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How to Clean up a Windows 10 Pro system
I'm looking for effective ways to clean up and optimize my Windows 10 Pro system to improve performance and free up disk space. I want to know the best methods to remove unnecessary files, manage startup programs, and ensure my system runs smoothly without risking important data or functionality.How to increase edge and corner grabbing zone for resizing a Window?
My new monitor is 2560 x 1440 and for productivity reasons I like to be able to move my mouse cursor fully from side to side and top to bottom of the screen primarily with finger and wrist movement only. So my mouse cursor speed/sensitivity is set to maximum. The trade-off is it makes it harder to land the pointer accurately on extremely small target areas of the screen. For me, the only time this trade-off is too high is when trying to land on the very narrow edges of desktop windows so I can resize them on the fly. I’ve been living with this for months and finally got frustrated enough to take action. I couldn’t find any settings in “Windows Settings” or in Control Panel to change the width of the zones for grabbing the edges or corners. Let me know if I’m missing some setting somewhere! Searching the web was mostly a dead end until I found the following registry edit: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics Double click on BorderWidth. (Mine was set at “-15” which I think ends up being only 1 or 2 pixels wide?) Change it to a larger negative number, close regedit and restart the computer to apply the change. After some testing, I settled on “-160”. The fiddle-factor to grab a window edge has been resolved. And, no, it didn’t change the visual thickness of the windows borders – only the width of the drag zones.
When transferring large files to or from NVME drives, CPU usage spikes and file transfer speeds decr
I am currently using a powerful Windows 11 workstation equipped with 24 cores, operating on version 23H2 build 22631.3737. The device boasts impressive specifications. While transferring a large 6.7 GB file using File Explorer between NVMe drives, I noticed a peculiar behavior. Initially, the transfer speed peaked at 3-4 GB/s but suddenly dropped to 150 MB/s and remained at this slower speed for the duration of the transfer. During the sluggish transfer phase, the CPU utilization spiked at 50% on Task Manager's "Performance" tab. Surprisingly, the top processes listed in the "Processes" view showed unusually high activity, even though they were unrelated to the file transfer. Strangely, the "System Idle Process" on the "Details" tab consistently retained around 98% CPU usage during the slower transfer stage. Repeated tests resulted in the majority of transfers remaining within the 150-200 MB/s range, despite efforts to resolve the issue like disabling antivirus software. On the contrary, when benchmarking the NVMe drives using CrystalDiskMark 8, both drives exhibited impressive speeds of 7.4 GB/s read and 6.8 GB/s write on the SEQ1M Q8T1 test. This issue seems reminiscent of a similar problem reported by a user on the Microsoft Q&A forum regarding abnormal CPU usage during file transfers in Windows 11. I am perplexed by this situation and would greatly appreciate any insights or solutions to address this frustrating problem.Removing Duplicate Photos in the Gallery
Last night, I was using my PC to manage photos on my phone, attempting to delete them via the computer. Accidentally, I ended up deleting all the photos on my phone by selecting all with Ctrl+A. I considered recovering them with Google, but since I could already see the photos on my phone, I decided against it. Instead, I transferred new photos to an SD card for easier organization before copying them to my PC. During this process, I noticed a folder named "Gallery" in the file explorer, which contained numerous duplicate photos. I am looking to locate this "Gallery" folder to delete it and get rid of the duplicates, keeping only the original ones. I suspect that Windows 11 is sourcing these duplicates from the pictures section. When I access another PC, I observe a few duplicated photos within the initial photos displayed. It should be manageable to remove these duplicates on that PC. However, on the current PC, there is an overwhelming amount of duplicate photos. My plan is to delete the "Gallery" folder, recreate it, and hopefully retain only the original photos. If this doesn't work, I will consider formatting the drive and reinstalling Windows 10.What is the best ai image upscaler for enlarging low-resolution photos?
I have a box of old family photos I want to preserve. Many are small and quite blurry. When I try to make them bigger on my computer, they just look blocky and strange. A friend said some AI tools can fix this, but I feel lost with all the options. I want a program that is simple to use. I am not a tech expert, so a complicated tool with too many settings would confuse me. I just want to upload my photo and get a clearer, larger version with a click. Can anyone recommend a good ai image upscaler that works for this? I would be so grateful for your advice. Thank you for the help
ESU admin account
I have enrolled my Windows 10 for ESU by changing my account to administrator and non-local account. This synced by settings and I didn't need to backup my other files to Onedrive. My update screen confirms I'm enrolled so all good so far. My question is do I need to keep my account as an Administrator now that I am enrolled? I'm a little nervous about leaving it so, as I also have a separate local admin account for installng stuff, and prefer to keep permissions separate from day to day browsing. Thanks, Paul
Photo that comes with Windows 10
Under prior version of Windows Photos were stored in folders. I have 4500 + pictures on my PC. When I open the Photo application I have to go through all my pictures to get to the one I want. Can anyone explain how to change the Photo application settings to store my pictures in folders? By the way if I am in FB and say I want to add a photo then all pics come up in the dated folders. I just don't get it.HP laptop automatically turning on and off on its own
Hello everyone, I'm in need of assistance with a perplexing issue. My HP Elitebook 840 laptop has started behaving erratically. Upon pressing the power button, it powers up and functions normally for a variable duration, ranging from 30 seconds to 10 minutes. Unexpectedly, it then abruptly shuts down, and subsequent attempts to turn it back on are unsuccessful. It remains off. Strangely, the laptop spontaneously restarts at unpredictable intervals, sometimes after an hour and occasionally up to twelve hours later. The only indication of this is when the Windows welcome startup sound plays. I am unable to provide the Windows 10 version number as the laptop shuts down before I can locate it. However, it has been consistently updated until this issue arose a few weeks ago. Despite not overheating and with the fan working properly, the problem persists even after swapping the SSD with an identical clone. The battery has been ruled out as a cause. During a brief period when the laptop remained on, it was tested and found to be in good condition. This behavior occurs regardless of whether the laptop is connected to a power source. Any advice or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
Updates questions
I wasnt around my laptop for a few weeks at a time and missed some updates, does it matter or do i need to go back and check which ones i need to manually download? because my updates server on my computer says it is up to date but i noticed i havent updated in a couple months and may have missed a few
