Latest articles tagged “answers”

Also called elevated mode, an elevated command prompt is a command line mode introduced in Windows starting with Vista. It's available in Windows 7, 8, 8.1, and 10 as well. What it does is allows an user to execute commands with admin privileges. ... Read more

System protection is a Windows feature that creates and saves as restore points information about your PC's system files, software, drivers, and registry settings. It does this for all the drives that have system protection activated. ... Read more

In this tutorial we'll show you how to move both Pagefile.sys and Swapfile.sys to another drive. You will need administrator privileges to performs this action so have your admin credentials ready. ... Read more

The Windows OS generates thumbnail cache files to make the process of folder loading faster. It needs to be enabled for slow speed drives; it must be disabled if you have privacy concerns; you can delete thumbnail cache files manually or using tools. ... Read more

When one of the utilities, namely devcon.exe, refused to run on my Win 7 because it was an IA-64-only, I knew I was not the only one wondering what the catch was all about. So, here is the breakdown. ... Read more

We’re living in an era when the unmitigated access to information is just a tap away and it’s definitely reshaping our world. ... Read more

Chances are that you’ve already entered the cloud but you just don’t know it yet. ... Read more

Why haven't manufacturers switched over to using only the NTFS file system in flash drives if it is supposed to be an upgrade from FAT32? Find out here. ... Read more

With the growing threat of infectious low-level malware which can get into the boot process to load in malicious programs or prevent an operating system from starting, Intel developed EFI in the 1990s to secure the boot process. ... Read more

Actually the title of this post is a double-edged sword because the answer is both yes and no. And you are wondering why I have said that. Well, let me take you through briefly on what this actually entails by first explaining what the cache is. ... Read more

This happens because you probably have Restrictions enabled on your iPhone, under Settings > General, and have set up your 'Require Password' interval to 'Immediately'. Here's the easy fix. ... Read more

Well the short answer is that you told Google when's your birthday, most probably by entering it in your Google+ profile. This Google 'egg' was introduced back in October 2010. ... Read more

Do Not Track is a polite message from the user that he does not wish to be tracked by advertising networks, social platforms and analytics services. ... Read more

Many people are confused as to why no other browser can load pages as fast as Safari on their iPhone or iPad when their PC loads pages faster in Chrome. The answers may actually surprise you... ... Read more

Google has added yet another amazing feature to their search engine, this time in the form of a quick geometry calculator that lets you determine the perimeter, volume, area, and other attributes of virtually any type of shape. ... Read more