Windows File Analyzer will help you decode & analyze the Thumbnail Database, Prefetch folder, Shortcuts, Index.DAT, and Recycle Bin for forensic analysis. We took it for a spin and can say that it is ...

Windows' built-in storage cleanup tools are basic. Disk Cleanup only lists the common folders like Recycle Bin, temporary ...

I recently borrowed a Windows laptop from a friend. When I booted up the system, there was a system update. That’s fine because it’s Windows; the update took two hours and 45 minutes to complete. Once ...

Operating systems need at least a minimum of maintenance to run properly over the long term. While some important tools are already included from Microsoft, many professionals want or need more ...

The most serious limitations relate to QuickTime files, where Semaphore can’t load files that have been hinted for streaming or have a compressed header for Fast Start. So if you’re producing files ...

Windows only: WhoCrashed is a handy tool for performing crash dump analysis to isolate hardware, software, and driver problems. When Windows crashes it generates a fairly complex log file of what went ...

Microsoft has created a Windows 10 File Recovery Tool that recovers deleted files and forgot to tell anyone. Everyone has deleted a file by accident and then realized that they had no backup. If this ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is releasing its own Windows File Recovery tool, designed to retrieve ...

With a newly installed Windows PC, only a few system services and programs start. The resource requirements are correspondingly low and the operating system responds ...

It can either be OSS software, or a commercial product. If it's commercial, my budget is $1000 if there is a free/nominal fee (<$100) trial. The distro I am using is Ubuntu, with no GUI. The hardware ...

Information about the hinted tracks proved particularly useful when producing with Telestream Episode, since the program allocates a disproportionately high data rate to the Hinted video ...