While Windows' built-in Task Manager is great for the occasional resource check, it's not something you can easily monitor all day long. For that, we recommend Rainmeter, the best darn system monitor ...

Russinovich recently announced that Sysmon will be available as a native Windows feature starting next year. The tool is part of the renowned Sysinternals suite of ...

Monitoring system resources in Windows 10 and 11 is easy: you can use Task Manager, Resource Monitor, or Game Bar or opt for one of the multiple third-party apps. If that is not enough, Microsoft has ...

Microsoft Security Essentials detected potential threats that might compromise your private or damage your computer. Your access to these items may be suspended until you take an action. Click 'show ...

How fast is that file downloading, really? Progress bars in dialog boxes are notoriously inaccurate and difficult to interpret. When you're really concerned about whether your network connection or ...

In previous articles, I took a look at Zabbix, a scalable, open-source monitoring solution designed to track the performance and availability of IT infrastructure, including servers, networks, ...

HWMonitor is free software for our Windows devices that can help us monitor the various aspects of our system’s working. In short, it is the most effective application from CPUID for any system that ...

When using a computer for work or for personal use, the desktop space can become overcrowded, especially for those that like multitasking. Did you ever consider doubling your space by adding another ...

It’s been nearly two years since Windows 7 was released, and yet there are still some features that Windows 7 users may not be taking full advantage of — such as desktop gadgets. Similar to the Mac’s ...

Windows 11’s subtle tweaks to how it handles open windows and multiple monitors makes me want to scream in ecstasy—when I’m not screaming in frustration. I can’t say enough good things about Windows ...

Windows 11/10 does not have an inbuilt Registry monitoring tool. But what you can do is, harness the Windows command-line program File Compare or fc.exe to compare two registry export files, and thus ...