Windows 8

In this article we’ll show how to fix common Windows Update errors by resetting Windows Update components configuration. As a rule, it is the most effective and the easiest way…

Today we’ll talk about opportunities of managing printers and their drivers from the command prompt in Windows 10/ 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2/ 2016. We will consider how to…

Today we’ll describe how to recover data from a damaged or inaccessible hard drive encrypted using BitLocker. We will show you a simple case and a case with a damaged…

If you accidentally deleted or replaced one or more system default fonts in Windows 10 or Windows 8.1 you can try to restore them. The issue of missing fonts can…

In this article we will talk about the WinSxS folder in Windows 10 and Windows 8.1, the reasons of its constant growth and ways to clean up it. The C:\Windows\WinSxS…

Besides the actual time and date, Time Zone is one of the basic time settings in any computer system. If you want the time to be displayed correctly, the Time…

In this article we’ll show how to hide any program from the list of installed programs in the Control Panel. This manual is applicable to all Windows versions, starting with…

After performing reinstall or clean Windows installation, the user is faced with the need to install the actual driver versions for the devices installed on the computer. Immediately after reinstalling…

Since Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 users can create and mount virtual hard disk files (VHD/VHDX) directly from Disk Management console. These virtual disks look like separate physical…

One of the significant security improvements of Windows OSs (since Vista) is User Account Control (UAC) feature. User Account Control prompts the user for approval each time when the app…