DNS Server is not responding on Windows 10

When you try to connect to the Internet – but cannot then you may run the Network Diagnostic Troubleshooter to troubleshoot the issue. But at the time, the Troubleshooter itself may throw up the following error message: Your computer appears […]

How to take full Ownership of Files & Folders in Windows 10

This post shows how you can take full ownership of files and folders in Windows 10/8/7. After introducing the User Account Control in Windows Vista, Microsoft increased the security of its core system files by hardening its Effective Permissions. Most of […]

Cannot download or install Apps from Windows Store in Windows 10

The other day I was trying to install an application on my Windows PC, but it failed. If Windows Store apps or games are not downloading or installing on your Windows 10/8 computer here are a few things you could […]

Five Best System Rescue Disks for Windows

A System Rescue Disk is designed to recover your data or rescue your computer from crashes, like operating system failure, accidental damage, etc. It may be due to hardware failure, OS failure, software problems or due to malware infection. It […]

Windows could not start the Windows Firewall on Local Computer

You might find this issue where when you try to turn on Windows Firewall it would say the service is not running. Then when you try to start the Windows Firewall service you may see this error message: Windows could […]

Can’t turn on Windows Defender in Windows 10

When I browse through forums I often find this question asked many times – I am unable to turn on Windows Defender manually or Windows Defender won’t or will not turn on and start in Windows 10, Windows 8 or […]

CHKDSK alternative disk error checking software to repair and fix bad sectors on Hard Drive

I often used to help people in forums, where they mentioned that their hard drive had crashed and that they had lost all their data, just because they did not check the health of their hard drive – and nor did they have any backups. […]

Program exe or COM Surrogate has stopped working in Windows 10

On your Windows 10/8/7 operating system, if you ever receive an error message: Program exe or COM Surrogate has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a […]

Video Playback issues, problems and errors on Windows 10/8/7

At times, you may have experienced issues where, when you have played a video on your Windows PC; the video may start to freeze or lag. Most of the times, such issues are caused by a bad or corrupted Codec […]

Troubleshoot performance issues in Windows 10/8/7

If you are facing performance-related issues like Non-responding programs, freezing, system crashes, sluggishness, etc. , on your Windows PC quite often, then you can try a few of these suggested tips. They may help you resolve such issues. Troubleshoot performance issues […]

Improve YouTube Buffering, Performance & Speed on Windows PC

There are a lot of video streaming websites out there, and YouTube is without a doubt the most used video website on this planet. But recently I started having issues with YouTube buffering. I have a pretty decent connection, but […]

You can’t install Windows on a USB flash drive from Setup, Error 0xc1900104

When you try to upgrade your Windows 8.1/8 to Windows 10/8.1, you may receive an error message – Couldn’t install Windows, You can’t install Windows on a USB flash drive from Setup Error code 0xc1900104. If you do, here is […]

How to install Windows OS on VirtualBox – Screenshot and Video Tutorial

In the article, I will show you how to install Windows OS on Oracle’s VirtualBox.  This post applies to Windows 10, Windows 8.1 as well as the Windows Server operating systems. A few things you need to know before you start: […]

SecureAPlus offers a second line of defense against Malware

Today, computer users always face the risk of new generation Malware that attacks us even when we may have a good antivirus installed. There is new Malware releasing every day, and it’s getting harder for antivirus solutions to release virus […]

MailBird: Windows mail client to manage multiple IMAP and POP email accounts

MailBird is an elegant looking and fast free email client for Windows 10/8/7 that is designed to work with multiple email accounts, including Gmail & Google Apps. It can manage your mail for multiple IMAP and POP email accounts. MailBird […]

Create Password Reset Disk using USB Flash drive on Windows 10/8/7

Passwords are one thing we forget, and the reason is that we tend to create complex and secure passwords which are hard to remember. In this article, I’ll tell you how to create a Password Reset Disk on USB Flash […]

Enable or Disable CPU Core Parking in Windows 10/8/7

Core Parking is a new feature, that dynamically selects a set of processors that should stay idle and not run any threads based on the current power policy and their recent utilization. This decreases energy consumption and therefore reduces the […]

Troubleshoot Windows could not start and Invalid Partition Table errors

You might encounter a situation where you may not be able to boot into Windows, and you might keep getting an error that  Windows could not start. This could be caused by a recent change in hardware or software. If […]

Avidemux – An Open Source Video Editor for Windows

Avidemux is a free video editing software designed for simple cutting, filtering, and encoding tasks. If you’re looking an advanced video editor, then this is not the software you want. Avidemux offers a lot of basic video editing capabilities for home […]

Peerio: Free secure messaging and file sharing service

Today, we are forced to store digital data and secure it using the most sophisticated technology, to prevent out accounts from getting hacked and consequently, our data compromised. Unlike old time, when we used to store all important information like […]