PCMag editors select and review products independently. If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing. One complaint about Windows 11, especially for ...

As a PC user, diagnosing performance issues, blue screens, and weird behavior comes with the territory. Windows is often the culprit behind many of these problems, but it also has a built-in ...

If you do not find any event log on the computer, restarting the Windows Event Log service might help. System File Checker or SFC is the built-in tool of Windows that can fix corrupt system files. It ...

If the Windows Event Log process is taking a high CPU, disk, memory, or power usage on your computer, here are the methods to fix the issue: End the Windows Event Log task from Task Manager. Stop the ...

Microsoft has always overlooked centralized logging in Windows. To date, the most effective way to centralize Windows Event Logs has been through event log to syslog tools and custom agents for the ...

The default event logging in Windows 10 won't give you enough information to properly conduct intrusion forensics. These settings and tools will help you collect the needed log data. After a ...

Disk Cleanup is another utility that is accessible regardless of your Windows version. The easiest way to open it is to search for "Disk Cleanup" in the search bar and bring up the window.

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

Relatively simple ways to remove Windows 7's floating-color-balls start-screen animation, and supply your own background images for the operating system's log-on screen and desktop. Dennis O'Reilly ...