Block or Allow Certain Applications for Users in Windows
If you’d like to limit what apps a user can run on a PC, Windows gives you two options. You can block the apps you don’t want a user to…
Choose Which Files Windows Search Indexes on Your PC
The Windows Search feature provides fast file searches by building an index. This index is used by the Start menu, the search box in File Explorer and Windows Explorer, and…
Do not install Anti-Spying Tools for Windows 10
Since Windows 10’s release and the privacy controversy that followed, many “anti-spying” apps have sprung up. They promise to keep Windows 10 from tracking you–but often, they can cause more…
Delete Print Job stuck in queue in Windows
There are issues that a print job is stuck in queue and cannot be deleted. As a result the printer cannot print from a computer. This stuck print job cannot…
Download Windows 10 for free
Windows 10’s free upgrade offer is officially over. But, unofficially, free copies of Windows 10 are still available. There are quite a few ways you can still get Windows 10…
Fix the partitions on your windows with migrated Solid State Disk
If you’ve migrated your operating system from a mechanical hard drive to a solid-state drive, the partitions may not be properly aligned. This could result in slower performance, which you…
Windows updates stuck on a windows 7 fresh install after SP1
There is a major issue on windows 7 that has to do with updates. On a fresh install of windows 7 and after applying Service Pack 1, windows cannot receive…
Scan windows for corrupted files
Windows has a built in tool to scan the system for corrupted or missing files. Open a command prompt and simply type sfc /scannow
The Host Process for Windows Tasks
Host Process for Windows Tasks is an official Microsoft core process. In Windows, services that load from executable (EXE) files are able to institute themselves as full, separate processes on…
Windows 7 updates stuck during checking
There is a major issue after the updates of July 2016 and the windows update stuck checking for updates and cannot receive any. Windows Update stuck checking for updates To…
Make your Windows 7 PC a Wi-Fi Hotspot
Windows can turn your PC into a wireless hotspot, allowing it to share its wired or wireless Internet connection with other wireless devices. But how you set it up that…
Convert a physical windows XP machine to virtual for Oracle Virtual Box
There are windows XP installations that for specific reasons they must be active. For example a retired accounting or billing application that contains archived data. For these installations there is…
What is Runtime Broker
Runtime Broker is an official Microsoft core process that debuted in Windows 8 and continues in Windows 10. It is used to determine whether universal apps you got from the…
Implement an alternative round command in Delphi
Delphi provides standard commands to round and truncate decimal numbers. For Example: Round(12.75) = 13 Trunc(12.75) = 12 Int(12.75) = 12 Frac(12.75) = 0.75 What about if we want to…
Increase disk space up to 3GB on windows 7
In Windows 7 and Windows 8, there is a new folder C:Windowswinsxs, that stores basic .dll files and other data files. All earlier versions of the .dll and data files…