Why has microsoft made it harder to fix your pc?

Q I installed a graphics driver using the new Nvidia app recently, but afterwards I noticed that Windows wasn’t recognising my 5Gbps USB-A ports. The 10Gbps USB-A ports are working. I’d restored Windo

October will be here before you know it, and Microsoft will pull the plug on Windows 10 support. The great migration to Windows 11 will now have to begin and if you still haven’t decided what to do, t

October is within touching distance, and it’s now possible to hear the rumble of shredding machines being readied for the mass culling of millions of machines. A conversation with customers about the

Microsoft has added a new ‘Quick machine recovery’ option to Windows 11. If your PC fails to boot and enters recovery mode, it can now automatically connect to Microsoft’s servers to check for fixes –

Of all the classes of software we put our faith into, I believe the most misunderstood and often downright dangerous is the storage sync utility. With such a wide diversity of brands, the most importa

USB sticks have shrunk in physical size as they’ve grown in capacity. That’s probably why nobody calls them ‘thumb drives’ any more –‘half-your-little-finger drives’ would be more accurate. However, i