The iconic Windows XP wallpaper, "Bliss," photographed in Napa Valley in 1998, has sparked nostalgia and disappointment ...

T here is always a better mousetrap for file management on Windows. Several File Explorer alternatives, such as Files, File Pilot, XYplorer (a dual-pane manager), and others, do b ...

A recent Windows security update that creates an 'inetpub' folder has introduced a new weakness allowing attackers to prevent ...

That certainly sounds like a glitch that needed to be patched. The problem is that Microsoft failed to communicate why the ...

The unexpected folder is empty, and you can find it in the root of the C: drive even if you don’t have IIS installed. If you ...

You might also be dealing with a raw drive that hasn't been initialized or formatted yet, which makes it invisible to File Explorer. Whatever the cause, Windows 10 offers several built-in tools to ...

Microsoft has warned that deleting the 'inetpub' folder can let hackers permanently block Windows updates on your PC.

This feature wasn't in Windows 11 at launch, but less than a year in Microsoft gave File Explorer a makeover and added some useful new features that made it a lot more versatile. One my faves ...

Private Internet access (PIA) is a virtual private network solution (VPN), which encrypts and anonymous Internet traffic. Data that pass through the Internet connection is encrypted so no one can read ...

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For some time now, I've noticed that in Windows XP, operations related to explorer.exe slow down as the login time passes, freezing for 5 minutes or more. Before explorer.exe froze, I also experienced ...

Restart your computer and see if it has helped. TIP: This post will show you how to auto-hide desktop icons in Windows 11/10. Incidentally, on a related note, this post will help you if your ...