What are the different types of Windows Licenses?

There are mainly three types of Windows Licenses. 1. OEM OEM is the acronym for Original Equipment Manufacturer. It contains the License that you get when your Windows comes pre-installed with your hardware device. The user has limited control over his license in this case. The License or Product Key …

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Set Data/Bandwidth Limits on Update Downloads in Windows 10

How to Limit Data/Bandwidth Used in Downloading Updates in Windows Along with many great features, Windows 10 also brought a bad news to its users, bad for the users of limited data plans. With Windows 10, Microsoft removed the possibility to select the updates as well the option to download …

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How to Disable Automatic Driver Updates in Windows 10

Disable Automatic Hardware Driver Updates in Windows 10 The Driver updates don’t come as often as other types of updates such as operating system feature updates, quality updates, security updates, or application software updates. In case of Device drivers, the same version that came with your PC can be used …

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5 Best Free Registry Cleaners for Windows

Best Free Registry Cleaners Software and System Optimizers for Windows Windows Registry The Windows Registry is a hierarchical database that contains information, settings, and options about all of the software and hardware installed on the Windows Operating System. It contains information about various users that are created for the system, and …

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How to Detect the Type of RAM in your Computer?

Step 1: Right-click on the Taskbar. Step 2: Click the Task Manager option to open it. Step 3: In Task Manager, click on the Performance tab. On the left side, you’ll see details about various Hardware components. The Performance window is divided into two panes. The left pane has entries …

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Set Active Hours to Stop Windows Update Automatic Restarts

Set Active Hours to Stop Windows Update from Automatically Restarting Your PC Most people don’t realize that updates provide another layer of protection to your computer against malware and other types of threats. An up-to-date computer is less vulnerable to malware attacks than an out-of-date one. Let’s take the example …

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Pause/Defer Windows 10 Updates Using Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc)

Pause or Temporarily Stop Receiving Windows Updates Using GPEDIT.MSC Updates are important but sometimes they break things, therefore, it becomes important to defer them, at least for some time. Updates have dependencies; when you update, various software and apps have to be reconfigured, drivers lose their settings, possible compatibility issues, …

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