Adam Benjamin has helped people navigate complex problems for the past decade. The former digital services editor for Reviews.com, Adam now leads CNET's services and software team and contributes to ...

Gadgets are great, which is why our homes are full of them. But sometimes things go wrong, and wasting time by troubleshooting is nobody’s idea of fun. But turning things off and on again—the common ...

Your PC Ran Into a Problem and Needs to Restart is one of the most annoying errors you will ever encounter when using Windows OS. It’s also more commonly known as BSoD (or Blue Screen Of Death) and is ...

As businesses grow, so often do their needs for additional computer equipment. At some point, managing individual workstations becomes inefficient and time-consuming, impacting overall work ...

There are few certainties in life: Death, taxes, and turning your computer off and on when there’s a problem. This advice is usually the first tip you get from friends, family, and tech support.

Purdue IT is reminding staff that they should restart their machines, regardless of work location, on a daily basis. To facilitate critical software updates and promote overall computer health, the ...

I am sure you have heard about all these terms if you are using a Windows 11/10 PC, or even a phone. While they might sound similar, there are differences between them. Should you know them? Honestly, ...

We have 2003 SP1 and 2003 R2 (SP1 implied) boxes that I keep patched monthly, and I haven't seen this issue.<BR><BR>As a workaround, could you run a script nightly that restart the Terminal Services ...

Several users have noticed an issue in which mounted drive appear in different locations upon reboot. MacFixIt forum member pgwerner writes: "I've been having a bit of a problem with my desktop drive ...

Each time you start your computer, dozens of programs and device drivers that help the operating system run smoothly load in the background. When some of these – or when even one of these – crashes ...

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With some confidence I can say that all of us have been a victim of the diabolical, automatic 3am Windows Update restart. You might be watching a movie or you might be slaying a boss in World of ...