Retrieve Product Key from any computer, even When it doesn’t boot
With Windows 10, Microsoft introduced the concept of the so-called digital entitlement or digital license: updating from Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, there is no longer any need for any Product...
How To Disable Windows Defender Completely?
In Windows 10, the Microsoft Defender antivirus can be disabled from the classic interface or using a specific policy. Hence, the possibility to use the registry disappears.
Windows 10 integrates a version...
Whooming, What it is and How to Make a Private Number visible
Compared to some time ago, the possibilities offered to non-paying users are very limited: Whooming still allows you to trace the identity of who is calling with a private number?
Years ago,...
How To Check Open Ports on Routers and Public IP
In computer science and, in particular, when talking about networks, the term door is frequently used. The doors are "access points" used by systems connected to the network to establish connections...
Windows 10 Updates Blocked, How to Fix
With the advent of Windows 10, Microsoft has decided to switch to a Software-as-a-service (SaaS) model (we are talking about the Windows-as-a-Service approach ).
This means that updates for the operating system...
Sandbox, What it is and How it works in Windows 10
Windows Sandbox Operation Guide, a new feature introduced with the Windows 10 May 2019 Update, allows you to try programs and test in an environment that is completely isolated from the...
Bootable USB stick, How to prepare it
How can you create a bootable USB stick that is bootable even on the latest UEFI- based systems?
Tools like YUMI, which allow you to easily prepare a bootable USB stick, are...
100% Disk with Windows 10 or Windows 8.1: How To Fix
Many users complain about the 100% disk in Windows 10 or Windows 8.1: help to solve a problem that slows down even those systems that, on paper, should be snappy.
One of...
AppData: What the Folder is for and What information it Contains
What is the AppData folder, and what is its function: is it essential to create a backup copy of it, and when can it be useful to restore the data in...
USB Portable Operating System with Virtualbox Portable
When you need to intervene on a system that is not your own, next to the one installed on the machine, it could be useful to start a second operating system,...
Test Mode in the Lower Right Corner in Windows: What It Means
That's why the Test Mode message suddenly appears in the lower right corner of the Windows desktop. What it means and how to remove this indication.
Some readers have reported that the Test...
Windows 10 update failed: The first things to do
We put together a series of suggestions to solve situations in which upgrading from one version of Windows 10 to the next is impossible due to the appearance of the 0x8007001F...
Windows Command Prompt: Here is its Full Potential
Microsoft publishes an approximately 1,000-page PDF document that summarizes the syntax of approximately 250 commands that can be used at the Windows prompt or in the PowerShell window.
The Windows Command Prompt...
Macrium Reflect, to clone hard drives to SSD for free
How to use Macrium Reflect to clone your operating system from hard disk to SSD for free, even on smaller drives.
Desktops and notebooks from a few years ago were sold exclusively...
Restrict Windows 10 Accounts, How To Set Usage Times
Windows 10 includes parental control features aimed primarily at consumer users and useful for preventing, for example, browsing inappropriate websites without using centralized filtering mechanisms.
In the article Controlling the sites visited...
Google Go, What it is and How it works the lightweight app for searching...
Google improves Go and makes available a new version of the "super light" application (occupies just 7 MB), facilitating and speeds up searches on the net.
After more than two years of...
Computer Alow To Start, How To Find Out the Cause
If you find your PC is slow to start up, the problem may depend on the programs configured to start automatically. Here's how to fix it.
There is nothing more frustrating than...
How to Install Windows 10 from USB?
How to install Windows 10 from USB: preparing bootable media and booting the system.
In general, it is much easier to make CD / DVD media bootable than a USB drive. If...
Thumbs.db and Desktop.ini, What are these files?
Usually, Thumbs.db and Desktop.ini files are not visible in the default Windows configuration.
Automatically generated and managed by the operating system,Thumbs.db and Desktop.ini are hidden (the latter is also considered a system...
Windows 7 Windows Update is Blocked – The Solution
With a worrying periodicity, the Windows Update service on Windows 7 seems to be malfunctioning. The search for updates is slow, very slow, so much so that the wait can last...