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The final LangaList for 2020 takes a look at a subscriber’s PC with a strikingly unusual configuration. It’s a high-capacity machine, but the owner reports slow boots and RAM use that never drops below about 17 percent — even at idle! Click! Also in this issue: CHANGES: Signing off from AskWoody BEST OF THE LOUNGE: Moving day for AskWoody.com…
A curious Bluetooth keyboard problem leads to a wider discussion of Win10’s numerous troubleshooter tools. These applets are a follow-on to old-school Fix-it and Easy-Fix solutions and to Web-based diagnostics. Win10’s built-in troubleshooters are always available, right at your fingertips. Also: What to do if the troubleshooters fail! Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.50.0 (2020-12-21)!…
A subscriber’s PC auto-connects to an unwanted, unknown, and very slow network — and nothing will set it right. That included running Norton AV, resetting the network, changing ISPs, swapping routers, and even using different PCs — but no luck. So the machine’s owner suspected an active hack. Is it? Plus: What’s the best tool…
Last year, Microsoft quietly upped Win10’s minimum disk-size requirement. Now, even a 32GB drive might be insufficient, as an AskWoody subscriber discovered. Plus: Restarting a laptop that’s been off for a year. Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.48.0 (2020-12-07). Also in this issue: BEST OF THE LOUNGE: Upgrading to Acronis True Image 2021? BEST UTILITIES: Freeware…
“By now, you should be getting over the side effects of too much turkey and pie. Getting over some Windows upgrading issues might not be as easy. “t appears that there’s a sizable number of Win10 1909 users who are blocked from moving up to Versions 2004 or 20H2…”. For more, see Susan Bradley’s lead…
Win10’s cloud-based Resets are usually the fastest and easiest way to return a PC to a known-good, baseline state. Although major Reset failures are rare, the worst-case scenarios can leave a PC completely unbootable. Here’s what to do when a reset misadventure strikes. Plus: What’s with those weird two-headed USB connectors? Read the full story…
And why does Win10 still not have a built-in tool for deleting dead, empty, obsolete, or useless registry data? Win10 has capable options for removing file-related debris on drives. But to thoroughly clean the registry, you need a third-party tool. Here’s what’s going on. Plus: Test your security smarts with this free online quiz! Check out my…
This hidden gem of an app usually can pinpoint — in copious detail! — exactly what’s causing PC glitches. Built into every copy of Windows, it’s also easy to invoke and use. Plus: Updated information on Performance Monitor’s erratic /report option. Check out my column in this week’s AskWoody plus. Also in this issue: ASKWOODY.COM: A changing of…
AskWoody subscriber Ron Kaplan wants to know why a favorite news site is virtually unusable. “Fred: I’m unable to scroll when viewing the U.S. edition of The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us). A few weeks ago, it became impossible to scroll down the site’s webpages. A scrollbar appears when I open the page, but it then disappears after one or…
AskWoody subscribers are an eclectic bunch, as evidenced by this quartet of interesting — and exceptionally wide-ranging! — reader-submitted questions. This week’s topics include: using a command-line trick to reveal a PC’s digital license, preserving system data through a UEFI/BIOS reset, managing a PC with dual SSD/HDD drives, and calculating a system’s total power draw….
