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At the risk of causing PC Pro’s advertising executives some headaches, I feel I should confess that when a HP Omen gaming PC arrives in the shop for troubleshooting, a rough ride is likely. Why? Well,

The Windows PowerToys date all the way back to the days of Windows 95. Those who were lucky enough to have internet access in those days could download a set of 15 little utilities that enabled them t

We always want to give the broadest possible workstation advice, so we use a wide variety of software for testing – and this year we’ve added even more with a huge new test suite from SPEC (the non-pr

Administration isn’t just for corporate IT departments. If you’re responsible for the stability and security of any sort of computer network – even a few computers at home – you’re an administrator, w

I enjoyed Lee’s article “Windows 11: All Your Questions Answered” (see issue 372, p26). Here’s another suggestion for extending the life of a laptop. Many that cannot move to Windows 11 have a DVD dri