If you’re an avid or occasional gamer, how many hours – days – even of hard work and effort are locked up in your game save files? All those monsters defeated, puzzles solved and bonus …

Rootkits are the ultimate in stealthy malware, burying themselves so deep into your system that they’re often very hard to spot.  If you’re unlucky enough to encounter one then your antivirus package might detect it, …

It was recently revealed that one of Windows 8’s new features will be the ability of Windows Aero to automatically adapt the colour of Aero Glass to match the desktop background, so – for example …

There are many possible reasons why a PC might suffer from audio glitches, like pops, crackles or dropouts.  And so troubleshooting the problem often becomes a matter of trial and error, where you’ll maybe close …

If you’re looking to maintain your browsing privacy then there are plenty of tools that can offer at least some help, by deleting your internet history, cookies and cached files on demand.
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If you’ve ever lowered your screen resolution or entered Safe mode you’ll know that your carefully crafted desktop layout is ruined. Preserve your layout before changing resolution with this handy tip.

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If you need to diagnose some complicated low-level PC problem then there are few better places to start looking than Windows Sysinternals. It’s absolutely packed with essential free tools that are a must-have for every …

There’s little doubt that solid-state drives (SSDs) are the future for hard disk-based storage. They’re quicker, quieter and cooler than the drives we’ve come to rely on over the past few decades. But with SSDs …

There are many reasons why your internet connection or web-related Windows components might start misbehaving, and diagnosing the problem for yourself can be difficult. So it’s often easier not to try: just resetting a few …