AVG PC TuneUp is a commercial program that has been designed to identify and resolve issues on machines running the Windows operating system. The program is the successor of TuneUp Utilities, a […]
You may have read Samer's Ten software trends that are (or should be dying) recently here on Ghacks which listed disk defragmentation as one of the trends that is dying. It is […]
Let’s pretend that you’re a tech savvy individual who’s always been interested and followed software, and that you had gone into a coma about ten years ago and just woken up. You’d […]
A not-so recent report (page no longer available) indicates that Microsoft's Edge web browser may be leaking web browsing data of the browser's private browsing mode locally. The researcher's investigation of locally […]
G Data Clean Up is a free tool by German security company G Data which has been designed to scan, identify and remove potentially unwanted programs such as adware, toolbars or plugins […]
HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) was designed to help secure websites (those using HTTPS) by declaring to web browsers that they should communicate only via HTTPS with the server to protect connections […]
Windows 10 users can modify the operating system's privacy settings manually, for instance by disabling express setup during installation or upgrade, or by exploring the Privacy section of the new Settings application. […]
The following guide lists essential software that you may want to install on a a Windows 10 system. This is particularly useful for systems that are set up anew as programs are […]
I monitor disk space closely on my computer using various built-in tools like Windows Explorer but also third-party programs such as WizTree or the recently reviewed GetFoldersize. Whenever I notice a sharp […]
CloneApp is a specialized backup program for Windows that has been created specifically to back up profile folders and Registry configurations of Windows programs. The free program ships with a large list […]
You have probably come across ads before that promise to fix issues that you are having with your PC. These ads are fairly common and often displayed on technology related websites. While […]
You can rely on the native uninstaller when it comes to the removal of installed programs on Windows or use a specialized product to make sure that leftovers are removed from the […]
My Internet connection stopped working suddenly yesterday and did not come back up after cutting power to the router for a couple of minutes. And so began my two-hour calling technical support […]
Program launchers come in two shapes: those that integrate what is already available on the system, think Launchy for example, and those that bring with them programs that you can use directly. […]
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is a powerful program that you can run on your Windows system next to other security software to add another layer of protection to it. The free version offers an […]
There are many free programs out there on the Internet that are great: Firefox, Thunderbird, VLC Media Player, CCleaner, Revo Uninstaller, QuietRSS, WinSCP or KeePass are just some examples of programs that […]
Firefox 35 has been pushed to the Stable channel recently by Mozilla and while the majority of users did not notice any incompatibilities or issues, some users noticed that one or multiple […]
Do you know which programs ran in the past on your Windows PC? It is likely that you know at least some of them, the programs that you have started manually for […]
WinPrivacy is a new program by the maker of the popular WinPatrol application that has been released as a beta version today. The program, just like WinPatrol, is not free but commercial. […]
This is the third part of a mini series about privacy on the Internet. The other parts are linked below. Last time we looked at what websites and sites on the Internet […]
DiskBoss refers to a line of hard drive management tools. This review looks at the freeware version of DiskBoss which is limited in comparison to the paid versions. More about that later. […]
While private browsing is mostly associated with browsing the naughty parts of the Internet it can be used for a wide variety of other things as well. Private browsing refers to a […]
It is quite easy to fill up hard drives or partitions with data. This is true for Solid State Drives which are blazing fast but don't come close to the storage that […]
Mozilla has released a first experimental version of the Firefox Internet Dashboard extension. First mentioned back in August 2014 it analyzes the browsing history to display information about it to the user. […]
So-called all-in-one tools such as Advanced System Care, Slim Cleaner or Glary Utilities are highly popular on Windows thanks to the immense set of programs they ship with. These tools are usually […]
Depending on how you access the Internet, information about the sites you visited in the past may be available in different locations locally and also remotely. Most web browsers keep track of […]
Sigcheck is one of those awesome Sysinternals programs that you can use to check signatures and other information of all files of a folder. The original program is only available as a […]
I tend to get more calls and emails asking for help with computer related problems in Summer than in any other season. The core reason for that -- it is not scientific […]
Whenever I visit a family member or friend who asked me to fix a computer issue, I take a USB flash drive with me containing dozens of tools to analyze and repair […]
If you are a Firefox user you probably know that you can pin tabs in the browser to make them sort-of permanent in it. A pinned tab is displayed on the left […]
Depending on how you use your computer, you may be able to recover quite a bit of storage space when you clean temporary files regularly. The most popular program for the job […]
The Windows operating system creates thumbnail cache files for images and other file types to speed up the loading of folders on the system. Under Windows XP, thumbs.db files were being used […]
While cookies are still being used widely to track users on the Internet, recent privacy-related developments have forced marketers and companies to experiment with different means of tracking users on the Internet. […]
You have two basic choices when it comes to deciding what to do after a successful virus attack on your system. You can try and repair the damage after you have made […]
Applications that you install on your Windows PC may add context menu items of their own to Windows Explorer. The menu can get quite complex because of this, and when you check […]
It can sometimes be useful to create a list of all software programs installed on a Windows PC. Maybe you want to hand it over to a friend or publish it on […]
The Best Windows Software Toplist On this page, you find a listing of the best Windows software. Most of the applications listed here are free, with the occasional commercial program added to […]
All you have to do to clear the browsing data in Firefox is to press Ctrl-Shift-Del to bring up the cleaning dialog, select the items that you want deleted, and click on […]
I check all running processes regular on the computer systems that I use to make sure that the system is safe and that nothing slipped by the defenses. While that works well, […]
Data is written, moved, edited and deleted regularly over the course of a hard drive's lifetime. While that is usually not a problem if the hard drive is pristine, fragmentation can become […]
