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In Windows you have a C-drive. Everything labeled beyond that is with the following letter. So your second drive is D, your DVD is E and if you put in a USB … What are the Windows A: and B: drives used for?Read more

In Windows 7’s task manager, I can select different columns to show. There are a bunch that are related to memory and memory usage, but I’m not sure what it all means. … What are these different kinds of memory usage in Windows 7 task manager?Read more

When I plug in my USB flash drive, it shows up on my computer as write-protected or read-only. I am unable to transfer data to it, nor can I modify or delete … What can I do if my USB flash drive is write-protected or read-only?Read more

What should I use for removing thermal paste: acetone or isopropyl alcohol? Some say acetone is the best thing for the task, others say it’s a no-no. Who should I believe? Solution: … What chemical should I use for removing thermal paste?Read more

When I first started using computers, law of the land in computer class was never bring magnets near anything computer related, lest you lose all your data or screw up your monitor. … What computer components are currently vulnerable to magnets?Read more

For the CPU cores, I think that blue means nice, green normal CPU use and red I/O.But I’m not sure and I haven’t found a definite answer. Then there are the colors … What do the colors mean in htop?Read more

In Windows 8 I can reset everything and reinstall Windows. I assume this will clear my drive and start from scratch? Is that right? Does this create a Windows.old folder? I see … What do Windows 8 Refresh and Reset my PC really do?Read more

I’m using Windows 10 and today I accidentally hit the key combination: Ctrl+Shift+Win+B. As a result, the screens went black for about a second and I heard a beep. This is reproduceable; … What does CTRL+WIN+SHIFT+B do in Windows?Read more

In the Windows Resource Monitor’s CPU tab, there is a status box and graph for the “Maximum Frequency”, right next to the “CPU Usage” values. What does this mean? The value is … What does the “Maximum Frequency” number mean in the Windows Resource Monitor?Read more

I read http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/change-the-system-locale (windows 8 linked me to this help page) and I still can’t completely understand what that means. In which way is the system locale different than the display language? … What exactly is the consequence of changing the “system locale” in Windows 8?Read more