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Click to view As a tech writer, one of my biggest pet peeves is the plethora of bad advice littered across almost every web site dedicated to system tweaking. Besides the tweaks that simply don't work ...

After Windows 10 was offered up as a free upgrade to any user currently using a legal version of Windows, reports started to roll in that Microsoft’s generosity was actually a thinly-veiled excuse to ...

When Microsoft introduced Windows 8 last year, the software giant billed the new operating system as one of the most critical releases in its history. The system would bridge the gap between personal ...

Windows 7 has more visual appeal and tricks up its sleeve than any prior incarnation of Windows, and people love it; they also love to tweak, customize, and trick out their operating systems. So which ...

Several controversial privacy issues have kept many users from upgrading to Microsoft's latest operating system, even with the free upgrade offer (still) on the table. While some of the initial uproar ...

Editor’s Note: Readers have raised enough doubts as to the effectiveness of some of the tweaks mentioned in this guide that we’ve asked the author to step in and clarify if possible in the discussion ...

Hi, i'm new to the forum but have read posts here for a few years. I have seen a few users that are pretty much dead against tweaking Windows, and i'd like to know why. I realise that some of the ...

Well, it's here. After much build-up, Microsoft has released the second service pack for Windows XP. Is it good? Bad? Indifferent? User reports are pretty varied - some people have reported issues ...

Mitch Tulloch is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional and lead author of the Windows 7 Resource Kit from Microsoft Press. You can follow him on Twitter at ...