Maybe your PC won’t boot. Or it could be infected with some kind of persistent malware. Perhaps Windows puts up a Blue Screen of Death every time you type the word aardvark. No matter what kind of ...

Have you ever wanted a do-over? Ever wished that you could just erase the day and pretend it never happened? Well, human time travel still exists only in science fiction, so you’ll have to wait for ...

I finally did it. After months of putting up with a diminishing Windows experience plagued with issues, I bit the bullet and ...

Sometimes, you need to reset your Windows PC. There are a ton of reasons for it — maybe something isn’t working properly, so you want to reset and try to fix it. Or perhaps you need to return a work ...

Windows 8 introduces an amazing new feature – something which will prove to be a life-saver at times! How often has it happened that you have faced a situation of a major PC failure and realized that ...

Restore points whether on a local or Windows 365 Cloud PC can come in handy especially in recovering a PC back to a previously working condition. You might want to share (move or copy) a Cloud PC and ...

Windows 8 computers include a recovery partition that enables you to reset the machine to factory default settings without the need for manufacturer CDs or DVDs. This process will delete any software ...

If you are an owner of Windows Vista Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise then you have access to a feature called Complete PC Backup and Restore. This feature allows you to create backup images of your ...

You notice something's wrong with your PC: It's gotten sluggish or something isn't even working: We'll show you how easy it is to restore it to an earlier working condition. I've been testing PC and ...

Russell Smith is a technology consultant and trainer specializing in management and security of Microsoft server and client technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with more than 15 ...

Resetting your PC to factory settings is handy for correcting problems you may be having with the PC's hard drive or the Windows operating system. It's also smart to reset the PC before giving it to a ...

If your Windows PC does not boot, crashes, or you simply want to clean it up, you may be interested in restoring its factory settings. If you do not have the Windows CD/DVD to format, reinstall, and ...