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Files You Should Back Up to Help Recover From a Hard Drive Crash [Windows]

Backing up allows you to recover and get yourself back into the swing of things smoothly and quickly. The key question is – which files, other than our personal data, should we back up to recover from a hard drive crash?

By JJ – May 11, 2013

Migrate Windows Data, Files And Settings Easily with Zinstall WinWin 2013

If you just bought a new PC, you will know that transferring data and settings from the old PC to the new machine can be a hassle. When you find yourself in this scenario, there’s one application that can answer your call to migrate data and files: Zinstall WinWin. We have a giveaway for this event. Read on for more detail.

By Miguel Leiva-Gomez – Mar 19, 2013

How to Setup, Connect, and Accept Remote Desktop Connections In Windows 7

By Jessica Prouty – Dec 31, 2011

How to Free Up Drive Space By Removing Shadow Copies [Windows]

By JJ – Oct 22, 2011

How to Increase the Memory Limit for 32-bit Applications in Windows 64-bit OS

Did you know that 32-bit applications are limited to using only 2GB of RAM? Here we show you how to increase the memory limit for 32-bit applications

By JJ – Aug 13, 2011

How to Make Use of File Streams to Store Confidential Text Information

Microsoft used file streams to store information of a file. In this tutorial, you will learn about file streams and how you can put them to good use.

By Angel Luis – Feb 12, 2011

How to Fix Network Problems Using Command Line Tools In Windows 7

Solving a network problem can be hard and frustrating. Here we show you how to diagnose and fix network problems using the command line.

By Angel Luis – Feb 8, 2011

How to Selectively Disable UAC Prompt For Certain Applications

By Damien Oh – Oct 6, 2010

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In 1969, László Bélády and two IBM colleagues published a paging-machine anomaly showing FIFO could make four memory frames suffer ten page faults after three frames suffered nine, leaving generations of operating-systems students staring at the moment more memory became the wrong answer

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In 2016, archaeologists dated two rings of snapped stalagmites in France’s Bruniquel Cave to 176,500 years ago, evidence that Neanderthals had walked 336 metres into darkness with fire and built architecture deep underground long before modern humans reached Europe

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