Exploring Windows processes with Process Explorer Today, we’re featuring another program from Microsoft Tech Net’s Sysinterals. Sysinternals makes several great utilities for Windows and a couple of them we use all the time when we’re doing computer repair. One of them is Autoruns, and another is Process Explorer. Today we’re featuring Process Explorer. Both AutoRuns and Process Explorer are… Read More »
Test the strength of your passwords with “How Big is Your Haystack?” There are password strength checkers all over the Web, but there is only one that tests your passwords as brutally as this one. How Big is Your Haystack will test your passwords against three different kinds of attack scenarios and give you an estimate of the… Read More »
Windows Safe Mode If you’re having problems with your computer and you suspect you’re infected with malware (a virus, Trojan, rogue, spyware, etc.) booting into Safe Mode is a good first step. Safe Mode is available in all versions of Windows and is a special mode of Windows were only the bare minimum of services load and minimal… Read More »
Hi TC and EB, Windows 10 looks good, has nice features, and appears to be as efficient as Windows 7 with added ‘nice things’. However, with the Home edition, I disagree entirely that Microsoft will install updates at their will, not mine, especially as it is a ‘new’ OS, and, I-betcha that there are glitches, which is understandable,… Read More »
Windows 10 continues to impress Above: My Windows 10 Desktop. Below after saying they were going to discontinue Internet Explorer in Windows 10 and replace it with Microsoft Edge, they decided to let you make up your own mind. Of course, you can see use Chrome, Opera, Firefox, or any other browser of your choice. … Read More »
Screen Shots from Windows 10 Final (RTM): Updated Yesterday we got a pleasant surprise… Microsoft released the final (RTM) version of Windows 10 ahead of schedule. Those of us who were testing Windows 10 got the full Windows 10 Professional version yesterday. Rumor has it you can still join the Windows Insider Program and get the final (RTM)… Read More »