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7-Zip is a popular cross-platform open source program to pack files and to unpack archives. It is a lightweight alternative to heavier archiving programs and the built-in Windows functionality, that is significantly slower in all benchmarks. 7-Zip 25.00 is now available. You can download the latest version from the official project website or from its…
Microsoft published several performance claims that it says demonstrate how much better its Windows 11 operating system is in this regard when compared to its predecessor Windows 10. Here are the claims that Microsoft is making: Impressive stats. If you dig deeper, you may notice that Microsoft skewed the results significantly by using Windows 10…
PicPick is an excellent screen capture program for Windows. It is free for personal use and you can support the developers by subscribing or buying a lifetime license. The personal version has a few limitations, mainly that you can’t use it commercially, that it does not support automatic updates, and that it may display ads…
Reports about problems to run Google Chrome on Windows started to emerge in early June 2025 on the official Chrome forum. Users claimed that they could not run the Google browser anymore on their Windows devices. Chrome would not start or close itself immediately after start; attempts to fix the issue, e.g., by uninstalling and…
Do you create backups of your email accounts? A popular solution for that is MailStore Home, which is free and cross-platform. The original founder of MailStore Home has created Vanderplanki, which serves the same purpose. Vanderplanki can backup email accounts so that you may read messages offline, search across accounts, and more. It lacked some…
When Microsoft released the April 2025 security updates for Windows, users and administrators started to notice that the update created an empty folder called inetpub on the Windows drive. Microsoft did not reveal any information about the mysterious folder in first place. This folder was linked to Internet Information Services in the past, but it…
It is easy to sort files in Windows’ File Explorer. Just activate one of the displayed column headers, e.g., type or size, and Windows will sort all files using the selected value. Select size and files will be displayed from largest to smallest. Click again, and the sort order is reversed. Did you know that…
If you have used computers for a long time, you may remember MS-DOS and the tools that Microsoft shipped with it. Microsoft developed Edit, an open source command line text editor for Windows as an homage of sorts. Interested users can download and install the latest version of Edit for Windows or build the app…
What is with Windows operating systems and issues with the default encryption software Bitlocker? Last year, Windows 11 users suffered from the issue after installation of certain updates for their systems. Now, Microsoft is confirming a similar issue for users of the Windows 10 operating system. The details: Microsoft confirmed the issue on the official…
Microsoft plans to end support for several editions of Windows 10 this October. While customers may subscribe to extended security updates to extend support by one (home) or up to three (business / Enterprise) years, it was unclear how Microsoft would handle support for some of its other products and services running on Windows 10,…