Adam Benjamin has helped people navigate complex problems for the past decade. The former digital services editor for Reviews.com, Adam now leads CNET's services and software team and contributes to ...

Restarting the Windows Server Backup Service requires you to stop the Service and then start it. If the Service is stopped and not running, you will have to just start it. Let us see how to start and ...

In this post, we will show you how to restart the Sound driver in Windows 11/10. An audio driver is a software component that allows a computer to communicate with audio peripherals, such as earphones ...

Depicted in this post is the actual process of restarting the File Explorer in Windows 11. Read on to learn when and how to restart Windows Explorer on your Windows 11 laptop or desktop. How does ...

If you've encountered a problem with a Windows upgrade, you know how maddeningly unhelpful Windows error messages can be. These are my favorite troubleshooting tricks.

Gadgets are great, which is why our homes are full of them. But sometimes things go wrong, and wasting time by troubleshooting is nobody’s idea of fun. But turning things off and on again—the common ...

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Other than malware and hacking, nothing has the potential to be more dangerous to your Windows 10 or Windows 11 computer’s health than electrical failure. Power outages resulting from weather or a ...

One of the major problems with Windows is the inconsistent update cycle. You will never know when your device restarts after an update. This can happen during work while playing your favorite game or ...

You can avoid sudden Windows 11 reboots to apply updates. Here's how. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. On Windows 11, "active ...