Thursday 14 August 2014

How to kill unwanted processes and applications that slow down Windows

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How to kill unwanted processes and applications that slow down Windows

08.11.2014 7:34 AM

Windows PCs run a whole lot of code in the background, much of which slows you down and provides little or no benefit. Here's how to stop them.

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How to securely overwrite deleted files with a built-in Windows tool

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When you delete a file in Windows, you're just removing the pointer. The data is still there. Here's how to make sure that data is gone, baby, gone.

 

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