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 ...

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Keep these tools handy for ironing out install issues, diagnosing application crashes, probing process activity, slaying resource hogs, and curing other Windows ills. Last month I compiled a list of ...

Microsoft's Program Install and Uninstall Troubleshooter is a Web-based utility that fixes problems associated with the installation or uninstallation process. Specifically, it repairs the corrupted ...

Microsoft's Component Store Cleanup utility will undergo improvements for Windows 8.1 users. A future Windows 8.1 release will add the ability to carry out "deep clean operations without requiring a ...

Click the Windows Button. Open the settings. Select System, click Storage. Scroll down the list and click "Cleanup recommendations." This will launch your temporary files from your Downloads folder ...