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Why I don't shut my Windows PC down, and you shouldn't either
Sleep is for the weak.
Man sitting before Windows 11 PC - Alex Photo Stock/Shutterstock It's a common misconception that simply having more programs on your drive slows down the computer. That is a relic of the time when we ...
Microsoft has acknowledged that there are two Windows 11/10 features that do impact and slow down your PC. Back in August 2025, we compared the performance of Windows 10 22H2 with Windows 11 24H2 to ...
Sometimes you just want Windows to shut down. But instead of shutting down quickly, the system seems to ponder, blocked by running processes, background services, or open apps. However, for decades ...
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