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How to Reset the Printer Spooler on Windows 11

Guide | 11 months ago

Learn how you can reset the printer spooler service on Windows 11. This is a useful fix if your printer is not working.

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Does Clearing Cache Speed Up Computers?

Video | 1 years ago

No, clearing cache does not necessarily increase performance. The truth is that cache is actually designed to help you work faster on your computer. Cache is basically data or files the operating system or an app saves so that you can get to them faster nex...

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Why is the BLUE Screen of Death BLUE?

Video | 1 years ago

The blue screen of death is blue because it the blue color was chosen by Microsoft Developer John Vert while he was working on Microsoft Windows NT on Windows 1993. He chose the white on blue color because the boot screen for the MIPS machine he was using w...

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What is Service Host in Task Manager (svchost.exe)

Video | 1 years ago

Service Host (svchost.exe) is an important process that loads instructions or code from DLL files for important Windows services to run. To understand how service host works, you need to understand how it interacts with Windows services and DLL files 1. Ser...

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What Causes the Blue Screen of Death?

Video | 2 years ago

The cause of the blue screen of death (BSOD) is when Windows suddenly experiences a severe problem, that it was not able to fix, and then it has to immediately shut down in order to avoid any further damage. It then displays a blue screen that shows you an ...

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How to Check What Graphics Card You Have on Windows 11

Guide | 2 years ago

Learn how to see which GPU you have on Windows 11

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All Windows System File Extensions Explained

Guide | 2 years ago

Learn how the different system file extensions in Windows work.

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How to Password Protect a Folder in Windows 11

Guide | 2 years ago

Learn how to password protect a folder in Windows 11. Link to download 7Zip https://www.7-zip.org/ This is good method to do if the person you are sending the file to is not too sensitive.

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How Windows 95 Changed Multitasking Forever

Video | 2 years ago

Windows 95 changed multitasking forerever in two ways: 1. Preemptive Multitasking. Prior versions of Windows used cooperative multitasking. This meanst that an application had to let go access to the CPU for another application to use it. Because of this, i...

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What is HKEY CURRENT USER In the Registry?

Video | 2 years ago

Learn what HKey_Current_User in the Windows registry is HKey_Current_User in the registry stores settings specific for the user who is currently logged in. That's why it's calle HKey "CURRENT" user. This is different from something like HKEY_Local_Machines,...

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Windows Terminal Vs Command Prompt Explained

Guide | 2 years ago

The biggest difference between Windows Terminal and Command Prompt is that Windows Terminal is a terminal host and Command Prompt is a command line shell. A command line shell or application gives you a more direct way to tell the operating system what to d...

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What Does Chkdsk Do Really?

Video | 2 years ago

Here's what chkdsk actually does: 1. Fixes file system errors (NTFS, FAT32, etc.) 2. Locates bad sectors in the hard drive. 3. Attempts to recover information before marking bad sectors. 4. After marking bad sectors, chkdsk prevents data from being store d ...

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