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Troubleshooting gets better in Windows 8

ByAjay May 23, 2012September 29, 2016

Windows 8 has been designed to boot so quickly that you have almost zero reaction time to get to the famous boot screens that allow you to choose a different boot device or enter into the troubleshooting utilities. If you want to enter the boot screens when booting up your PC, you need to hit the F8 key. Usually one tap doesn’t suffice and you’ll need to hit the key repeatedly several times so that Windows can detect one of them.

Five Tools to keep your PC running smooth (Tool Tuesday)

ByAjay October 7, 2008April 13, 2021

A secret to keeping your computer smoothly is to perform regular maintenance on your computer. Last week we covered ten tools to defragment your hard disk. Besides defragmenting, you should regularly clean all temporary files.

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Disable Windows Vista Startup Sound (Tutorial Thursday)

ByAjay September 4, 2008

If there is one thing I really don’t like to hear is any sound when I am starting up the computer. Windows Vista doesn’t allow you to customize the startup sound and you are stuck with the same version. Well, I chose to disable it.