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System Restore Taking too Much Space: How to Lower it

Although you can change the system restore disk space usage in Windows, the option is slightly hidden away. Here are 4 ways in which you can adjust how much space is available to system restore for creating restore point backups.

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Windows Startup Delayer Programs: 7 Best to Use in 2023

One way to boot up Windows faster is to load startup programs in a sequence rather than altogether. If you stagger program loading, each program will load itself faster and reduce overall stress on the system during this time and in turn increase responsiveness.

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Check Audio Codec on Windows 10: Best Tools in 2023

A number of audio and video playback issues can often be caused by not having the correct codec installed on your computer or even the wrong version installed. Here is how to manually and automatically determine what video and audio codecs are installed in Windows.

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Universal File Viewer: Best to Use in 2023

There are many different formats of files and sometimes it requires installing multiple software in order to open them. Here are 3 programs that is able to view many types of files.

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Thumbcache & Thumbs.db Viewers [How to Use]

Thumbs and thumbcache are thumbnails that is secretly generated and stored in Windows when you open any image files. Here is how to extract the thumbnails from the database, disable them from generating and also how to delete them from your computer to protect your privacy.

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View, Examine and Delete Internet Explorer INDEX.DAT Contents

Internet Explorer stores history, cache and cookies in index.dat file which cannot be easily edited nor deleted because it is locked. Here is how you can view the contents in index.dat file and allowing you to selectively delete the entries.

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7 Ways to Disable or Enable UAC [CMD, Best Tools to Use]

The UAC security feature found in Windows is quite effective against malware infection but can also be annoying. Here is how to easily disable the User Account Control to stop it asking your permission whenever you want to make changes on your operating system.

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