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Please stop using registry cleaners, they're harming your PC

When old computers used mechanical hard drives as their boot drives, it is conceivable that a large registry could have ...
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I changed one registry value and my Windows PC feels instantly faster

Windows is slow. Yes, we know. But if someone hasn’t moved off Windows already, it’s usually for a reason. That means there’s ...

This Windows registry hack can boost NVMe SSD performance by up to 80%, but there's a catch

One developer who successfully activated the feature in Windows 11 (version 25H2) is X user PurePlayerPC, who claims it works "pretty good" on his computer. He ...

Fake MAS Windows activation domain used to spread PowerShell malware

A typosquatted domain impersonating the Microsoft Activation Scripts (MAS) tool was used to distribute malicious PowerShell ...

This neat Windows registry trick boosts NVMe SSD performance up to 80% but it's only officially available for enterprise users

Native NVMe support is an opt-in model, so enterprise users need to enable it via the registry. What some users have found ...

SSD Afterburner: Windows 11 also has Microsoft's new NVMe driver

Microsoft has officially introduced an NVMe driver for Windows Server 2025 for faster SSD access. Windows 11 also has it.