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I tested Windows 11 26H2 on 8GB laptop and VM. RAM usage after a restart fell from 5GB to 3.7GB, and from 4.1GB to 2.8GB on a ...

Has a Windows application stopped responding and you want to close it straight away? Don’t bother going through the Task ...

Windows 11's System32 holds 64-bit files while SysWOW64 has 32-bit ones. Microsoft explains why, and how Sysnative and ...

Windows is a massive operating system and you can go years or even decades without interacting with most of the features.

Stop Microsoft bloatware from quietly draining your system memory ...

"Run Storage Sense" (first option in the scheduling submenu) determines when Windows will run the cleanup. You can use it in case of emergencies, when space runs low, or routinely: every day, every ...

Starting your system, entering your password, and then getting stuck with a black screen is frustrating. The sign-in is still ...

PeaZip 11.4 open-source archive manager is now available for download with various improvements and bug fixes.

Microsoft is completely redesigning parts of its OS so it doesn't hog all the resources of lower-end PCs with 8GB of RAM.

Microsoft says Windows 11 is up to 20% faster and frees memory on 8GB PCs. Here’s what 26H2 adds and how to download the ISO.