Your web browser could be the culprit, especially if you've lost count of the number of windows and tabs you have open. Each ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. If your computer desktop looks a little chaotic and you're noticing some performance slowdown, it might be time to do a cleanup. The best way to ...

Large Windows updates do a lot more than patching bugs and adding features; they (sometimes) reconfigure system files, unpack and install components, update drivers, and trigger post-update tasks. The ...

Speeding up a slow PC can be a challenge, particularly when dealing with older hardware that may be on the cusp of needing an upgrade or replacement anyway. Sometimes, a system simply needs a fresh OS ...

Despite the name, PC Manager doesn’t actually manage your PC in any deep or intelligent way. The “boost” feature clears ...

At some point, every computer user experiences the frustration of a sluggish system. Programs take too long to load, basic tasks drag on, and even opening a file or web browser feels like a chore.

Q: How can I tell what’s causing my Windows computer to bog down? A: When a computer starts crawling, most people assume it’s old, broken, or infected. In reality, it’s often just overwhelmed. One ...

With computer components growing more expensive by the minute, its critical to save as much computing power as possible for the functions you really use.

“My computer is so slow” has to be the number one computer complaint ever. If I’ve heard that complaint once, I’ve heard it a thousand times. Care must be taken, though, to distinguish between slow ...