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Task manager reports 2.53 GHz, but CPU-Z reports 1192 MHz.  My windows is a fresh install of the Windows 8 Pro Upgrade.  When I used the Consumer Preview, task manager would report … Windows 8 Task Manager not reporting actual CPU frequencyRead more

After upgrading Windows 8 Enterprise to Windows 8.1 Enterprise (RTM), the store app won’t launch anymore, hanging on the splash screen forever. Is there a trick to reset the store app or … Windows 8.1 – Store won’t open after upgradeRead more

I purchased Windows 8 online from Microsoft a while ago. Today Windows 8.1 was released as a free update to Windows 8 users over the Windows Store. I was planning to do … Windows 8.1 fresh install with Windows 8 licenceRead more

I cloned my windows 7 installation on c: to external hard drive. I applied usb patch  using pwboot and i could successfully boot into windows. But My problem is even though i … Windows External Harddisk drive letter after cloning boot partition to it [Installing Windows in External drive]Read more

I’ve googled and googled and googled, but I can’t find a decent FREE windows video editor. Does anybody know one? Solution: For basic editing there is Virtualdub. For effects, I’d go with … Windows freeware/opensource video editorRead more

When installing apps that are built around Windows Installer, it would appear that it often uses my external usb hard disk (when it’s connected) as the temp location while it expands and … Windows Installer using usb drive for temp purposesRead more

I’ve ripped music files from my CD but they were in .wma format and cannot play on my Android phone. So that I need to re-rip them into .mp3 files. But the … Windows media player – How rip audio files from CD again?Read more

I’m using latest Windows 10. I have dual monitors and am working on software development. I move Visual Studio to second monitor to work on it. When I lock wndows and leave … Windows on second monitor moves to primary monitor after sleep/lockRead more

I know that RAM disks are fast, faster than any disk, but they lose their contents on a shutdown of the operating system. The capacity is limited to the RAM. Is there … Windows server 2008 – When to use a RAM disk?Read more

Where are the images from Windows Spotlight coming from?  Where are they being saved on my system?  Is there any way for me to point this at my own source of images? … Windows Spotlight Source and Save locations?Read more