Should one use a registry cleaner or not has always been a debatable question. Microsoft once offered their own registry cleaners like RegClean, RegMaid, which were discontinued a long time back, and ...

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

Windows 7 comes as a significant performance improvement over its predecessor, Windows Vista. But if you want to get the very best performance possible, you should make a few system tweaks to ...

Windows Update Delivery Optimization allows you to download updates from sources different from the Microsoft server. So, a computer doesn’t need to go all the way to the Microsoft server, instead, it ...

I frequently get email from frustrated readers needing tech help. Occasionally their dilemmas are interesting enough to cover here in Hassle-Free Tech (see “Reader Q&A: Gmail Without Web Access, Too ...

Using random Windows optimization tools to debloat your PC is risky, as they automate deep system changes you may not fully understand. Doing everything manually is safer, but disabling Microsoft's ...

When it comes to clearing out the debris from Vista's nooks and crannies, both IObit's Advanced SystemCare Free and Piriform's CCleaner do the job, but Advanced SystemCare does more with a single ...

Windows Registry or simply registry is a repository that stores low-level configurations and settings associated with the Windows operating system and its various programs. It’s one of those system ...