 11 to make your machine faster and easier to use. Many of the programs I’ve rounded up here have been around through several ...

Microsoft PowerToys is a collection of utilities for Windows operating systems to help you perform operations more efficiently and streamline your workflow. Microsoft debuted the first version of ...

Buy this suite for its Windows maintenance utilities, not its real-time optimization, which slowed Windows 8.1 significantly in our tests. Since back in the day, when Norton’s CrashGuard consistently ...

If you try to format a hard drive on your Windows 11/10 system and you receive an error that says Windows cannot format this drive, then this post will help you with ...

If you’re a level 20 PC nerd, you’ll go to extreme lengths to improve system performance. And if you have budget to spare, you’ll probably first turn to hardware upgrades—an almost surefire way to get ...

Norton Utilities bundles several useful tools that make a lethargic PC run with new pep, but license limitations limit its appeal for households with multiple PCs. Improves system performance.

If you have ever heard about EFI or seen an EFI System Partition (ESP) in Windows and wonder what it is, then this post will help you understand. We will talk about EFI, how you can identify the EFI ...