A bootable Windows 7 install that consumes a mere 69MB of disk space has been shared online. However, it isn't a very ...

Based on what you found in the Event Viewer or minidump files, if the issue points to corrupted system files or disk problems, Windows has your back with built-in command-line tools. However, the ...

Learn how to download, install, and use Speccy on Windows 11 to monitor your PC hardware and temperatures with ease.

Stripping Windows to the bare essentials is a favorite hobby among enthusiasts, especially as Microsoft continues loading its OS with unwanted bloat. The latest achievement is Windows 7 being reduced ...

Learn how to use the Core Temp application to monitor your CPU temperature and prevent overheating on Windows 11.

You can also see the failed Windows Update Error Code 0x80242008 notification under the Windows Update history. The good part is you can troubleshoot this issue both ...

While we all love to keep icons and files on the Desktop for quick access, it results in too much clutter. As Windows changed, it allowed you to hide the desktop icons, so everything looked cleaner.

Catch up with this week's Microsoft stories, including the announcement of Windows 11 version 26H1, the end of Halo Infinite, ...

Everyone has to deal with File Explorer. It is, after all, the Windows feature you use to get around the file system, organize data, copy and move folders, access external drives, and more. Over the ...

Remember when the prevailing wisdom of consumer tech was 'smaller is better'? And then it turned out there was such a thing as too small, as we kept losing our toasty-but-tiny-tech? Confronted with ...

If you want to keep Widgets enabled but clean it up a bit, open the Widgets menu, click the Settings gear in the top-right ...

When an application doesn't respond, it's usually accompanied by it gobbling up system resources. Should that application consume all your remaining CPU or RAM, your system could become unresponsive, ...