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My Windows PC got the Blue Screen of Death - 6 free methods I used to troubleshoot it

The Black Screen of Death is incredibly annoying, but often easily diagnosed. The most common culprits are outdated software or faulty drivers. With a few quick fixes and basic maintenance, you can ...
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After years of complaints about Windows Task Manager displaying CPU utilization incorrectly, a fix is finally on its way

Linux 2025 might have been the year for Linux gaming, but there's still a way to go until I switch from Windows SSDs This neat Windows registry trick boosts NVMe SSD performance up to 80% but it's ...

Microsoft is fixing Windows 11 Task Manager’s quirky reporting of CPU usage, and a much-wanted change for the lock screen is coming, too

Windows 11 is getting a change to avoid confusion around different reports of CPU usage levels in Task Manager This is just ...
PC Gamer

A bizarre bug in the latest Windows 11 update allows endless copies of Task Manager to run in the background and can even impact system performance

As peculiar Windows bugs go, this one is a doozy. It seems Task Manager in the latest October update for Windows 11 (update KB5067036, which is both currently and mercifully optional) is determined to ...